The Dunkirk evacuation involved the rescue of just 7,669 men on the first day.
 An additional 75,000 French troops were retrieved over the nights of 24 June, before the operation finally ended
 Remnants of the French First Army, surrounded at Lille, fought off seven German divisions, several of them armoured, until 31 May, when the remaining 35,000 soldiers were forced to surrender after running out of food and ammunition

