Survival was victory, until it wasn't

DUNKIRK is a harbour located in North France, on the shores of the English Channel, that separates the United Kingdom from mainland Europe.

- KALYANI MANGALE

An industrial town now, the place was sold to the French by Charles II in 1662. But that's not what this place is known for. Dunkirk became a noun much later, during the Second World War. In May and June of 1940, to be precise, when Allied forces retreated to Dunkirk to get evacuated surrounded by German troops. Codenamed Operation Dynamo was a success. Then UK Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, called