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.

Aliases (3)

Dunkirk evacuation ×14
Battle of Dunkerque ×1
Evacuation of Dunkirk ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	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	Dunkirk evacuation →
militaryOperationType	defensive battle → evacuation →
notableFeature	encirclement of Allied forces → use of civilian small boats →
numberOfEvacuated	approximately 338000 → over 330000 →
opponent	Allied forces → German forces →
partOf	Battle of France → Western Front of World War II →
place	Dunkirk → northern France →
precededBy	Battle of Belgium → Battle of Sedan (1940) →
relatedEvent	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 (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Expeditionary Force (World War II) ("Dunkirk evacuation") → Case Yellow → Lord Gort ("Dunkirk evacuation") → Western Front (World War II) ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	notableEvent
Battle of Dunkirk ("Dunkirk evacuation") → World War II → World War II ("Evacuation of Dunkirk") →	hasPart
Battle of Dunkirk ("Battle of Dunkerque") → Operation Dynamo ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	alsoKnownAs
37th United Kingdom Parliament ("Dunkirk evacuation") → 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	significantEvent
Lord Gort ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	battle
Dunkirk ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	depicts
Dunkirk ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	eventLocation
German occupation of Dunkirk →	follows
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
Battle of France →	keyEvent
Dunkirk →	knownFor
Bertram Ramsay ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	militaryOperation
Bertram Ramsay ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	notableFor
Bertrand Fagalde →	participatedIn
Operation Dynamo →	partOf
English Channel ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	siteOf
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander ("Dunkirk evacuation") →	theatreOfOperations