Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo) 1940

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dunkirk_evacuation_(Operation_Dynamo)_1940

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	evacuation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Dynamo
gptkbp:casualties	over 68,000 Allied casualties
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Dunkirk_Spirit
gptkbp:depictedIn	film 'Dunkirk' (2017) film 'Dunkirk' (1958)
gptkbp:endDate	4 June 1940
gptkbp:evacuatedForces	gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Belgian_Army gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:evacuations	over 338,000 soldiers
gptkbp:followedBy	Battle of Britain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo) 1940
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:losses	abandonment of heavy equipment
gptkbp:notableEvent	use of civilian vessels (the Little Ships of Dunkirk)
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Miracle_of_Dunkirk
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Fall_of_France gptkb:Adolf_Hitler gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:Winston_Churchill gptkb:Belgian_Army gptkb:French_Navy gptkb:Kriegsmarine gptkb:French_Third_Republic gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II) Luftwaffe Channel crossing Evacuation from Bayonne Evacuation from Bordeaux Evacuation from Brest Evacuation from Cherbourg Evacuation from La Pallice Evacuation from Le Havre Evacuation from Saint-Malo Evacuation from Saint-Nazaire Evacuation of civilians from Dunkirk
gptkbp:result	Allied evacuation
gptkbp:significance	major Allied escape
gptkbp:startDate	26 May 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Royal_Harbour,_Ramsgate
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8