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Le Foudroyant, sunk by air attack off the beaches on 1 June; The RAF lost 145 aircraft, of which at least 42 were Spitfires, while the Luftwaffe lost 156 aircraft in operations during the nine days of Operation Dynamo, [146] including 35 destroyed by Royal Navy ships (plus 21 damaged) during the six days from 27 May to 1 June. [147]
The Dunkirk Jack, flown only by civilian ships that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The Little Ships of Dunkirk were about 850 private boats [1] that sailed from Ramsgate in England to Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British, French, and other Allied soldiers who were trapped on the beaches at ...
Damaged by air attack off Bray on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair Salomé France: Tanker: 1940: 13,400: 1: 0 Sunk HMS Saltash Royal Navy: Fleet minesweeper: 1918: 710: Lt. Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke, RN: 3: 750 Left Dynamo on 3 June due to minor damage and crew exhaustion HMS San Antonio Royal Navy: Dutch coaster: 1909: 410: Lt. Cdr. George ...
The Battle of Abbeville took place from the 28 May to 4 June 1940 near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War.While Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation, was under way, Weygand tried to exploit the immobilisation of German forces, to attack northwards over the Somme and rescue the trapped Allied forces in the Dunkirk pocket.
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
[citation needed] Discarded in France were, among other things, huge supplies of ammunition, 880 field guns, 310 guns of large calibre, some 500 anti-aircraft guns, about 850 anti-tank guns, 11,000 machine guns, nearly 700 tanks, 20,000 motorcycles and 45,000 motor cars and lorries. Army equipment available at home was only just sufficient to ...
An attack by part of the XIX Armee Korps was not authorised until 12:40 a.m. on the night of 21/22 May. By the time the 10th Panzer Division was ready to attack Calais, the British 30th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3rd RTR) had reinforced the French and British troops in the port. On 22 May, the British troops had established ...
The French used a very wide range of tanks, including many unique types. France was the second largest tank producer in the world, behind the Soviet Union (see French armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II). French cavalry tank designs saw attempts to balance the needs of firepower, protection and mobility. They also fielded a ...