Battle of Dunkirk

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Dunkirk was a crucial 1940 World War II engagement in which Allied forces, surrounded by German troops in northern France, were evacuated across the English Channel in the massive Dunkirk evacuation.

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Label Occurrences
Dunkirk evacuation 30
Battle of Dunkirk canonical 16
Evacuation of Dunkirk 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Dunkerque

Dunkirk ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Allied retreat to the coast ⓘ
German breakthrough in the Ardennes ⓘ
codename Operation Dynamo ⓘ
commander Bertrand Fagalde ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Harold Alexander ⓘ
Lord Gort ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date late May–early June 1940 ⓘ
endDate 1940-06-04 ⓘ
evacuatedForce Belgian troops ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Army units ⓘ
evacuationRoute English Channel ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Britain ⓘ
German occupation of Dunkirk ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Dunkirk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
militaryOperationType defensive battle ⓘ
evacuation ⓘ
notableFeature encirclement of Allied forces ⓘ
use of civilian small boats ⓘ
numberOfEvacuated approximately 338000 ⓘ
over 330000 ⓘ
opponent Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces

German forces ⓘ
partOf Battle of France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
place Dunkirk ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
precededBy Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Belgium

Battle of Sedan (1940) ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Fall of France

Operation Dynamo ⓘ
result Allied evacuation from Dunkirk ⓘ
Allied strategic success ⓘ
German tactical victory ⓘ
startDate 1940-05-26 ⓘ
strategicImportance enabled continued British resistance ⓘ
preservation of core British military manpower ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
year 1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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World War II → hasPart → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
World War II → hasPart → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evacuation of Dunkirk
English Channel → siteOf → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Western Front → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Battle of France → keyEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
37th United Kingdom Parliament → significantEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Battle of Dunkirk → hasPart → Battle of Dunkirk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Battle of Dunkirk → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Dunkerque
Lord Gort → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Lord Gort → battle → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk → depicts → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → theatreOfOperations → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
German occupation of Dunkirk → follows → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Dunkirk → knownFor → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Dunkirk → eventLocation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Dynamo → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Dynamo → partOf → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Case Yellow → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Bertrand Fagalde → participatedIn → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Admiral Bertram Ramsay → notableFor → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertram Ramsay
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Admiral Bertram Ramsay → militaryOperation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertram Ramsay
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk pocket → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk encirclement
Dunkirk pocket → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk pocket encirclement
Dunkirk, France → knownFor → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk, France → eventLocation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk, France → eventLocation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
United Kingdom military operations in Europe → hasNotableOperation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
I Corps (British Army) → notableOperation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
I Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk War Museum → dedicatedTo → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk War Museum → theme → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Dunkirk War Museum → focusesOnEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation of 1940
the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk → partOf → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Ships of Dunkirk
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Cycle → after → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Cycle → cause → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: fall of Dunkirk
Operation Ariel → follows → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Harold Alexander, 1st Baron Rideau → notableWork → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation (British Expeditionary Force withdrawal)
Duinkerke → knownFor → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Duinkerke → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation 1940
II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
III Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Panzer Group von Kleist → tookPartIn → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
BEF → notableEvent → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
BEF → engagedIn → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
Darkest Hour → narrativeFocus → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
Naval Commander, Operation Dynamo → conflict → Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ