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Dunkerque a port in N France, on the Strait of Dover: scene of the evacuation of British and other Allied troops after the fall of France in 1940; industrial centre with an oil refinery and naval shipbuilding yards. Pop.: 70 850 (1999) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Insight into the mind of the enemy is provided by Rommel's observation that a British Army cannot be trapped in large numbers as long as it has access to the sea; this after the evacuation at Dunkerque in 1940 and Operation DEMON, the evacuation of the Greek mainland in April 1941. What makes Vermont a watershed is that we were able to turn our Dunkerque into a Normandy beach. a contract with Ryssen for a bioethanol plant in Dunkerque, France, |
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