an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
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dunkirk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | dunkerque |
dunkirk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | dunkerque |
dunkirk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | crisis |
Examples of dunkirk
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Dunkirk, who led early through lively fractions, fought on gamely to the wire.
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Dunkirk, 2-0 this year over the Gulfstream surface, drew the fourth position.
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Dunkirk, a $3.7 million yearling purchase, struggled home 11th as the 5-1 second choice.
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Dunkirk and Quality Road remain at the top with I Want Revenge looming boldly in third.
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Dunkirk, another contender, was a $3.7 million purchase as a yearling.
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Dunkirk has the third-largest harbour in France, after those of Le Havre and Marseilles.
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Dunkirk was far off the pace in the early going under Garrett Gomez.
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Dunkirk, with Edgar Prado aboard, broke his maiden in his first career start at Gulfstream Park.
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Dunkirk made a sweeping move on the outside, getting to the front.
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- A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"
- A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
- An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
- Dunkirk is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the Belgian border. The population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 70,850 inhabitants (71,300 inhabitants as per February 2004 estimates). ...
- Dunkirk: The Battle of France is an out of print World War II board wargame simulating Operation Dynamo. It was designed by Gary Gygax and published by Guidon Games in 1971. ...
- Dunkirk is a World War II film made in 1958 and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. It was based on two novels: Eleston Trever's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk.
- Dunkirk is an American Thoroughbred Racehorse born in 2006. He is the son of graded stakes winner and major sire Unbridled's Song and multiple Grade 1 winner Secret Status. ...
- Dunkirk is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the USA. It was officially incorporated in 1880, though it was first settled around 1805. The population was 13,131 at the 2000 census. Dunkirk is bordered on the north by Lake Erie. ...
- Dunkirk is a 2004 BBC television docudrama about the Battle of Dunkirk and the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II.
