Operation Meteoric has been likened to Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940 when they were surrounded by German forces. Israel and its ...

Veterans of World War II describe their experiences of the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the evacuation On 10 May the German Army invaded Holland and Belgium The Blitzkrieg had begun an entirely ...

These war movies are a reminder that, while the Oscars sometimes get it wrong, they get it right just as often.

Hundreds of thousands of British, French and Belgian soldiers were stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, in northern France, after being pushed back by German forces. And so began Operation Dynamo ...

The ship was vital to the destruction of one enemy U-boat and was involved in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk. Prof Dominic Tweddle, the chairman of the Wellington Trust ...

Some of my mates didn't. I continued my seven miles up to Dunkirk. NARRATOR:'Jim was one of over 330,000 British and French troops who made it to England. NARRATOR:'The miraculous evacuation from ...

The inventions and discoveries that transformed our world.. and the ones that didn't ...

May/June 1940. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are holed up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the ...

In July 1940, Ron was hospitalised in France after shrapnel hit him in the back and head, denting his tin helmet. And after ...

Historic boat used in Dunkirk evacuation destroyed in devastating Thames boatyard fire ...