As the start of World War II just happened caused by Germany's invasion of Poland. Ended up with France and Britain, fighting together, to go and fight Germany. While on the northern side of France there was a battle going on in Dunkirk. Also known as the battle of Dunkirk. The purpose of the Battle of Dunkirk was to defence, protect, and help evacuate some of the British army and other Allied forces in Europe safely home. It lasted from 26 May to 4 June 1940.
When the German army gets through to the northern part of France, it ends up cutting making British troops having to cut off from the French allies. Within the first eight months into the war, nothing wasn’t really happening. (Jones, 1) In which this had force a huge evacuation of soldiers …show more content…
Weapons used during this battle were machine guns such as the Chatellerault M1924/29 (imfdb 1), submachine guns such as the MP40 (imfdb 1), as well some Revolvers were used such as Webley .38 Mk IV and Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifles. (imfdb 1) and there was the amount of weapons used (BBC UK, 1) Meanwhile during the battle the soldier only could hide in their ships and if they were on land either found a hiding spot or only just pretend to be dead on the ground if there were getting attacked by the Germans. Plus, the Germans as well assumed that the British had no way of getting all their troops off the continent. As well The naval ships only could carry a certain number of soldier and really couldn’t get through the shallow water around Dunkirk. The British government requisitioned hundreds of small boats ferries, fishing ships, merchant craft to get the men off the beaches. Some of these took troops back to the navy waiting offshore, while others took them all the way back to England. Many of them made multiple
When the German army gets through to the northern part of France, it ends up cutting making British troops having to cut off from the French allies. Within the first eight months into the war, nothing wasn’t really happening. (Jones, 1) In which this had force a huge evacuation of soldiers …show more content…
Weapons used during this battle were machine guns such as the Chatellerault M1924/29 (imfdb 1), submachine guns such as the MP40 (imfdb 1), as well some Revolvers were used such as Webley .38 Mk IV and Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* rifles. (imfdb 1) and there was the amount of weapons used (BBC UK, 1) Meanwhile during the battle the soldier only could hide in their ships and if they were on land either found a hiding spot or only just pretend to be dead on the ground if there were getting attacked by the Germans. Plus, the Germans as well assumed that the British had no way of getting all their troops off the continent. As well The naval ships only could carry a certain number of soldier and really couldn’t get through the shallow water around Dunkirk. The British government requisitioned hundreds of small boats ferries, fishing ships, merchant craft to get the men off the beaches. Some of these took troops back to the navy waiting offshore, while others took them all the way back to England. Many of them made multiple