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Dunkirk, Treaty of
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Dunkirk, Treaty of (4 Mar. 1947) A defensive pact between France and Britain against an attack from Germany. Apart from attempting to revive the
Entente Cordiale of 1904, it also pledged economic cooperation and consultation between the two countries. The pact was enlarged in March 1948 by the Treaty of
Brussels, when the
Benelux countries joined.
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Dunkirk spirit still flickers as the veterans relive their memories for the last time
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...wheelchairs?" The question, bawled out as 50 Dunkirk veterans arranged themselves around a...almost the last time. Later this year the Dunkirk Veterans' Association will be wound up...membership age of 84, is dying. Most of Dunkirk's survivors have passed on and those...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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The man who kept Germans at bay; DUNKIRK REMEMBERED.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 6/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...evacuation of thousands of Allied troops from Dunkirk as a job from hell. As a 21-year...scrambled to the small boats off the shores of Dunkirk, and to safety. Alfred, aged 81, says...Infantry, was lost by the end of the Dunkirk action. Alfred, of Humber Avenue, Stoke...
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COMMENTARY; AT LEAST ONE OF THIS DUNKIRK'S BATTLES WAS ALL WET
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 3/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...S. 68 into Hardin County. Both trips take us to Dunkirk. Dunkirk, France, is most famous for the World War II evacuation...days, but you could evacuate 300,000 folks from Dunkirk, Ohio, in a matter of hours, thanks to criss-crossing...
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New Board, New Look At Sewer for Dunkirk; Commissioners Move to Block Public System
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/31/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and sewer system from being built in the Dunkirk town center, making good on political promises to Dunkirk residents who were angered by the previous...a public water and sewer system in the Dunkirk town center would result in annual user...
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Books: Dunkirk's forgotten heroes; Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (Viking, pounds 25).(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 6/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940 is one of the best-known episodes...the rest of the Army was retreating to Dunkirk by holding a series of strongpoints...men made it back to the beaches or the Dunkirk "mole". Most were either killed or...
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Calvert Approves Public Sewer for Dunkirk Center
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...allows a public system to be built in the Dunkirk town center. The decision was a 3 to...meeting room packed with about 25 angry Dunkirk residents opposed to public sewer service...We have heard from the residents of Dunkirk and the message is loud and clear...
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Wal-Mart Finds Hole In Big-Box Limits; Dunkirk Store Would Be Split in Two
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...a 97,687-square-foot facility in Dunkirk. Opponents of the project assert that...square feet in minor town centers such as Dunkirk. But Calvert County Planning Commission...commission Chairman John R. Ward said the Dunkirk proposal appears to meet the regulations...
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Dunkirk spirit ; The beaches of Dunkirk, which will forever be remembered as the location of what Winston Churchill called "a miracle", now welcome visitors from the UK as a tourist attraction. Mick Wormald went to explore French Flanders but, in a way, his article comes courtesy of two anonymous Geordie fishermen.
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 11/22/2008; 700+ words
; The beaches of Dunkirk, which will forever be remembered as...basic facts about Operation Dynamo. Dunkirk - that single word conjured up images...several occasions. "What was it like at Dunkirk?" I always received the same answer...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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DUNKIRK SPIRIT; Stock up on cheap booze for Xmas.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 12/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...s still time to cross the Channel to Dunkirk to stock up on Christmas goodies. Even...offer is on Norfolk Line's Dover to Dunkirk crossing with return fares for just pounds...until next Saturday. The one drawback is Dunkirk is not exactly pretty. So be prepared...
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Dunkirk: The spirit lives on; Sixty years on, survivors recall the rescue operation that marked a turning point in the war.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...course of history. The evacuation of Dunkirk, which took place exactly 60 years ago...our marooned servicemen off the beach at Dunkirk and safely back across the English Channel...some of the Scots who were rescued from Dunkirk and brought back home will remember their...
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Dunkirk, evacuation from
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Dunkirk, evacuation from, the rescue of British...all levels, for initially they were in Dunkirk for different purposes, the British Expeditionary...across to Calais and then up the coast to Dunkirk. This meant the ships were not only shelled...
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Dunkirk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dunkirk , Fr. Dunkerque, town (1990 pop. 71...electrical equipment are also important. Among Dunkirk's chief exports are construction materials...c.7th cent. AD and often fortified, Dunkirk played a key role in the struggles in Europe...
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Dunkirk evacuation
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Dunkirk evacuation A seaborne rescue of British and French troops in World War II...Expeditionary Force, organized a withdrawal to the port and beaches of Dunkirk, where warships, aided by small private boats, carried off some 330...
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Dunkirk Evacuation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Dunkirk Evacuation (World War II) (27 May–4 June 1940) In May 1940...soldiers, and a contingent of the remnant Belgian army around the port of Dunkirk. Believing that victory was assured, Hilter ordered a brief two-day...
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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...
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