Dunkirk evacuation
1940 · Event
British and French troops are evacuated from Dunkirk beaches; survival rather than defeat.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, World War II, France
Around 1940
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)