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Dunkirk: Victory or Defeat?

Patrick Wilson assesses the importance of Operation Dynamo.

Patrick Wilson | Published in History Review Issue 37 September 2000

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel Mona's Queen shortly after striking a mine on the approach to Dunkirk. 29 May 1940.

 

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