The Evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo, 26 May-4 June 1940W. J. R. Gardner This is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949. British ships evacuated nearly 100,000 men of the BEF from the beaches, and over 200,000 from harbours. Other nations' vessels carried more than 30,000. |
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
Preliminary Events 1018 May 1940 | 1 |
Gerneral Weygand directing Allied operations | 5 |
Boulogne evacuated | 8 |
CHAPTER III | 14 |
Sea and air patrols | 20 |
First supplies reach the beaches | 26 |
Beach craft are sailed for Dunkirk | 32 |
The first heavy air attack 0730 Keith Skipjack | 89 |
Sinking of the Foudroyant | 91 |
Assembly of shipping | 97 |
British rearguard held | 103 |
Summary of troops evacuated night 2nd3rd June | 109 |
The Final Night 34 June | 113 |
Disemarkation figures 4th June | 120 |
Analysis of the Operation | 122 |
Wednesday 29 May | 35 |
Monas Queen sunk by mine | 38 |
Polly Johnson sunk | 44 |
Routes to Dunkirk and the beaches | 48 |
Plan for the night 29th30th | 50 |
Thursday 30 May | 56 |
French ships arrive in larger numbers Bourrasque sunk | 62 |
Friday 31 May Evacuation Reaches its Zenith | 66 |
Signal communication established between Dunkirk and Dover | 67 |
Captain Howson returns to Dover | 74 |
Devonia is beached | 83 |
Discipline | 126 |
35 | 127 |
Appendices AZ | 129 |
162 | 135 |
C | 158 |
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Note to Tables 13 | 209 |
Troop and Ship Summaries | |
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The Evacuation from Dunkirk: 'Operation Dynamo', 26 May-June 1940 W.J.R. Gardner Limited preview - 2014 |
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Common terms and phrases
1st June 2nd June 3rd June Admiral Abrial Admiralty air attack aircraft Appendix barges beach parties Belgian berth bombers bombing Bray beach buoy Calais Capt Captain Howson casualties channel Coastal Command corvette Côte d'Argent Crested Eagle crew damaged daylight destroyers drifters Dunkirk harbour DUNKIRK to VICE-ADMIRAL E-boat East Pier embarking troops enemy England evacuation fighters fire French troops Gort's Second Despatch Gracie Fields Hebe hospital carriers La Panne large number Lieut Lord Gort Lord Gort's Second Lt.Cdr Lydd Margate Master Medway Queen miles minesweeper motor boats naval naval ratings Nieuport night Nore officers Operation Dynamo ordered Panne beach patrol personnel ships personnel vessels port Queen R.A.F. Narrative R.O.III Ramsgate Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker return to Dover Route S.N.O. Dunkirk S/Lt Sabre sailed sent shell Shikari shore signal Skipper skoots small craft sunk torpedo Total trawlers TROOPS TRANSPORTED V.A. Dover VICE-ADMIRAL yacht