The Battle of Dunkirk (code name Operation Dynamo) took place from May 25 to June 3, 1940.
jostled by Blitzkrieg committed by the German army at the Battle of France, the British Army and units of the French army had to retreat to the north of France.
surrounded at Dunkirk, they led a resistance, in particular the 12th Motorized Infantry Division from Fort des Dunes, designed to win time for the embarkation of the main body to the United Kingdom supported Adolf Hitler gave an order to stop (Haltebefehl) armies German before Dunkirk. The evacuation was carried out using all ships that the Royal Navy could commandeer for crossing the Channel, while the RAF was fighting in the sky to cover the operation. The troops and equipment could not be embedded were captured by the Wehrmacht, but the success of the rescue of the main body may have saved the UK face an invasion to which he could hardly resist.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Dunkerque
0 comments:
Post a Comment