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4 June 1940
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 145 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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The Dunkirk evacuation ends: The British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France.
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UK Parliament
The War: Operations in France and Belgium (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-06-04: "The War: Operations in France and Belgium." Viscount Caldecote: "My Lords, the events of the last few weeks in broad outline are already known to your Lordships.
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UK Parliament
War Situation (House of Commons)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-06-04: "War Situation." The Prime Minister (Mr.
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Abbeville
1940 battle of World War II.
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk, a novella by Paul Gallico.
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Dunkirk evacuation
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders floatright" align=right style="text-align: right;" |+ Troops landed from Dunkirk<br />27 May - 4 June 1940 |- !
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Merchant Navy supplied passenger ferries, hospital ships, and other vessels.
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