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Battle of Dunkirk The Battle of Dunkirk (french: Bataille de Dunkerque, link=no) was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany. As the Allies were losing the Battle of France on t ...

was a conflict between French and British allies and German forces in 1940 during the Second World War. Battle of Dunkirk, Raid on Dunkirk or Siege of Dunkirk may also refer to: * Battle of Dunkirk (1383), a battle between English and Franco-Flemish forces that Frans Ackerman fought in * Battle of Dunkirk (1639), a naval action during the Eighty Years' War between a Dutch fleet and the Spanish Dunkirk Squadron on 18 February * Battle of the Dunes (1658) or the Battle of Dunkirk, a battle between Allied and Spanish forces *

Siege of Dunkirk (1793) The siege of Dunkirk took place in the Autumn of 1793 when British, Hanoverian, Austrian, and Hesse-Kassel troops under the command of Prince Frederick, Duke of York besieged the fortified French border port of Dunkirk, as part as the F ...

, a siege by British and Hanoverian forces against a French garrison during the French Revolutionary War *

Raid on Dunkirk (1800) The Raid on Dunkirk of 7 July 1800 was an attack by a British Royal Navy force on the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk in the English Channel during the French Revolutionary Wars. French naval forces had been blockaded in their harbou ...

, a conflict between British and French naval forces during the French Revolutionary War *

Siege of Dunkirk (1944–45) The siege of Dunkirk in World War II (also known as the Second Battle of Dunkirk) began in September 1944, when Allied units of the Second Canadian Division surrounded the fortified city and port of Dunkirk. The siege lasted until after the of ...

, a siege by Allied forces against a German garrison during the Second World War

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