Dunkirk evacuation (1940)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dunkirk_evacuation_(1940)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf World War II bombing
evacuation
gptkbp:airOppositionBy Luftwaffe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Dynamo
gptkbp:casualties over 68,000 Allied casualties
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:commemoratedBy numerous books and documentaries
film 'Dunkirk' (2017)
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:endDate 4 June 1940
gptkbp:evacuatedPersonnel over 338,000 Allied soldiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dunkirk evacuation (1940)
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:notableFor use of civilian vessels
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:result successful evacuation of Allied troops
gptkbp:shipsLost over 200 Allied ships
gptkbp:significance boosted British morale
gptkbp:startDate 26 May 1940
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunkerque,_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6