During the dramatic Dunkirk evacuation, the skies became a deadly battleground between Britain’s agile Spitfires and ...

Some 66 boats have recreated the heroic Operation Dynamo exodus which saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers' lives 85 years ...

The 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, which lasted nine days from 27 May to 4 June, was called by then Prime Minister Winston ...

Allied forces retreated from the German advance through north-western Europe, and fell back to the Channel ports of France where they were trapped. Their rescue was codenamed Operation Dynamo and ...

More than 338,000 soldiers of the Allied Forces were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in France on June 4, 1940, making ...

On May 26, 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the ...

A FLOTILLA of Little Ships which set out yesterday to mark the 85th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation was forced to change course in the English Channel — to avoid a migrant boat.

A flotilla marking the 85th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation was forced to divert due to a migrant dinghy in the English Channel. The fleet of 66 vessels set sail from Ramsgate, Kent ...