Battle+of+Dunkirk

= Battle of Dunkirk. = = Chris, Brooks and, Chase. =

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Information:  The Battle of Dunkirk happened at the end of May in 1940 and ended on June 6. After The German forces reached the French coastline they headed north. By the end of May 1940 the German army trapped the allied forces into the city of Lille. Completely outmatched they retreated to the beaches of Dunkirk. Now their backs were pushed against the sea. Great Britain sent out their army to rescue the allied forces. They sent about 850 ships across the English Channel straight to Dunkirk. Under Heavy fire form the German Bombers the British boats carried 338,000 soldiers back to safety.

Britain won the battle of Dunkirk. They won the battle because they had more soldiers. Evan though Germany lost the battle they had advanced weapons and infantry. The battle took place in May of 1940. The battle was between France and Britain Vs Germany. Britain pushed them out and made them run off.

__**Significance:**__ The significance of the Battle of Dunkirk was that the France began to crumple. On June 14, the Germans had taken Paris and the French finally surrendered on June 22, 1940. Germans then took control of the northern part of the country. They left the southern part of the country to a government led by Marshall Philippe Petain. After Franc fell Charles De Gaulle tried to manage France government without actually being in French. They set up their exiled government in London. He used all his energy to reconquer France, but wasn’t very successful. __**First Hand Account:**__ Dear Mom and Dad,

There are men currently in Ardennes preparing for the battle. I am a member of the Allied forces. I heard about Hitler’s sweep through Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Not too long after this Hitler sent an even larger force of tanks and troops to Ardennes. This was incredibly scary to me because I had no idea how this was going to end. Hitler and the Germans were trying to get to the coast of our country. They moved through the forest and reached their destination of the northern coast in a matter of ten days. Once they reached the French coast, the German forces met up with the German troops in Belgium. Finally they trapped us around the French city of Lille. I just felt helpless and thought this was truly going to be the end. We were outnumbered, outgunned and pounded from the air. Finally we decided to retreat, which I felt was a good decision, but unfortunately since we retreated the beaches of Dunkirk we were now trapped with out backs to the sea. Once again I almost lost all hope that I was going to stay alive. We had nowhere to go and it looked like we were going to be forced to fight. Luckily Great Britain sent about 850 ships across the English Channel to Dunkirk to rescue us. When I saw these ships coming our way I took cover until they arrived and tried to get on the first ship I saw. The boat ride back was the most intense and suspenseful boat ride I have ever been on. Not only were Germans heavily bombing us, but the boats were packed. The boats had to carry 338,000 soldiers in all and the most possible amount of people squeezed on each boat. Since I am claustrophobic it was too fun for me, but I would rather that than fighting the Germans and getting demolished.

Love, Carroogy







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MLA Citation:

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