Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
[DOC] [TLE] Invasion of France and the Low Countries | World War II Database [PAR] On 22 May 1940 preparations for the evacuation began, and the mission ... 
France: 90,000 killed, 200,000 wounded, and 1,800,000 captured.