dunkirk

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noun a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
noun a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
noun an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire

THE FIGHT OFF DUNKIRK XXI. — When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
“Well, and I’m glad I came to Dunkirk. — Catriona, Robert Louis Stevenson
Served at Dunkirk under the Duke of York. — The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes, Charles Dalton

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