Operation Dynamo - British and French troops wait in line for their turn to be rescued from the beach of Dunkirk, France.
 


Backs to the wall on the beach

Dutch children, along with grown-ups watch Churchill AVREs (Armored Vehicles Royal Engineers) pass through the town of Dongen in southern Holland, about ten miles north of the Belgian border; 1 November 1944.

Watching the show

Troops wade out to waiting ships at Dunkirk, France, which will return them to the safety of the British mainland; May-June 1940.
