338,226 british troops were rescued in the 1940 dunkirk evacuation.
338,226 british troops were rescued in the 1940 dunkirk evacuation.
how many british troops were rescued in the 1940 dunkirk evacuation?
338,226
on the first day only 7,669 allied soldiers were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, 338,226 of them had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 boats. many troops were able to embark from the harbour's protective mole onto 39 british royal navy destroyers, four royal canadian navy destroyers, at least three french destroyers, and a variety of civilian merchant ships, while others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water. some were ferried to the larger ships by what came to be known as the little ships of dunkirk, a flotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft, yachts, and lifeboats called into service from britain. the bef lost 68,000 soldiers during the french campaign and had to abandon nearly all of its tanks, vehicles, and equipment. in his speech to the house of commons on 4 june, churchill reminded the country that "we must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. wars are not won by evacuations."
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the 1940 dunkirk veterans' association was an association of british service veterans "who served at dunkirk and other ports of evacuation between 10 may and june 1940" – that is in the dunkirk evacuation of 1940, including those who were taken prisoner. associate membership was available to those "otherwise not qualified, but who had assisted at the ports of evacuation".









































the association was formed at leeds in 1953, reached a peak membership of over 20,000 and was disbanded on 30 june 2000, after the association's 60th anniversary commemoration.









































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