Minde over de allierede - Dunkerque

Source: Willem Vandenameele

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Dette monument, der blev indviet i 1962, blev opført med brosten fra en kaj i havnen i Dunkerque, som blev betrådt af britiske og franske soldater under Operation Dynamo.

Slaget ved Dunkerque fandt sted i maj og juni 1940 som en del af den vestlige kampagne under Anden Verdenskrig. Under den tyske kampagne i vest var byen Dunkerque i Nordfrankrig den sidste evakueringshavn for British Expeditionary Force, som blev udsendt til Frankrig i 1939/40 som en del af den indledende defensive strategi for de Vestlige Allierede.
Briterne og franskmændene forsvarede brohovedet med succes, indtil de evakuerede mere end 330.000 af deres 370.000 soldater under Operation Dynamo.
Byen blev indtaget den 4. juni 1940 af den tyske Wehrmacht.

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Source: Willem Vandenameele - Wikipedia

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