30 May 1940

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Western Front

Fifth day of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk. 53,823 men reach Britain.

Great Britain

Cripps sent to Russia on a trade mission

Related Books

 The War at Sea, 1939-1945, Volume I: The Defensive, S. W. Roskill. This first volume in the British official history of the war at sea covers the period from the outbreak of the war through to the first British disasters in the Pacific in December 1941. Amongst other topics it covers the Norwegian campaign, the evacuation from Dunkirk and the first two years of the Battle of the Atlantic. The text is meticulously researched, and is rooted in a detailed study of wartime records, both British and German. [see more]
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 30 May 1940, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1940_05_30.html

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