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View to the war monument and evacuation pier at the start of the digue and the beach in Malo-les-Bains, Dunkirk. Photo GLK.

Dunkirk 1940, Dunkirk Today: Advice for a Day Trip or an Overnight

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How to visit Dunkirk in Upper France to learn more about the evacuation of 1940 on a day trip or overnight from Paris or elsewhere.
Dunkirk - Stretch of beach and distant pier, a portion of the site of the evacuation of 1940. Photo GLKraut.

The Snow Goose Returns to Dunkirk

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"Though I hadn’t reread The Snow Goose in many years, I realized that it had been a part of my life for more than 80 years. Yet I had never been to Dunkirk, even though it’s only about 180 miles northwest of Paris. I felt a sudden desire—no, a need—to go there."

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