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Destroyed British Cruiser Mk IV tank near Huppy and Saint-Maxent, France, on or shortly after 27 May 1940	Posted notices in Calais, France just before German occupation, 27 May 1940

British trawler rescuing Allied troops escaping from Dunkirk, France, May 1940	British troops in a ship off of Dunkirk, France, late May 1940

Destroyed British Cruiser Mk IV tank in France, on or shortly after 30 May 1940	Aerial view of the destruction at Rotterdam, circa late May 1940

Destroyed British Cruiser Mk III tank in Calais, France, 31 May 1940	Japanese troops crossing the Han River, Hubei, China, 31 May 1940

Oil tanks on fire in the port of Calais, France, set aflame by retreating Allied troops, at 1530 hours on 31 May 1940	Sand dunes on the beaches near Calais, France, 31 May 1940; note grave of a soldier to the right

Troops of the Japanese 18th Infantry Regiment at the west bank of the Han River, Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang, Hubei, China, 31 May 1940; note Type 11 light machine guns	A German soldier looking at destroyed car and buildings, Calais, France, May 1940

A statue of a fisherman surviving amidst destroyed buildings, Calais, France, May 1940	Abandoned Char B1 tank, France, 1940; note German Panzer II in background

Abandoned French fortification on the French-German border, May 1940	Abandoned vehicles alongside a street in northern France, circa May 1940

Allied troops evacuated from Dunkerque, France disembarking from a ship in the United Kingdom, Jun 1940; still from Frank Capra's 1943 film Why We Fight #3	An aircraft spotter atop a London building, St. Paul's Cathedral in background, early 1940s

British officer and colonial troops as prisoners of war in Belgium, May-Jun 1940	British prisoners at Dunkirk, France, Jun 1940