The 2nd Division had been sent to man 21 miles of the western side of the Dunkirk corridor with the 2nd battalion positioned near St. Venant . From 24 to 27 May the Division held off attacks by four Panzer Divisions ( 3rd , 4th , 7th and S.S. Totenkopf ) , ending with over 70 % of the Division becoming casualties and the massacre of 97 men of the 2nd battalion , Royal Norfolk Regiment at La Paradis . When the 2nd battalion reformed in Britain after evacuation from Dunkirk on the night of 29 May it consisted of the remains of D company and the battalion 's B echelon , stragglers and convalescents , some 180 men
La Paradis
Le Paradis massacre
Durham Light Infantry