Another new port with a distinct WW2 heritage. Here Britain successfully evacuated 350,000 troops surrounded by Germans. We entered the harbor through a lock which keeps the harbor water level constant.
First stop was a coastal defense fort, Fort des Dunes.
When later fortified by the Germans this bunker immortalized the love of Robert for his girl friend Maria.
The fort was not modern and couldn't withstand WW2 artillery. But it did house big guns and fought dthe advancing Germans.
Internal galleries that overlook the moat protecting the fort.
The beach at Dunkirk. Many men escaped over these beaches using small, civilian operated boats that ferried them to larger Navy ships offshore.
Memorial
Dunkirk Town Hall
Church of Saint-Eloi
Town hall seen edge on
Bell tower of the church
Dunkirk Museum 1949 Dynamo Operation
Diorama showing men queuing up for extracting from the beah
In the parking lot a Bugatti type 35 racing car.
To the right the actual mole used to evacuate most of the men onto Navy ships.
Entrance to the Dunkirk harbor, recently named the "Most Beautiful Lighthouse"
Cemetery for those who didn't get evacuated.
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