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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    the British Army had withdrawn from Dunkirk and the continent in Operation Dynamo, the Netherlands and Belgium had surrendered and most of the formations...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Stuka dive bombers sank Grenade as she evacuated Allied troops during Operation Dynamo on 29 May 1940. Grenade displaced 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) at standard...
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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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    This event is reported in the book The Evacuation from Dunkirk, 'Operation Dynamo', 26 May–4 June 1940 ed. W. J. R. Gardner, pub. Frank Cass, London...
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    arrived, making the evacuation of the British and French forces in Operation Dynamo possible. Army Group A (Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt) defeated...
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