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The stained glass window over the altar commemorates the evacuation from Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain which occured in 1940 during World War Two.
The Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War Two, was the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26. When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved.
The Battle of Britain, during World War Two, was the successful defence of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Victory for the Luftwaffe in the air battle would have exposed Great Britain to invasion by the German army, which was then in control of the ports of France only a few miles away across the English Channel. In the event, the battle was won by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command, whose victory not only blocked the possibility of invasion but also created the conditions for Great Britain’s survival, for the extension of the war, and for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.
Location
Address: | Mount Dandenong Tourist Road, St Michael's & All Angels Anglican Church, Kalorama, 3766 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.826027 Long: 145.364199 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Window |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
Designer: | Mathieson & Gibson |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 28th November, 1940 |
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