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   5 days ago · Dunkirk, town and seaport, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. It lies along the Strait of Dover between Calais and the Belgian frontier, 49 miles (79 km) northwest of Lille by road.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dunkirk_(2017_film)Dunkirk (2017 film) - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Dunkirk is a 2017 epic historical war thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea and air.

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   3 days ago · The British Expeditionary Force being surrounded by invading Germans at Dunkirk and evacuated from France by a motley rescue fleet of military ships and private boats; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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   Jun 17, 2024 · Battle of France - German Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk Evacuation, French Defeat: The French front along the Somme and the Aisne was dubbed the Weygand Line. On June 14 the French army evacuated Paris, and the Germans entered the city later that day. Reynaud relocated the government from Tours to Bordeaux.

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   Jun 17, 2024 · British and other Allied troops waiting to be evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk, France, 1940. (more) Learn how Nazi panzers wedged between French and British troops and trapped the latter at Dunkirk.

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   5 days ago · The Dunkirk Evacuation, also known as Operation Dynamo, was a significant event during World War II. It involved the rescue of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France. Here are some fascinating facts about this historic event. 01 The evacuation took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940.

8. www.airliquide.com › group › press-releases-newsDecarbonization of the Dunkirk basin: Air Liquide and ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · The first CO₂ infrastructure project in France to receive support from the European Union, D’Artagnan marks an essential step towards the implementation of the capture and sequestration technologies needed to reduce CO₂ emissions in France and Europe.

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   What happened to the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk?

   • The British Expeditionary Force being surrounded by invading Germans at Dunkirk and evacuated from France by a motley rescue fleet of military ships and private boats; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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   What is Dunkirk famous for?

   • Dunkirk’s great artificial port was largely rebuilt after 1945 and subsequently expanded to form a deepwater port and industrial zone to the west of the town. The port itself is capable of accepting 300,000-ton vessels and is the third largest complex in France (after Marseille and Le Havre) in terms of the amount of traffic handled.

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   What happened to Dunkirk in WW2?

   • During World War II, in May–June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops, cut off by the Germans, were evacuated from Dunkirk to England by naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats. The town was liberated by the U.S. Army in May 1945, but more than three-quarters of its houses were destroyed in the fighting.

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   Where was Dunkirk filmed?

   • Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk and wrapped that September in Los Angeles, when post-production began. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film stock. Dunkirk has extensive practical effects. It employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats from the evacuation, and period aeroplanes.

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