The Wwii Battle Of Dunkirk

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The Wwii Battle Of Dunkirk

The story of the Battle of Dunkirk is one of heroic courage amidst untold tragedy. In the year 1940, at a time when World War Ii was in full rage, Hitler's army was winning against France, despite help from more than 300,000 troops sent by Britain to help them out. The German army had surrounded and trapped most of the allied troops in the northernmost angle of France. Despite severe casualties the British troops could not stepping back as their escape routes were all blocked.

The Wwii Battle Of Dunkirk

The person in charge of troop evacuation, Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay, who was stationed in the reinforced tunnels, which lay beneath Dover Castle organized a saving operation called operation Dynamo. However, the operation was riddled with innumerable major problems. The troops had to be rescued within a week as the beaches they were crammed on were being mercilessly shelled. An exodus by sea was impossible because of the strangeness in navigating the seas that were full of sunken ships and also because of the constant threat by U-boats. Nearer the beach the water was too shallow for the converyance ships and destroyers to get close to the shore. What's more the British troops did not have adequate vessels to converyance the huge numbers of soldiers that were trapped on the beach.

Despite all the setbacks, particular preparations were made and operation Dynamo was mobilized. Unfortunately they managed to saving less than 8,000 troops, at which rate rescuing all the troops who were trapped would take about 40 days.

In desperation Ramsay made a social call for help and asked whatever who owned any kind of boat to help in rescuing the troops. He got an spectacular, and instantaneous reaction and managed to develop a temporary flotilla comprising 850 "Little Ships" which was made up of lifeboats, yachts and fishing boats. Civilians joined British sailors in manning the boats across the 35 km crossing and a massive saving mission was launched, evacuating practically 2,000 troops per hours. Nine days later 338,226 trapped population had been rescued.

Churchill referred to this story of heroism and courage as the 'miracle of deliverance'. This 'Dunkirk spirit' as it is often referred to swiftly became a popular legend.

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