Yesterdays Big Story - The Saga Of Dunkirk
Yesterdays Big Story - The Saga Of Dunkirk
May 26, 1940 - the beaches at Dunkirk and the beginning of an eighty-day saga that prevented the complete annihilation of the Allied Armies. With 900 small craft, the Allies evacuated 345,585 British and French troops who were trapped in a Nazi pincer movement after the collapse of Belgium. I the miracle of Dunkirk these men were evacuated to Britain where they were to form the nucleus of an invading force five years later. France Sea port with smoke in the back ground. MS - Military men being helped out of a boat. MS - Lots of smoke can be seen from the shores of this port. MLS - Military rafts with men inside of them evacuating the area and taken aboard larger vessels. MS - In Dunkirk, Belgium over the buildings in town, you see a lot of smoke blowing into the city. MLS - Military men in the water waiting or walking to vessels in the water escaping the clutches of the Nazi pinzer movement. MS - A large military ship loaded with French troops as Belgium collapses. CUS - Smiling facer of French military men after their victory at Dunkirk.