#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/30/2010 #3

A flotilla of ‘little ships’ arrive off Dunkirk, France, Thursday May 27th, 2010, to mark the seventieth anniversary of Operation Dynamo. The ships sailed from England in a reenactment of the massive operation in May 1940, when hundreds of vessels, made up of mostly fishing vessels and privately owned boats set sail across the English Channel enabling the evacuation of 225,000 British troops and 125,000 French from the Dunkirk beaches during World War Two.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/24/2015 #1

British Hurricane (top) and Spitfire planes from World War Two perform a fly-past as over Ramsgate harbour in south east England, May 21st, 2015. Over fifty ‘Little Ships’, used in action in 1940, sailed to Dunkirk in northern France to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo in World War Two when a mass evacuation took place of Allied troops as German forces advanced through France.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/26/2016 #5

Actors wait to film a scene for the film Dunkirk in Dunkirk, northern France, on Monday. The film, directed by Christopher Nolan, tells the story of the Dunkirk evacuation, which took place at the beginning of World War Two.

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/02/2022 #5

In 1940, Dunkirk Evacuation #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/26/2022 #5

In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War Two. #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/04/2022 #4

In 1940, during World War Two, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” Operation Dynamo #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/23/2025 #2

Ramsgate, UK • A flotilla of ‘little ships’ sail out of Kent at the start of Dunkirk 85, a commemorative cruise to Dunkirk to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo.

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