Brıtaın Dunkırk Boats Commemorate Operatıon Dynamo

epa02174857 A naval officer overlooks Ramsgate harbour as some fifty original Dunkirk boats prepare to depart for Dunkirk from Ramsgate , Britain , 27 May 2010 . A fleet of ' Little Ships ' which rescued Allied troops from Dunkirk in 1940 set sail from England ' s South Coast to mark the 70th anniversary of the event . Some 50 vessels are heading to France to commemorate Operation Dynamo , the evacuation of some 338 , 000 soldiers from Dunkirk ' s beaches . The troops had been driven back to the French coast by the German army .  EPA/ANDY RAIN