Battle Of Dunkirk

	partof	World War II
	caption	British soldiers under German air-attack during Battle of Dunkirk, France 1940
	date	May 26 , 1940 &ndash June 4 , 1940
	place	Dunkirk, France
	result	Allied tactical victory, German strategic victory
	combatant1	United Kingdom , France , Canada
	combatant2	Germany
	commander1	Lord Gort
	commander2	Gerd Von Rundstedt (Army Group A), Ewald Von Kleist (Panzergruppe von Kleist)
	strength1	approx 400,000
	strength2	approx 800,000
	casualties1	68,000 casualties including<br>34,000 captured<br>9 destroyers and 200+ smaller vessels sunk<br>177 planes shot down
	casualties2	killed<br>132 planes shot down

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