The successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Belgium and northern France through the port of Dunkirk and across adjacent beaches is rightly regarded as one of the most significant episodes in the nation’s long history, although Winston Churchill sagely cautioned in Parliament on 4th June that the country (3z(Bmust be careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations(3y. (BNevertheless, the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation (3z(BDynamo(3y(B, was a victory and, like many others before it, it was a victory of sea power. The Royal Navy achieved what it set out to do, despite grievous losses, in the teeth of determined opposition.

Preliminary events 10th-18th May 1940 --The week before Operation "Dynamo" 19th-25th May, 1940 -- Operation "Dynamo" is commenced, Sunday, 26th May, 1940 -- Monday, 27th May -- Tuesday, 28th May -- Wednesday 29th May -- Thursday, 30th May -- Friday, 31st May — evacuation reaches its zenith -- Saturday 1st June — Germans renew their heavy air effort -- The night of the 1st-2nd June daylight to dusk on2nd -- The night 2nd-3rd June — B.E.F. evacuated 2330/2 -- The final night, 3rd-4th June -- Analysis of the operation -- Notes for following disembarkation records -- Record of troop numbers lifted from Dunkirk -- Record of British ships lifting troops from Dunkirk -- Record of other ships lifting troops from Dunkirk -- Summary of Operation Dynamo.