Evacuation from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Evacuation_from_Dunkirk_(Operation_Dynamo)

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	evacuation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Dynamo
gptkbp:casualties	over 68,000 Allied casualties unknown German casualties
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Dunkirk_(2017_film) Dunkirk evacuation memorials
gptkbp:endDate	4 June 1940
gptkbp:evacuations	over 338,000 soldiers
gptkbp:followedBy	Operation Aerial
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Evacuation from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:Belgian_Army gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force gptkb:Kriegsmarine Luftwaffe
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent	29 May 1940 (peak evacuation day)
gptkbp:notableFor	use of civilian boats (the 'Little Ships of Dunkirk')
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:General_Maxime_Weygand gptkb:King_George_VI gptkb:Winston_Churchill gptkb:General_Alan_Brooke gptkb:Lord_Gort gptkb:General_Harold_Alexander General Erwin Rommel General Maurice Gamelin General Georges Blanchard General Adolf Galland General Albert Kesselring General Erhard Milch General Ewald von Kleist General Friedrich Dollmann General Georg von Küchler General Günther von Kluge General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff General Heinz Guderian General Hermann Hoth General Hugo Sperrle General Jean-Baptiste Molinié General John Vereker General Walther von Reichenau General Werner Mölders General Wilhelm von Leeb
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:MTB_102 gptkb:Medway_Queen gptkb:HMS_Wakeful HMS Grenade SS Mona's Isle
gptkbp:numberOfShips	over 800 vessels
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Miracle_of_Dunkirk
gptkbp:result	Allied evacuation
gptkbp:significance	saved large portion of British and Allied forces
gptkbp:startDate	26 May 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7