Fires burned more than 338,000 hectares through the province â seven and a half times the normal area charred on average over 20 years. No homes or notable structures were destroyed, but the province more than quadrupled its firefighting budget, spending $266 million.
German armies deep in Russian territory. Thus, Operation TORCH was conceived and. approved. In addition to building an invasion force capable of traveling long distances to reach. objectives in North Africa, the Allies had to cope with political complications.
Dunkirk evacuation. The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II.