<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"> Soldiers were strafed and bombed by German aircraft while awaiting transport . </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> <P> German tactical victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Success of Operation Dynamo </Li> <Li> Allies evacuate approx. 85% of stranded troops </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Allied forces withdraw to Britain </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United Kingdom </P> <Ul> <Li> British India </Li> </Ul> <P> France </P> <Ul> <Li> Morocco </Li> </Ul> Poland Belgium Canada 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> (Estimated) 61,774 total killed and wounded </Li> <Li> British ~ 3,500 killed during the evacuation 63,879 vehicles including tanks and motorcycles 2,472 field guns 6 destroyers 23 destroyers damaged 89 transport ships 177 aircraft destroyed or damaged in total 127 belonged to RAF Fighter Command . </Li> <Li> French 18,000 killed 35,000 captured 3 destroyers </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Li> (Estimated) 20,000 killed and wounded 100 tanks 240 aircraft in theatre 156 aircraft on Dunkirk front </Li> </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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