This event was facilitated by the defense-in-depth strategy implemented by General Fagalde.
This event was facilitated by the defense-in-depth strategy implemented by General Fagalde. Before this event, Marshal Gort rejected a joint-counterattack plan towards Bapaume by General Weygand as suicidal. An order by the attacking side to halt for three days while 25 kilometres from the site of this event also provided time for preparation. During the middle of this event, the Belgian Army surrendered, leaving a 30 km hole in the defenses. Explanations for that decision included Goering persuading Hitler that the Luftwaffe would be enough to destroy the defenders of this event. This event saw the participation of nearly 900 boats, military and civilian. For 10 points, name this Second World War event that saw 330 000 French and British troops evacuated from the German advance a certain French Channel port city.
This event was facilitated by the defense-in-depth strategy implemented by General Fagalde.
Dunkirk Evacuation or Miracle of Dunkirk or Operation Dynamo [accept anything related to Allied troops taken out of Dunkirk by ships; prompt on "Dunkirk" or "Battle of Dunkirk"]