The Dunkirk Little Ships marked the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo in 2015 with a return passage to Dunkirk. The first part of this video shows them sailing in to the Royal Docks in.
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In May 1940, with the Allied forces pinned back to the French coast, a flotilla of 700 trawlers, pleasure craft and life boats helped lift the retreating soldiers off the.
This video is about The Dunkirk Little Ships.
In 1940, 700 small civilian vessels were sent to the beaches of Dunkirk in France to rescue British and French forces from the advancing Nazi army. These vessels rescued over 330000 men and.
