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"The Dunkirk Spirit" is a phrase known to British citizens of all backgrounds and a source of pride for many. It refers to the ability to succeed under impossible circumstances. That capacity is ...

Dunkirk is a story of the early days of World War II when over 400,000 Allied soldiers are trapped by Nazi forces savagely closing in on them from all sides. Stranded on a beach in Dunkirk, France, ...

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It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect "every kind of watercraft … that could be kept afloat and had either oars or sails," to slip roughly 9,000 men ...