Which military operation of World War II had the codename 'Operation Dynamo'?
Operation Paula Operation Paula Unternehmen Paula (Undertaking or Operation Paula) is the German codename given for the Second World War "Luftwaffe" offensive operation to destroy the remaining units of the "Armée de l'Air" (ALA), or French Air Force during the Battle of France in 1940. On 10 May the German armed forces ("Wehrmacht") began their invasion of Western Europe. By 3 June, the British Army had withdrawn from Dunkirk and the continent in Operation Dynamo, the Netherlands and Belgium had surrendered and most of the formations of the French Army were disbanded or destroyed. To complete the defeat of France, the Germans
Operation Backfire (World War II) Operation Backfire (World War II) Operation Backfire was a military scientific operation during and after the Second World War, which was performed mainly by British staff. It was part of the Allies' scramble to acquire German technology. With the consent of U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the operation was orchestrated by Major Robert Staver from the Rocket Section of the Research and Development branch of the Ordnance Office that was tasked in directing the effort to find and interrogate the German rocket specialists who had built the V-2. Since April 30 he had been in the Nordhausen area searching the