How did the british rescue the allied army at dunkirk?
Troops in Dunkirk were able to embark from the harbour's protective mole onto 42 British destroyers and other large ships,while others had to wade from the beaches toward the ships,waiting for hours to board,shoulder-deep in water.Others were ferried from the beaches to the larger ships,and thousands were carried back to Britain by the"little ships of Dunkirk".
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Evacuation of Dunkerque, operation carried out during World War II to rescue British and other Allied troops trapped in northern France and Belgium by the German armed forces. A flotilla of small ships rescued more than 338,000 Allied troops from beaches near Dunkerque, France, and brought them to Dover, England, between May 24 and June 4, 1940.
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