Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
[DOC] [TLE] Dunkirk evacuation - Wikipedia [PAR] The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the 
Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and 
harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 26 May .... On 19 May, Gort met with French 
General Gaston Billotte, commander of the French .....