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A Miracle of Deliverance: The Evacuation at Dunkirk, May 26-29, 1940

A Miracle of Deliverance: The Evacuation at Dunkirk, May 26-29, 1940

by Stephan Naderi | Nov 22, 2025

The photograph reveals British soldiers exhausted but packed into every inch of space on a rescue boat’s decks as they are extracted from the vicinity of Dunkirk. Taken by British Army photographers E. G. Malindine and L. A. Puttnam, the photograph illustrates one of...

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