Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill20 May 1940
Orders the Admiralty to round up shipping in order to evacuate the BEF
Great Britain · Government / Naional Coalition. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Orders the Admiralty to round up shipping in order to evacuate the BEF
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