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What happened at Dunkirk in 1940?
- aThe Allied landings that began the liberation of France
- bMore than 300,000 soldiers were rescued from the beaches of northern FranceCorrect answer
- cGerman planes bombed a British city for 57 nights in a row
- dBritain and Germany signed a peace treaty at the end of the battle
Why?
At Dunkirk a large fleet, including many small private boats, carried more than 300,000 troops back to Britain. The landings that began the liberation of France were D-Day in 1944.
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