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[[File:Strasbourg-Plaque Marc Bloch.jpg|alt=street sign in Strasbourg|thumb|upright=1|Plaque commemorating Bloch in the [[Marc Bloch University]], Strasbourg, now part of the refounded [[University of Strasbourg]]]]In May 1940, the German army outflanked the French and forced them to withdraw. Facing capture in [[Rennes]], Bloch disguised himself in civilian clothes and lived under German occupation for a fortnight{{dub|date=June 2019}} before returning to his family at their country home in [[Fougères]].{{Sfn|Fink|1995|p=207}}{{Sfn|Fink|1998|p=42}} He fought at the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] in May–June 1940 and was [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuated to England]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] on the requisitioned [[Steamship|steamer]] [[MV Royal Daffodil (1939)|MV ''Royal Daffodil'']], which he later described as taking place "under golden skies coloured by the black and fawn smoke".{{Sfn|Weber|1991|p=256}} Before the evacuation, Bloch ordered the immediate burning of fuel supplies.{{Sfn|Fink|1995|p=207}} Although he could have remained in Britain,{{Sfn|Kaye|2001|p=97}} he chose to return to France the day he arrived{{Sfn|Fink|1995|p=207}} because his family was still there.{{Sfn|Kaye|2001|p=97}}