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'''Dunkirk''' was a port city in northern [[France]].
'''Dunkirk''' was a port city in northern [[France]].


During [[World War II]], from late May to early June [[1940]], thousands of [[British Army]] soldiers were evacuated from the area after they had been cut off from the rest of the army by the German advance.
During [[World War II]], it was the site of the [[Battle of Dunkirk]].
 
Although the German army could have easily destroyed the British forces, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] had convinced [[Adolf Hitler]], who was unstable and disoriented after the [[Timewyrm]] had been banished from his mind, to not advance on Dunkirk. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
 
:''The true reason why the Germans did not attack Dunkirk remains unknown.''


[[First Doctor|The Doctor]] had been present at Dunkirk. ([[NA]]: ''[[Just War]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')
338,000 [[British Army]] soldiers were evacuated on [[boat]]s from the area ([[TV]]: {{cs|Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)}}) as part of [[Operation Dynamo]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] prevented a [[Nemonite]] from taking possession of those involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. (''[[The Nemonite Invasion]]'')
The [[First Doctor]] was present at Dunkirk, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}}) as was the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fugitives (audio story)}})


In [[2009]], the [[Torchwood Three]] team found the body of a sailor from the Dunkirk evacuation washed up on a beach. ([[TWA]]: ''[[The Sin Eaters]]'')
When aiding the [[Sontaran]]s in their battle against an undying force, the [[Fourth Doctor]] asked Field Major [[Lenk (The Eternal Battle)|Lenk]] "where's your Dunkirk spirit?" ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eternal Battle (audio story)}})


In an [[alternate timeline]] in which Hitler kept the power of the Timewyrm, the Germans advanced on Dunkirk and totally defeated the British Army. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] prevented a [[Nemonite]] from taking possession of those involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)}})


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Latest revision as of 03:18, 4 May 2024

Dunkirk

Dunkirk was a port city in northern France.

During World War II, it was the site of the Battle of Dunkirk.

338,000 British Army soldiers were evacuated on boats from the area (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart [+]Loading...["Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)"]) as part of Operation Dynamo. (AUDIO: The Nemonite Invasion [+]Loading...["The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)"])

The First Doctor was present at Dunkirk, (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"], PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"]) as was the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"])

When aiding the Sontarans in their battle against an undying force, the Fourth Doctor asked Field Major Lenk "where's your Dunkirk spirit?" (AUDIO: The Eternal Battle [+]Loading...["The Eternal Battle (audio story)"])

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble prevented a Nemonite from taking possession of those involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. (AUDIO: The Nemonite Invasion [+]Loading...["The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)"])

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