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A flotilla of 900 naval and civilian craft was sent across the Channel under RAF protection and managed to rescue 338,226 people. During the evacuation, the Luftwaffe attacked whenever the weather allowed, reducing the town of Dunkirk to rubble and destroying 235 vessels and 106 aircraft. At least 5,000 soldiers lost their lives.
Only 25,000 soldiers were evacuated in the first 2 days. Then, on May 29th, 47,000 British soldiers were rescued in the midst of heavy aerial attack by the German Luftwaffe in the evening. On May 30th, another 54,000 British soldiers to include the first French evacuees were brought out of Dunkirk.