Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on June 4, 1940, announcing the ongoing evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France.

DUNKIRK — Dunkirk will honor and remember the remarkable effort to help its namesake city in France after World War II with a celebration in August. On Saturday, Aug. 28, the Historical Society of ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Germany dithered, and the British got away. War movies tend to depict the battles a nation wins—not the ones it loses. So with a blockbuster Hollywood movie on Dunkirk ...

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Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 4, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. In 1940, as casualties mounted across Europe, the ...