Word: shikari
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...H.M.S. Shikari, one of the oldest destroyers in the navy, "fell the honor of being the last ship to leave Dunkirk." On June 3, at 3:40 a.m., she pulled away, with "the German machine guns stuttering in the streets." Naval experts had expected to evacuate 30,000 men at most. The actual total was nearer...
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