A fleet of 66 'little ships' is set to sail from Ramsgate to the French port to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo. From 26 May to 4 June 1940, about 1,000 vessels sailed through ...

To mark the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, Imperial War Museum London reunited Second World War veterans who played a part in the crucial mission. Left to right: Sam Kershaw, Eric ...

Watch the remarkable moment GB News star Dougie Beattie arrives in Ramsgate aboard one of the vessels trekking across the Channel to mark the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo. In a ...

Many of the ships last made the journey in 2015, to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo. Follow BBC Kent on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram.

She also explained how it wasn’t just civilian ships used in Operation Dynamo. “There were 19 RNLI boats in total that were requisitioned by the Navy and went across,” she said.

Operation Dynamo was a key event in the early stages of the Second World War. It involved the evacuation of 338,226 Allied soldiers, who were surrounded by the German army, across the English Channel.