Dunkirk evacuation (redirect from Operation Dynamo)
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied...
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Bertram Ramsay (section Operation Dynamo)
personally report on the operation to King George VI and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. After Operation Dynamo was completed, he was...
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Hawker Hurricane (section Operation Dynamo)
several airfields, notably Merville, Abbeville, and Lille/Seclin. During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation from Dunkirk of British, French and Belgian troops...
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A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow...
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in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany. Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk and Operation Cycle from Le Havre, had finished on 13 June...
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Battle of France (redirect from Operation Yellow)
Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French and Belgian armies from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. German forces began Fall Rot ("Case Red") on 5 June 1940. The remaining...
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First Army, and the Belgians. Churchill also decreed that a plan (Operation Dynamo) should be formulated by the Royal Navy to prepare all possible means...
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Impossible; a three-part television series focusing on the events of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches...
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Churchill's idea to have "civilian boats" evacuate troops from Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo, is initiated. Still uncertain, Churchill impulsively rides the London...
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Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British, French, and other Allied...
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efficiency of the Wehrmacht. He preferred peripheral operations, including a plan called Operation Jupiter for an invasion of Norway. Events in Sicily...
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would become the largest military evacuation in history. On 6:57 PM Operation Dynamo code name for the evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk took place...
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RMS Lady of Mann (section Operation Dynamo)
Operation Dynamo ended. Over the period of the evacuation, Lady of Mann had lifted more troops to safety than any other vessel. Following Operation Dynamo...
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Fort des Dunes (section Operation Dynamo)
The Fort des Dunes, also known as Fort Leffrinckoucke and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6 kilometres...
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HMS Wakeful (H88) (section Operation Dynamo)
years of the Second World War. Wakeful was torpedoed and sunk during Operation Dynamo by a German E-Boat on 29 May 1940. Wakeful joined the Grand Fleet and...
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the Battle of the Atlantic. During Walker's time in that role, the Operation Dynamo evacuation took place from Dunkirk, in which the British Expeditionary...
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Sea coast soon after, British and French troops being evacuated in Operation Dynamo (26 May – 4 June) to England after the capitulation of the Belgian...
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HMS Grafton (H89) (section Operation Dynamo)
HMS Grafton (H89) was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable...
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was present during the Allied campaign in Norway, as well as Operation Dynamo and Operation Aerial, the evacuations of Allied forces from Dunkirk and other...
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taking a leading part in the destruction of the Bismarck, and in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation at Dunkirk. Born William Frederic Wake-Walker, he was...
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just after two in the afternoon the Admiralty announced the end of Operation Dynamo. All together an armada of over 860 ships including 39 destroyers had...
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related to Operation Dynamo. War Museum of Dunkirk Churchill: We shall fight on the beaches - UK Parliament Living Heritage Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo – A post-blog...
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was used in the 1958 film Dunkirk starring John Mills to recreate Operation Dynamo. They were used again as Normandy beaches during D-Day in the 1962...
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earliest phases of the War the Royal Navy provided critical cover during Operation Dynamo, the British evacuations from Dunkirk, and as the ultimate deterrent...
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of Operation Barbarossa Evacuation of Finnish Karelia Finnish war children Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II Operation Dynamo, British...
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of France and the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, much of Britain's war production and effort was channelled into RAF...
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Houston Dynamo FC is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western...
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BEF and a considerable number of French troops had been evacuated in Operation Dynamo, but these troops had left behind virtually all of their heavy equipment...
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involved in the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France during Operation Dynamo between 26 May and 4 June 1940. MS Batory SS Ben-my-Chree (1927) SS...
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War II memorials to the missing Oddone, Patrick. Battle of Dunkirk Operation Dynamo. Office de Tourisme et des Congrès Dunkerque Dunes de Flandres. p. 5...
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