Picture No | 12914762 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | Prisoners of war after Dunkirk evacuation, WW2 |
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Distant view of prisoners of war being led into captivity after the Dunkirk evacuation, northern France. They were the heroic rearguard, many of them French, who had covered the evacuation, allowing many Allied troops to be rescued and returned to safety.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 29 June 1940, page 871 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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