Historical place archive

Boulogne-sur-Mer in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Boulogne-sur-Mer in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records6 event labels3 people1915–1940

Historical events in Boulogne-sur-Mer

1915

18 November 1915
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Coalition Government

Arrives at Boulogne-sur-Mer to take up duties

1918

1918
Education
George VI · World War, 1st

Receives training in flying, an Avro biplane, & earns his wings

1940

20 May 1940
Evacuation
Bertram Ramsay · World War, 2nd

It is planned to evacuate 10,000 from Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer & Dunkirk every 24 hrs

20 May 1940
Operation Dynamo
Bertram Ramsay · World War, 2nd

It is planned to evacuate 10,000 from Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer & Dunkirk every 24 hrs

23 June 1940
Operation Collar
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

1st British Commando raid on occupied France at Boulogne-sur-Mer, attackers failed to achieve any of their objectives

23 June 1940
Siege of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

1st British Commando raid on occupied France at Boulogne-sur-Mer, attackers failed to achieve any of their objectives

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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