TNA ADM 199 792

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TNA ADM 199 792

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 792

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/792. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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511	Log in to enlarge	CONFIDENTIAL. Page ii, Operation "DYNAMO" - Narrative of Events. at the Admiralty. Meantime, on the 23rd May, evacuation of Boulogne was started and completed on the 24th. The position was more: complicated at Calais where evacuation was limited to nonfighting personnel; the fighting personnel havingto hold on in order to assist the main B.E.F. Further, a supply ship with stores and transport had to be unloaded at Calais for this Force. It was then apparent from all these events that if the B.E.F. was to be evacuated the only port available would be Dunkirk. P.M. Sunday, the 26th: The military situation was thought to have deteriorated so rapidly that the Vice Admiral was informed by the Admiralty that it was imperative for DYNAMO to be implemented with the greatest vigour, with a view to lifting up to 45,000 of the B.E.F. within two days, at the end of which it was probable that evacuation would be terminated by enemy action.	May Page

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CONFIDENTIAL.
Page ii,
Operation "DYNAMO" - Narrative of Events.
at the Admiralty.
Meantime, on the 23rd May, evacuation of Boulogne was
started and completed on the 24th. The position was more :
complicated at Calais where evacuation was limited to non-
fighting personnel; the fighting personnel havingto hold on
in order to assist the main B.E.F. Further, a supply ship
with stores and transport had to be unloaded at Calais for
this Force.
It was then apparent from all these events that if the
B.E.F. was to be evacuated the only port available would be
Dunkirk.
P.M. Sunday, the 26th: The military situation was
thought to have deteriorated so rapidly that the Vice Admiral
was informed by the Admiralty that it was imperative for
DYNAMO to be implemented with the greatest vigour, with a
view to lifting up to 45,000 of the B.E.F. within two days, at
the end of which it was probable that evacuation would be
terminated by enemy action.