TNA / ADM 234 360

TNA ADM 234 360

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TNA ADM 234 360

Naval Staff History No. 41, the official historical study of the evacuation from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, 26 May–4 June 1940, dated 1949.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 234 360

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 234/360. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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OCR table 1 from document page 6
Boulogne evacuated	Page
The "Weygand" Plan	8
Fighting troops hold on at Calais	10
Defences of Dunkirk	11
Belgian line penetrated	12
Enemy pincer attack	12
British destroyers bombard suburb of Calais	12
Evacuation of Calais countermanded	13
	13

OCR table 2 from document page 6
Allied decision to withdraw	14
H.M. Government authorises withdrawal to the coast	14
Dunkirk perimeter organised	15
The Admiralty signals, "Operation 'Dynamo' is to commence"	15
Mona's Isle makes the first round trip	16
Mona's Queen first ship back on 27th May	16
Hospital carriers	16
Admiralty call for cutters and whalers	17
Sea and air patrols	17
Germans occupy Calais	17

OCR table 3 from document page 6
The Dunkirk perimeter	18
The Belgian armistice	18
Dunkirk locks prepared for demolition	19
Route Z under fire Route Y adopted Route X prepared	19
Sea and air patrols	20
Ex-Dutch skoots for Dunkirk	20
The "build-up" of small craft commences	21
"Dynamo Maintenance Officer" appointed	21
S.N.O. Dunkirk assumes duty Beach	21
evacuation begins "Evacuation	22
tomorrow night is problematical" All	22
ships diverted to the beaches Results	23
of S.N.O., Dunkirk's 2005/27 "Chronic	24
shortage" of beaching boats Disembarkation	24
ports designated Summary of	25
troops evacuated	25

Mona's Isle Queen May Page

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 6.

CONTENTS
Boulogne evacuated
Page
The "Weygand" Plan
8
Fighting troops hold on at Calais
10
Defences of Dunkirk
11
Belgian line penetrated
12
Enemy pincer attack
12
British destroyers bombard suburb of Calais
12
Evacuation of Calais countermanded
13
13
CHAPTER III
Operation Dynamo is commenced, Sunday, 26th May, 1940
Allied decision to withdraw
H.M. Government authorises withdrawal to the coast
14
Dunkirk perimeter organised
14
15
The Admiralty signals, "Operation 'Dynamo' is to commence"
15
Mona's Isle makes the first round trip
16
Mona's Queen first ship back on 27th May
16
Hospital carriers
16
Admiralty call for cutters and whalers
17
Sea and air patrols
17
Germans occupy Calais
17
CHAPTER IV
Monday, 27th May
The Dunkirk perimeter
18
The Belgian armistice
18
Dunkirk locks prepared for demolition
19
Route Z under fire Route Y adopted Route X prepared
19
Sea and air patrols
20
Ex-Dutch skoots for Dunkirk
20
The "build-up" of small craft commences
21
"Dynamo Maintenance Officer" appointed
21
S.N.O. Dunkirk assumes duty
21
Beach evacuation begins
22
"Evacuation tomorrow night is problematical"
22
All ships diverted to the beaches
23
Results of S.N.O., Dunkirk's 2005/27
24
"Chronic shortage" of beaching boats
24
Disembarkation ports designated
25
Summary of troops evacuated
25
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