the_ww2_memoirs Pictures above are British and French troops wading to a British civilian vessel evacuating them from the shores of Dunkirk, June, 1940. Dunkirk was one of the greatest and largest evacuations of the entirety of the war having over 300,000 men saves from the jaws of death. For over a month the Germans had been on the Allies tale and had finally had them cornered on multiple ports along the coast. Unfortunately only one could be evacuated which was Dunkirk, the men at Calaise…