82 yars ago, in 1940, Operation Dynamo began to extricate as many British troops as possible from Dunkirk, France.
The German Forces were about to capture or annihilate the fighting men of the UK there.

They will come back in due time

The British armored Universal Personnel Carriers and M4 Sherman tanks on a street of a Dutch town of Aalst; 18 September, 1944.

British activity in a Dutch town

British troops landing at Arromanches, codenamed Gold Beach, June 16th 1944. Behind them is the Mulberry Harbour that helped to ensure enough supplies made it off the beaches and to the troops at the front.