Battle Of Dunkirk

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''This article is about a Second World War battle in 1940, for the 1658 battle of the same name see Battle Of The Dunes (1658) ''

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	Conflict	Battle of Dunkirk
	Partof	World War II
	Caption	A famous image of Dunkirk: "A British soldier fires at German aircraft strafing him on Dunkirk's beaches" Taylor, AJP and Mayer, SL, p59
	Date	May 26 , 1940 &ndash June 4 , 1940
	Place	Dunkirk, France
	Result	German tactical victory, Allied evacuation
	Combatant1	United Kingdom <br> France <br> Belgium
	Combatant2	Germany
	Commander1	Lord Gort <br/> General Weygand
	Commander2	Gerd Von Rundstedt (Army Group A)<br/> Ewald Von Kleist (Panzergruppe von Kleist)
	Strength1	approx 400,000
	Strength2	approx 800,000
	Casualties1	68,000 casualties including<br>34,000 captured<br>6 destroyers and 200+ smaller vessels sunk<br>177 aircraft (106 Fighters)ER Hooton, p74, 60 Fighter Pilots killedER Hooton, p74
	Casualties2	10,252 killed, 42,000 wounded and 8,467 missing <br>101 aircraftER Hooton, p74