an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city |
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city |
a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat | an administrative division of a county |