What happened during the Miracle of Dunkirk?

What was 'Dunkirk'?. Winston Churchill, Britain's Prime Minister during World War II, called it a "miracle of deliverance" in his famed We Shall Fight on the Beaches speech in 1940. He was praising the remarkable evacuation of 338,226 British and French troops from the beach and harbour at Dunkirk. read more

"A miracle" - is the best description of what happened at Dunkirk in May and June 1940. Hundreds of thousands of troops were rescued from the German advance in the nick of time. The troops were desperately needed back on the home shores to help defend against a Nazi invasion. read more

This is a very sketchy answer: The German Blitzkrieg forced the remnants of the BEF and the eastern wing of the French army into a pocket around the city of Dunkirque on the northwest coast of France. read more

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. read more