Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
... On the evening of May 23, 1940, Gort ordered his commanders 
to retreat to the near-by port of Dunkirk - an action that would save the British 
Army to... [DOC] [TLE] Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, 27 May-4 June 1940 [PAR] Feb 16, 2008 ... Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk of 27 May-4 June ...