The British Army In The UK: Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940, Destroyers filled with evacuated British troops berthing at Dover, 31 May 1940.
Up to their necks in water, retreating soldiers have to struggle through the sea because the waiting ships could not get closer to the Dunkirk beach.
French marines and soldiers who have been fighting the rear guard action arrive at a South Coast town having been evacuated from Dunkirk.
British soldiers fight a rearguard action during the evacuation at Dunkirk, shooting rifles at attacking aircraft. Bombs are exploding in the sea.
War and Conflict, World War II, pic: May/June 1940, The Battle of Dunkirk, The silhouettes of British soldiers wading into the sea, in the hope of...
World War II, June 1940, Dunkirk, France, This picture shows the evacuation of Dunkirk, as British troops on a beach form into long winding queues...
World War II, July 1940, View of boats from The Upper Thames patrol preparing to take the salute after their successful work to repatriate members of...
Many tiny vessels took part in the epic evacuation of the BEF and French troops from Dunkirk. A flotilla of small craft sails down the Thames on the...
Crew members of the French destroyer Bourrasque, sunk by mine off Nieuwpoort during the Dunkirk evacuation, are hauled aboard a British vessel from...
Troops from the British Expeditionary Force rest aboard a Royal Navy ship as it returns to an English harbour following the successful evacuation of...
Soldier of the British Expeditionary Force, arriving back from Dunkirk, is greeted affectionately by his girlfriend.
5th June 1940, Sailors who were the last to leave Dunkirk on completion of the Allied evacuation leaving a London railway station on the back of a...