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Dunkirk

Dunkirk city (1990 pop. 13,989), Chautauqua co., SW N.Y., on Lake Erie; founded c.1800, inc. as a city 1880. It is a port of entry and trades extensively with other Great Lakes' ports. Dunkirk, located in the grape belt, produces wines and other grape products. The city also manufactures steel, food products, and clothing. In 1946, Dunkirk developed a program to help Dunkirk , France (for which it was named), recover from World War II. Other U.S. cities followed Dunkirk's example and established a program, called the One World Plan, to aid war-damaged European cities.

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	Anniversary farewell to the heroes of Dunkirk. Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England); 11/8/2006; 392 words ; by ALISON BELLAMY DUNKIRK veterans are to meet in Leeds for a last...serving with the Royal Engineers. The Dunkirk veterans and war heroes from this region...too old to attend. Of the original 70 Dunkirk veterans who used to meet for the Remembrance... Read more
	Forgotten Dunkirk heroes remembered. Newspaper article from: Leamington Spa Courier (Leamington Spa, England); 6/2/2006; 527 words ; WARWICKSHIRE'S forgotten Dunkirk heroes are among those remembered in...evacuation, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk - Fight to the Last Man tells the story...town of Wormhoudt and the main road to Dunkirk. Jerram and his men were told to hold... Read more
	Band of city brothers revive Dunkirk spirit. Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 5/10/2008; 590 words ; ...brothers who survived the evacuation of Dunkirk gathered in Peterborough for a reunion...who hosted the lunch event. With the Dunkirk Veterans Association disbanded, Mr Lee...thought of capture as he retreated to Dunkirk as a young soldier in the Royal Corps... Read more
	Memory and atonement: Valerie Krips, on the cultural memory of Dunkirk.(ARTS AND CULTURE)(Viewpoint essay) Magazine article from: Arena Magazine; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...of the little places that sent boats to Dunkirk to rescue the British Expeditionary Force...which is how I know what happened to him. Dunkirk has been on my mind ever since I saw the...film overall very good, they thought the Dunkirk episode too long. Interestingly, none... Read more
	Oakland lands a first in Dunkirk.(Expansions) Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 7/1/2004; 355 words ; ...sterling] export-import distribution depot in Dunkirk, the first independent UK contract packing...depot has been built on the first phase of Dunkirk's new logistical park which will ultimately...handled within eight hours. The depot at Dunkirk has a capacity of 16,000 pallets of chilled... Read more
	Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/22/2008; 166 words ; Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind. Sean Longden. Constable. [pounds sterling]20.00. xiv + 466 pages. ISBN 978-1-84529-520-5. This is Mr Longden's third book on the Second World War and here he examines not the 'miracle' of Dunkirk but those soldiers who did not get away in the little boats. While 338,226 men ... Read more
	Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/22/2008; 256 words ; Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. Julian Thompson. Sidgwick & Jackson. [pounds sterling]20.00. xiv + 338 pages. ISBN 978-0-283-07021...especially von Rundstedt, and not Hitler, who made their fatal decision to weaken the pursuit of the defeated Allies to Dunkirk. Probably most Britons agreed with their resolute King: ... Read more
	MC hammers rivals in Dunkirk. Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England); 5/14/2007; 266 words ; ...outsprinted the pack to win Sunday's final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk in northern France. The Manxman disrupted the Milram train...were all reeled in on the final laps of a finishing circuit in Dunkirk to set up the bunch sprint showdown. Milram looked to have... Read more
	Heanor get ready for Dunkirk battle. Newspaper article from: Ripley & Heanor News (Ripley, England); 12/12/2007; 465 words ; ...will hope to return to action on Saturday with the visit of Dunkirk, always attractive visitors to the Town Ground (2pm). Other...Radcliffe Olympic Reserves or Blidworth Welfare Reserves v Dunkirk Reserves (January 12) Heanor Town received a walkover as Newark... Read more
	Parking warden tickets Dunkirk veteran with disabled badge. Newspaper article from: Sussex Express Series (Lewes, England); 1/23/2008; 411 words ; AN 85-year-old disabled Dunkirk war veteran who is almost blind has been given a parking ticket - despite clearly displaying a disabled badge on his wife's car... Read more

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	Dunkirk, evacuation from Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Dunkirk, evacuation from, the rescue of British, French, and other...and the British at all levels, for initially they were in Dunkirk for different purposes, the British Expeditionary Force...rescue ships across to Calais and then up the coast to Dunkirk. This meant the ships were not only shelled but had ... Read more
	Dunkirk Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Dunkirk a port of northern France, which in the Middle Ages was a centre of privateering activity. In modern times, Dunkirk was the scene of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary...host of small boats, under constant attack from the air. Dunkirk spirit used (sometimes ironically) for the refusal to ... Read more
	Dunkirk Evacuation Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Dunkirk Evacuation (World War II) (27 May–4 June 1940) In May 1940 German tank forces, advancing rapidly through Belgium...encircled over 200,000 British troops, 140,000 French soldiers, and a contingent of the remnant Belgian army around the port of Dunkirk. Believing that victory was assured, Hilter ... Read more
	Dunkirk evacuation Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Dunkirk evacuation A seaborne rescue of British and French troops in World War II (26 May–4 June 1940). German forces advancing...French troops. General Gort, commanding the British Expeditionary Force, organized a withdrawal to the port and beaches of Dunkirk, where warships, aided by small private boats, ... Read more
	Dunkirk, Treaty of Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Dunkirk, Treaty of (4 Mar. 1947) A defensive pact between France and Britain against an attack from Germany. Apart from attempting to revive... Read more

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