siege, notable, interwar and Second World War
Siege of Dunkirk
Siege of Dunkirk was a siege conducted on 15 September 1944 at Dunkirk, in what is now France. It was part of the Western Front, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: See § End of war.
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Record
| Date | 15 September 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Dunkirk, France 51.038N, 2.376E | |
| Part of | Western Front (1939 to 1945) | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | See § End of war | |
| Belligerents | Canada; United Kingdom; Czechoslovak government-in-exile; Provisional Government of the French Republic | |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Dunkirk 1793, same recorded site
- Siege of Dunkirk 1658, same recorded site
- Battle of the Dunes 1658, 0.1 km
- Siege of Dunkirk 1646, 0.1 km
- Battle of Dunkirk 1940, 1.2 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Lanzerath Ridge 1944
- After: Battle of Metz 27 September 1944
- All 20 engagements of Western Front
Elsewhere in 1944
- Normandy landings France
- Battle of Monte Cassino Italy
- Liberation of Paris France
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of Aachen Germany
Siege of Dunkirk is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485883, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Dunkirk (1944–1945), revision 1379326071, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.