British Expeditionary Force
Army · United Kingdom · September 2, 1939 – June 25, 1940 · 390,000 strong
British army in France under Lord Gort. Cut off in Belgium in May 1940, most of it was evacuated from Dunkirk.
View on map Fought in Battle of France Wikipedia
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: 390,000
Movements
- October 11, 1939 – May 9, 1940 Franco-Belgian border near Lille Map
- May 12, 1940 Battle of France Dyle Line in Belgium Map
- May 19, 1940 Falls back to the Escaut Map
- May 26, 1940 – June 4, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Dunkirk perimeter: evacuation Map
- June 5, 1940 Landed in England Map
- June 18, 1940 – June 25, 1940 Last troops leave western France (Operation Aerial, approximate) Map