![In this painting by Norman Wilkinson, the land, sea, and air around the port city of Dunkirk appear to be ablaze, beneath a pall of smoke. The epic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the continent of Europe in June 1940 allowed thousands of Allied soldiers to fight another day.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/W-Dunkirk-LEAD-4CSep06-scaled-e1688582272655-760x428.jpg)
September 2006
WWII History
What Happened in Dunkirk: a Royal Engineer Tells His Story
By Norman Wickman, as told to Pauline HaytonPauline Hayton was 52 years old before her father, Norman Wickman, talked about his life in the British Army, and what happened in Dunkirk as he saw it. Read more