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Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Dunkirk_evacuation_(Operation_Dynamo)
GPTKB entity
Statements (60)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
evacuation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Dynamo
gptkbp:casualties
over 68,000 Allied soldiers killed, wounded, or captured
gptkbp:commanded
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:endDate
4 June 1940
gptkbp:evacuatedPersonnel
over 338,000 Allied soldiers
gptkbp:followedBy
Battle of Britain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
gptkbp:involvedCountry
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:involvedVessel
gptkb:HMS_Basilisk
gptkb:HMS_Calcutta
gptkb:HMS_Codrington
gptkb:HMS_Havant
gptkb:HMS_Ivanhoe
gptkb:HMS_Keith
gptkb:HMS_Malcolm
gptkb:HMS_Sabre
gptkb:HMS_Shikari
gptkb:HMS_Vanquisher
gptkb:HMS_Vega
gptkb:HMS_Venetia
gptkb:HMS_Vivacious
gptkb:HMS_Whitshed
gptkb:HMS_Wild_Swan
gptkb:HMS_Windsor
gptkb:HMS_Wolfhound
gptkb:HMS_Worcester
gptkb:HMS_Grafton
gptkb:HMS_Wivern
gptkb:HMS_Wakeful
HMS Scimitar
HMS Grenade
HMS Verity
HMS Volunteer
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:mediaType
film 'Dunkirk' (2017)
film 'Dunkirk' (1958)
gptkbp:militaryUnitInvolved
gptkb:Belgian_Army
gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:German_Army_Group_B
gptkb:German_Army_Group_A
gptkb:French_First_Army
gptkbp:notableEvent
use of civilian boats (the 'Little Ships of Dunkirk')
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:Operation_Ariel
gptkb:Operation_Cycle
gptkbp:relatedSpeech
'We shall fight on the beaches' speech
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:result
Allied evacuation successful
gptkbp:significance
major morale boost for Allies
preserved core of British Army
gptkbp:startDate
26 May 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Captain_William_Tennant
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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