World War 2: British retreat from Dunkirk. British troops forming into winding queues waiting to board small boats which ferried them to larger vessels for transport back to UK. Constantly under German fire, between 26 May and 4 June, 300,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force and remnants of the French Army were evacuated.

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Caption: World War 2: British retreat from Dunkirk. British troops forming into winding queues waiting to board small boats which ferried them to larger vessels for transport back to UK. Constantly under German fire, between 26 May and 4 June, 300,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force and remnants of the French Army were evacuated.

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