Operation Dynamo (WWII evacuation)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Dynamo_(WWII_evacuation)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftLost over 100 aircraft
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
gptkbp:casualties over 68,000 Allied casualties
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Dunkirk_(2017_film)
various war memorials
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
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 Operation Dynamo (WWII evacuation)
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:Belgian_Army
gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dunkirk,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent use of civilian vessels (the 'Little Ships of Dunkirk')
gptkbp:objective evacuate Allied troops from Dunkirk
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Dover,_England
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:result Allied evacuation
gptkbp:shipsLost over 200 ships
gptkbp:significance major Allied escape from encirclement
gptkbp:startDate 26 May 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ramsgate,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5