While nearly 40 Royal Navy destroyers carried the bulk of the troops, over 800 small civilian vessels —including fishing boats, yachts, and ferries—helped ferry soldiers from shallow beaches to larger ships or directly back to England.
It was reportedly named after the room at Dover Castle that contained the building’s electric dynamo . Dunkirk 1940: Operation Dynamo
Churchill and his advisors originally hoped to save only 20,000 to 30,000 men . The Rescue Effort While nearly 40 Royal Navy destroyers carried the