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A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
"the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there";
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| 2. Dunkirk [ Synonyms: dunkerque] | |
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A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
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| 3. Dunkirk [ Synonyms: dunkerque] | |
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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
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