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title: Troops Awaiting Ships at Dunkirk
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18896/troops-awaiting-ships-at-dunkirk/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-02-27
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# Troops Awaiting Ships at Dunkirk
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18896.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of Allied troops wading out into the sea awaiting rescue by boat during the [Dunkirk evacuation](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dunkirk_Evacuation/) of May-June 1940.
Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, April 25). Troops Awaiting Ships at Dunkirk. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Troops Awaiting Ships at Dunkirk." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 25, 2024. .
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Troops Awaiting Ships at Dunkirk." *World History Encyclopedia*, 25 Apr 2024, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194324) by [**Imperial War Museums**](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194324). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 25 April 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.