Object Detail

Object Name
photograph
Description
Copy of a black & white photograph of a group of ship's lifeboats being used to ferry soldiers during the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940. This was the first photo of the Dunkirk evacuation to be published and appeared in the Sunday Pictorial Photograph, 1 June 1940.

Original owned by the Imperial War Museum.
Accession No
REF.5337
Collection
River Thames
Associated Person
 Imperial War Museum
 Association of Dunkirk Little Ships
Associated Date
1940
Associated Period
20th century
World War Two, 1939-1945
Associated Event
World War Two, 1939-1945

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