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	7