Evacuation of British and French troops proceeded successfully
owing to the remarkable coordinated action on all three services
of the allies.
Relays of British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers continued
pressure on German lines of communication, and formations
of fighters maintained offensive patrols over Dunkirk area.
Other heavy bombers carried out attacks against the military
objectives in north-west Germany.
French recaptured western part of Abbeville. At another point
near Somme estuary. They gained a foothold on the north bank
of the River.
The British Admiralty announced that a British warship Curlew
had been sunk by bombing off the coast of Norway.
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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