<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Dunkirk </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Battle of France in the Second World War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> British soldiers on the beaches under heavy strafing by German aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 26 May--4 June 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Dunkirk, France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied forces expelled from Dunkirk . Allied withdrawal to Britain . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom France Poland Belgium Netherlands </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lord Gort Maxime Weygand Georges Blanchard René Prioux J.M. Abrial </Td> <Td> Gerd von Rundstedt Ewald von Kleist (Panzergruppe von Kleist) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> approx . 400,000 338,226 evacuated </Td> <Td> approx . 800,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Allies 18,000 Killed (British and French soldiers especially with some Canadians and Belgians) </Li> <Li> British The loss: 68,111 (killed, wounded or captured) ~ 3,500 killed 63,879 vehicles including tanks and motorcycles 2,472 field guns 6 destroyers over 200 marine vessels over 100 aircraft </Li> <Li> French 35,000 captured 3 destroyers </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> (Estimated) 20,000 killed and wounded 100 tanks 156 aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Civilian casualties: 1,000 civilians killed during air raids </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Dunkirk </Th> </Tr>

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