Battle of Dunkirk facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Battle of Dunkirk |
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Part of The Second World War | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
approx. 400,000 338,226 evacuated |
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30,000 killed or wounded 34,000 missing or captured 6 destroyers and over 200 smaller vessels 106 aircraft |
52,252 killed or wounded 8,467 missing or captured 101—240 aircraft |
The Battle of Dunkirk (French: Bataille de Dunkerque) (Also known as Operation Dynamo) was a major battle during World War II. It lasted from the 26 May until 4 June 1940. The Allied forces were split in two by a German armoured advance to the Channel coast at Calais. The British and French commanders had been taken by surprise at the speed of the advance. The northern part of the army was surrounded In Dunkirk, France, a port on the English Channel. There they made a perimeter and waited for an evacuation.
Images for kids
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British prisoners of war with a Panzer I German tank
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Troops evacuated from Dunkirk at Dover, 31 May 1940
See also
In Spanish: Batalla de Dunkerque (1940) para niños
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