Liberation of Dunkirk

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The Liberation of Dunkirk was the Allied recapture of the French port city of Dunkirk from German control near the end of World War II, restoring it to Free French and Allied hands.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Dunkirk 2
Liberation of Dunkirk canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military operation
combatant Allied forces
Wehrmacht
surface form: German forces
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Canada
France
Germany
United Kingdom
hasObjective expulsion of German forces from Dunkirk
liberation of the port of Dunkirk
location Dunkirk
France
Nord department
namedAfter Dunkirk
opponent Nazi Germany
participant Allies of World War II
Free French Forces
German Army
partOf Western Front of World War II
previousController German military occupation authorities in France
Nazi Germany
restoredControlTo Allied forces
Free French government
surface form: Free French authorities
result Allied victory
recapture of Dunkirk by Allied forces
significance ended German control of Dunkirk
restored a major French Channel port to Allied use
theater European theatre of World War II
typeOf liberation of a city

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German occupation of Dunkirk followedBy Liberation of Dunkirk
Flanders Campaign hasPart Liberation of Dunkirk
this entity surface form: Siege of Dunkirk
Czechoslovak Independent Brigade Group in the United Kingdom participatedIn Liberation of Dunkirk
this entity surface form: Siege of Dunkirk