Peking Plan

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The Peking Plan was a World War II naval operation in which several Polish destroyers, including ORP Grom, were evacuated from the Baltic Sea to British waters just before the German invasion of Poland.

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Peking Plan canonical 1
Plan Peking 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation
naval operation
alliedWith United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Plan Peking
linked to: Peking Plan
belligerent Poland
commandedBy Jerzy Świrski
conflict World War II
country Second Polish Republic
dateOfArrival 1939-09-01
destination Leith
United Kingdom
endDate 1939-09-01
fleet Polish Navy
followedBy Polish Navy operations under Royal Navy command
hasParticipant ORP Burza
ORP Błyskawica
ORP Grom
implementedBefore German attack on Poland on 1939-09-01
outbreak of World War II in Europe
implementedBy Polish destroyer flotilla
involves ORP Burza
ORP Błyskawica
ORP Grom
languageOfName Polish
location Baltic Sea
British waters
North Sea
namedAfter Peking
linked to: Beijing
objective evacuation of Polish destroyers to the United Kingdom
opposedTo Nazi Germany
partOf Allied naval strategy in early World War II
Polish military operations in World War II
plannedBy Polish Naval Command
linked to: Polish Navy
preparationDate 1939-08
reason imminent German invasion of Poland
relatedTo Fall Weiss
invasion of Poland
result successful evacuation of Polish destroyers
startDate 1939-08-30
statusOfOperation successful
strategicPurpose preserve Polish naval assets for continued fight alongside Allies
timePeriod early September 1939
late August 1939

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ORP Grom operation Peking Plan
Peking Plan alsoKnownAs Plan Peking
linked to: Peking Plan