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May 30, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 30, 1940
* Battle of Dunkirk - Dunkerque France
* World War II era
This 38 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "ALLIES ABANDONING FLANDERS, FLOOD YSER AREA; A RESCUE FLEET AT DUNKERQUE; FOE POUNDS PORT; ONE FORCE CUT OFF FROM THE SEA AS LILLE FALLS" with subheads and map. (see) Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: The Battle of Dunkirk during the Second World War was the defence and evacuation of British and Allied forces in Europe from May 26 to June 4, 1940. A large Allied force was cut off in northern France by a German armored advance to the English Channel coast at Calais. Over 330,000 Allied troops caught in the pocket were successfully evacuated by sea to England.
After the Phoney War, the Battle of France began in earnest on 10 May, 1940. To the east, the German Army Group B invaded and subdued the Netherlands and advanced westwards through Belgium. On 14 May, Army Group A burst through the Ardennes and advanced rapidly to the west toward Sedan, then turned northwards to the English Channel, in what Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein called the "sickle cut" (known as the Manstein Plan).
A series of Allied counter-attacks, including the Battle of Arras, failed to sever the German spearhead, which reached the coast on 20 May, separating the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) near Armentières, the French First Army, and the Belgian Army further to the north from the majority of French troops south of the German penetration. After reaching the Channel, the Germans swung north along the coast, threatening to capture the ports and trap the British and French forces before they could evacuate to Britain.
A total of five nations took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk — Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland.
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