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the greatest military defeat ever rebranded as a miracle.
means the 1940 evacuation of over 300,000 trapped allied troops from a french beach, using anything that could float.
from named for the french port town where the british expeditionary force got pinned against the sea by advancing german forces; churchill called for every seaworthy vessel in britain to help, and civilians answered.
little ships800+ private fishing boats and yachts joined the rescue
timelineoperation dynamo ran just nine days, may to june 1940
spin jobchurchill still called it a colossal military disaster, publicly
soldiers left behind40,000 troops captured covering the retreat