TNA ADM 199 790

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 790

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, dating from 1940.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 790

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 575–575 of this collection

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
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