It;s also interesting to note that when the Germans were defending Dunkirk from the allied advance in 1944 . Montgomery 'paused' outside the heavily defended town from September 1944 until the German capitulation in May 1945 !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Dunkirk _1944–45)
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