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Siege of Calais

The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne, just before Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) through Dunkirk.

Siege of Calais
Siege of Calais · History Dept of United States Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
22 May 1940 – 26 May 1940
Where
Calais
Era
Modern

Topics

France359 BCE – today

Before and after

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