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When the British and french retreated to the french side of the English channel the British done what?
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saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float.
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In June 1940 the British Expeditionary Force, together with The French and Belgian armies, were cut off by German forces because they were utterly unprepared for the strength of the latter.
They retreated to Dunkirk, and during the course of the next nine days 200,000 British and 140,000 French soldiers were evacuated by a total of some 850 ships.
This saved the Army from utter defeat; the question of why Germany did not capitalise on their advantage was a mystery for years but eventually blame was placed on Hitler, because he wanted to use the Luftwaffe to bombard the troops on the beach, but the weather was too poor.
40,000 of the French were taken to other French ports, but they were captured shortly after by the Germans anyway when France fell.
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Rescue of British and French troops along English channel?
Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.
What is the large body of water between England and France?
The English Channel. The French call it Le Manche.
What channel is between the United Kingdom and France?
The English Channel separates England and France. In French, it is called La Manche.
What is La Manche?
The body of water between England and France is called "The English Channel" by the British, and "La Manche" by the French. See related link below.
What is the name of the waterway that England and France share?
It has different names, depending on which nationality is talking about it. To the English speaking world it is called the "English Channel". To the French it's "la Manche" because of it's shape - translated into English that means "the Sleeve".
When the british and french retreated to the french side of the English channel the british'?
Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float A+ users
When the British and French retreated to the French side of the English Channel the British?
Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float A+ users
When the British and french retreated to the side of the English channel the British?
Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float A+ users
Rescue of British and French troops along English channel?
Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.
How did the British get the British and French to retreat to the English side of the Channel?
By the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk.
The channel of water between united kingdom and France?
The English call this the 'English Channel', the French call it 'la Manche' (the sleeve). The rest of the British people call it the 'English Channel' as well.
What were the French and British able to cross the English Channel with?
A wide variety of shipping and the current Channel Tunnel or Chunnel provides a free flow of transport under the English Channel.
Dunkirk?
Location where the Germans trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers on the French side of the English Channel (to which the British began ferrying people across the Channel to safety), to prevent them from protecting Paris
What is the French name for the English channel in French?
The English channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
How do you spell English channel in French?
The english channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
What the channel separates Great Britain from Europe?
The English Channel. (Le Manche in French)
What is the name if the English Channel that Allied troops had to be rescued on?
You are probably thinking about Dunkirk which is a French port on the English Channel (la Manche) where 338,000 mostly British (but some French) troops were evacuated in June 1940 from the advancing German army.
