<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Operation Dynamo</a>: In northern France, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> forces begin a massive evacuation from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a>, France. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a> begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> offensive.<sup about="#mwt76" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_26#cite_note-13" id="mw_Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_g">[13]</span></a></sup>
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