Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuation, 1940)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Dynamo_(Dunkirk_evacuation,_1940)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf evacuation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
gptkbp:casualties over 68,000 Allied casualties
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Dunkirk_Spirit
gptkb:Dunkirk_Medal
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 gptkb:Operation_Ariel
gptkb:Operation_Cycle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk evacuation, 1940)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent use of civilian vessels (Little Ships of Dunkirk)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:German_invasion_of_France_and_the_Low_Countries
gptkbp:purpose evacuation of Allied soldiers
gptkbp:result successful evacuation
gptkbp:shipsLost over 200 ships
gptkbp:significance boosted British morale
allowed continuation of British war effort
gptkbp:startDate 26 May 1940
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dover_Harbour
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6