Trapped on a French beach as German warplanes attacked, hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops thought they were doomed. Many were. But in the spring of 1940, the Battle of Dunkirk ...

Read this introduction to James Hill's story, then listen to him describe his experiences, using the links at the foot of this page. James Hill was born in 1911 and went to Sandhurst in 1929.

On this episode, AccuWeather Founder & Executive Chair Dr. Joel N. Myers and AccuWeather Network Chief Meteorologist Bernie ...

The Daily Express marked the miracle of Dunkirk with the headline on May 31,1940: “Tens of Thousands Safely Home Already… Many more coming.” British soldiers were still being lifted from the ...

I continued my seven miles up to Dunkirk. NARRATOR:'Jim was one of over 330,000 British and French troops who made it ... of their research in the last two columns (1=weak to 5=excellent), as ...

Hundreds of thousands of British, French and Belgian soldiers were stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, in northern France, after being pushed back by German forces. And so began Operation Dynamo ...

"Poole Maritime Trust is commemorating this with the exhibition in recognition of the bravery and sacrifice that the people ...

May/June 1940. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are holed up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the ...

Veterans of World War II describe their experiences of the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the evacuation On 10 May the German Army invaded Holland and Belgium The Blitzkrieg had begun an entirely ...

A band of soldiers tasked with staying behind during the Battle of Dunkirk to rescue a scientist with information that could turn the tide of the war must battle their way through dangerous Nazi ...