Peking Plan

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The Peking Plan was a World War II naval operation in which several Polish destroyers, including ORP Grom, were evacuated from the Baltic Sea to British waters just before the German invasion of Poland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Peking Plan canonical 1
Plan Peking 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation ⓘ
naval operation ⓘ
alliedWith United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Plan Peking ⓘ
linked to: Peking Plan
belligerent Poland ⓘ
commandedBy Jerzy Świrski ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
dateOfArrival 1939-09-01 ⓘ
destination Leith ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1939-09-01 ⓘ
fleet Polish Navy ⓘ
followedBy Polish Navy operations under Royal Navy command ⓘ
hasParticipant ORP Burza ⓘ
ORP Błyskawica ⓘ
ORP Grom ⓘ
implementedBefore German attack on Poland on 1939-09-01 ⓘ
outbreak of World War II in Europe ⓘ
implementedBy Polish destroyer flotilla ⓘ
involves ORP Burza ⓘ
ORP Błyskawica ⓘ
ORP Grom ⓘ
languageOfName Polish ⓘ
location Baltic Sea ⓘ
British waters ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Peking ⓘ
linked to: Beijing
objective evacuation of Polish destroyers to the United Kingdom ⓘ
opposedTo Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied naval strategy in early World War II ⓘ
Polish military operations in World War II ⓘ
plannedBy Polish Naval Command ⓘ
linked to: Polish Navy
preparationDate 1939-08 ⓘ
reason imminent German invasion of Poland ⓘ
relatedTo Fall Weiss ⓘ
invasion of Poland ⓘ
result successful evacuation of Polish destroyers ⓘ
startDate 1939-08-30 ⓘ
statusOfOperation successful ⓘ
strategicPurpose preserve Polish naval assets for continued fight alongside Allies ⓘ
timePeriod early September 1939 ⓘ
late August 1939 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

ORP Grom → operation → Peking Plan ⓘ
Peking Plan → alsoKnownAs → Plan Peking ⓘ
linked to: Peking Plan