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Malo-les-Bains Beach

Malo-les-Bains Beach

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Malo-les-Bains Beach

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Location: Hauts-De-France, France

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1. Beffroi de Dunkerque and Dynamo Operation beach — loop from Dunkerque

9.86km

02:30

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Plage de Malo-les-Bains – Promenade de Leffrinckoucke loop from Le Grand Large

9.24km

02:20

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Dunkerque – Plage de Malo-les-Bains loop from Le Grand Large

4.98km

01:16

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Deki Fourcin

December 19, 2023

A beautiful beach that is part of the largest seaside resort in the department. Bordered by many restaurants and cafes, the central part is very lively, especially in the summer.

This beach was one of the sites of Operation Dynamo in 1940. 340,000 British, Belgian and French soldiers were evacuated from the beaches and port of Dunkirk, and headed for England.

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Andy

June 24, 2022

Operation Dynamo was the code name of a military evacuation campaign by the British Admiralty in World War II, in which 85 percent of the bulk of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and parts of the French army could be transported to England by ship. These units were encircled by the Wehrmacht during the Battle of Dunkirk, whereby a stop order for the rapidly advancing German tank troops - which has not been finally clarified to this day - opened a time window for the Allies in which from May 26 to June 4, 1940 338,226 soldiers , including 198,229 British and 139,997 French, could be evacuated leaving almost all the material behind. This hitherto largest rescue operation in world history formed the basis for Great Britain's perseverance, because the loss of almost the entire British professional army could not have been compensated for at that time.
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Rombea

May 4, 2022

A depressing feeling creeps around you when you think about the history of Operation Dynamo here on the beach. The fear, hope, pain and suffering of the soldiers waiting here in the sand are palpable. "Hundreds of thousands" were waiting on the beach to be evacuated from the besieged city, and a total of around 340,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from French Dunkirk to England.

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Elevation 10 m

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Location: Hauts-De-France, France

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Malo-les-Bains Beach

1. Beffroi de Dunkerque and Dynamo Operation beach — loop from Dunkerque

2. Plage de Malo-les-Bains – Promenade de Leffrinckoucke loop from Le Grand Large

3. Dunkerque – Plage de Malo-les-Bains loop from Le Grand Large

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