Breakwater Wall The East Mole Dunkirk
The 8-foot-wide, half-mile-long breakwater wall, known as the mole, extended off the beaches of Dunkirk, France, serving as a makeshift dock for British leaders trying to evacuate 400,000 troops pinned down by German forces in the early days of World War II.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
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