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Battle Of Dunkirk Dbq

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During the early days of World War II, one of the most miraculous battles, the Battle of Dunkirk occurred. As Great Britain and the Allied forces were trapped on the Western Front of France, Germany was circling and trapping the forces. The British were left with no option but to evacuate their army by sea. On May 26, British began the withdrawal called Operation Dynamo (Source A). Hundreds of civilian boats raced to Dunkirk in efforts to save the soldiers. The evacuation took nine days (Source A). When the Germans finally reached the beaches of Dunkirk, 338,000 soldiers were saved (Source A). When coming home, many soldiers were ashamed and embarrassed that they had to withdraw from the battle. In reality, they should of been proud of their …show more content…

One of them being The Battle of Britain. Britain outsmarted the Germans by decoding German messages. Hitler stopped his attacks, shocked by Britain’s resistance. Everyone learned a lesson after this battle. The lesson was that Hitler could be outsmarted and overtaken. After the Battle of Dunkirk, the Britains felt very defeated. They were happy to be alive, but were not proud when they surrendered and were defeated. When they redeemed themselves in the Battle of Britain, it gave them hope that Hitler and the German army could be defeated indefinitely. If they would not of escaped Dunkirk, they would of lost more than 300,000 troops. Britain would of not been able to hold off Hitler and his army. Hitler would of then conquered Britain and moved on to the next country. Although, since Britain had troops and radar technology to hold him off, Hitler changed his strategy. Since Britain left all of their equipment on the beaches of Dunkirk, they needed time to rebuild their army. Hitler gave them just that. By changing his strategy, Hitler moved onto the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (Source B). Britain’s army quickly bounced back. While they suffered a downfall at Dunkirk, that did not seem to bother them anymore. They were now a threat to Mussolini as they swept about 500 miles of North Africa (Source B). They would of never been able to get this far without escaping the beaches of

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