UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 23: French soldier, 1940 A photograph of a French soldier at the window of a train, taken by Roper for the Daily Herald newspaper on 2 June, 1940. This soldier was one of thousands evacuated from France. Between 27 May and 4 June, 1940, in one of the most famous actions of World War Two, some 226,000 British and 110,000 French troops were rescued from German capture via the channel port of Dunkirk. This photograph has been selected from the Daily Herald Archive, a collection of over three million photographs. The archive holds work of international, national and local importance by both staff and agency photographers. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)
