Evacuated from beaches: 622
Evacuated Dunkirk harbour: 25,553
Daily total: 26,175
Accumulated total: 338,226
Source: Thompson, Julian. Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. New York: Arcade, 2011.
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British troops evacuated from Norway arriving at Greenock, Scotland, June 1940
British troops evacuated from Norway arriving at Greenock, Scotland, June 1940. © IWM (N 383)
Men of the British Expeditionary Force arrive in London after evacuation from Dunkirk 1940
BBC archive: Bernard Stubbs reports on troops returning from Dunkirk (1940)
“There was every kind of ship I that saw coming in this morning, and every one of them was crammed full of tired battle-stained and blood-stained British soldiers.”
Reporting from Dover, Bernard Stubbs describes the scene as the ships return from Dunkirk and the troops disembark. He then follows the soldiers onto trains as they head home and also boards a ship to see what the conditions were like. Stubbs notes that, regardless of the strife, the port was well organised and the troops in good spirits.
Recorded: 31 May 1940
Duration: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Dunkirk evacuation 3 June 1940
Evacuated from beaches: 1,870
Evacuated Dunkirk harbour: 24,876
Daily total: 26,746
Accumulated total: 312,051
Source: Thompson, Julian. Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. New York: Arcade, 2011.
War Walks: Dunkirk
Documentary by the late military historian Richard Holmes, one of the greats, on the miracle of Dunkirk.
