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Battle of France
Adolf Hitler (center) in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris shortly after signing an armistice with France, June 1940.
The evacuation of Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk—conducted under the code name Operation Dynamo—began on May 26, 1940, and concluded on June 4, 1940.123
While the initial plan for the operation anticipated a duration of only two days, the mission ultimately spanned nine days, successfully rescuing over 338,000 British, French, and other Allied troops.13