Operation Dynamo: The Battle of Dunkirk

The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk. You've seen the movie, now read about the most miraculous evacuation in military history!

Nine months into the second world war, Hitler had the Allies on the ropes. Stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, the 338,000 strong British Expeditionary Force were about to be decimated by the seemingly unstoppable Panzer armies of the Nazi war machine. It would take a miracle of deliverance to save the free world.