ダイナモ作戦
[b]The Dunkirk Evacuation[/b], codenamed [b]Operation Dynamo[/b] and also known as [b]The Miracle of Dunkirk[/b], or simply [b]Dunkirk[/b], was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the early part of [[World War II]] from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of [[France]], between 26 May and 4 June 1940. 

The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, [[united_kingdom|British]], and French troops were cut off and surrounded by [[germany|German]] troops during the six-week [[Battle of France]]. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] called this "a colossal military disaster", saying "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to be destroyed or captured. 

In his "We shall fight on the beaches":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches speech on 4 June, after the operation had successfully ended, he hailed their rescue as [i]"a miracle of deliverance...".[/i]

h4. See also

* "Wikipedia article":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation

* [[Dunkirk (movie)]]

* [[Battle of Britain]]
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