Liberation of Dunkirk

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The Liberation of Dunkirk was the Allied recapture of the French port city of Dunkirk from German control near the end of World War II, restoring it to Free French and Allied hands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Dunkirk 2
Liberation of Dunkirk canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
combatant Allied forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasObjective expulsion of German forces from Dunkirk ⓘ
liberation of the port of Dunkirk ⓘ
location Dunkirk ⓘ
France ⓘ
Nord department ⓘ
namedAfter Dunkirk ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
participant Allies of World War II ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
partOf Western Front of World War II ⓘ
previousController German military occupation authorities in France ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
restoredControlTo Allied forces ⓘ
Free French authorities ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
recapture of Dunkirk by Allied forces ⓘ
significance ended German control of Dunkirk ⓘ
restored a major French Channel port to Allied use ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOf liberation of a city ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

German occupation of Dunkirk → followedBy → Liberation of Dunkirk ⓘ
Flanders Campaign → hasPart → Siege of Dunkirk ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Dunkirk
Czechoslovak Independent Brigade Group in the United Kingdom → participatedIn → Siege of Dunkirk ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Dunkirk