World War II evacuation

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civilian protection measure historical event military operation type

World War II evacuation refers to the large-scale withdrawal of Allied troops and civilians from areas threatened or occupied by Axis forces, most famously exemplified by the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
World War II evacuation canonical	1
World War II evacuation of Gibraltar civilians	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilian protection measure ⓘ historical event ⓘ military operation type ⓘ
aimedAt	preventing capture of troops ⓘ relocating civilians from combat zones ⓘ saving lives ⓘ
associatedWith	Allied powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Dunkirk evacuation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kindertransport NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Aerial NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Dynamo NERFINISHED ⓘ evacuation of Allied POWs ahead of advancing fronts ⓘ evacuation of Allied forces from Burma ⓘ evacuation of Allied forces from Norway in 1940 ⓘ evacuation of Allied forces from Tobruk ⓘ evacuation of Allied forces from the Philippines ⓘ evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk ⓘ evacuation of Allied troops from Greece in 1941 ⓘ evacuation of Allied wounded from battlefields ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from Danzig ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from East Prussia ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from Königsberg ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from Pomerania ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from Silesia ⓘ evacuation of Axis civilians from the Balkans ⓘ evacuation of British children from cities ⓘ evacuation of Crete ⓘ evacuation of Finnish children to Sweden ⓘ evacuation of Guernsey and Jersey civilians ⓘ evacuation of Singapore ⓘ evacuation of Soviet industry eastward ⓘ evacuation of civilians during the Blitz ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Berlin ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Hiroshima after atomic bombing ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Hong Kong ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Japanese American exclusion zones ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Leningrad ⓘ evacuation of civilians from London ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Manila ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Nagasaki after atomic bombing ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Okinawa ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Paris ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Stalingrad ⓘ evacuation of civilians from Warsaw ⓘ evacuation of concentration camp prisoners on death marches ⓘ
involves	Allied military forces ⓘ Axis military forces ⓘ air transport ⓘ civilians ⓘ naval transport ⓘ rail transport ⓘ road convoys ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ
timePeriod	1939–1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duinkerke → knownFor → World War II evacuation ⓘ

Gibraltarians → historicalEvent → World War II evacuation ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II evacuation of Gibraltar civilians