This week we complete our look at the fighting around Dunkirk with
three biographies, articles on the fighting at Boulogne and Calais and
the evacuations from Havre and the north west of France. We also
continue our series on German tanks with a look at the Panzer II Light
Tank.

PANZER II

The Panzer II Light Tank was the second German tank to enter mass
production during the period of German rearmament in the 1930s and was
the most common tank during 1939 and 1940
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II.html

The 15cm slG33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) was the second
attempt to mount the 15cm sIG 33 infantry howitzer on a tank chassis.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_a.html

The Marder II was a self propelled anti-tank gun produced by mounting
a 7.5cm PaK40/2 anti tank gun on the chassis of a Panzer II Ausf F
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_marder_II.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf F was the last standard version of the
Panzer II light tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_F.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf L “Luchs” (Lynx) was the only one of a
series of reconnaissance tanks based on the Panzer II to be produced
in significant numbers.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_L.html

The Wespe (wasp) was the last, and most numerous, of a series of self
propelled guns based on the Panzer II fuselage and carried the German
army’s standard 10.5cm howitzer (the Leichte Feldhaubitze 18M or
leFH18M).
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_wespe.html

The Flammpanzer II was an unsuccessful attempt to produce mount flame-
throwers on an armoured vehicle, for use against enemy bunkers.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_flamm.html

The 7.62cm PaK36(t) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf D was an
early and successful attempt to mount an anti-tank gun on a tank
chassis.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_7_62_PaK36T.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf a/1. a/2 and a/3 were the three earliest
experimental development versions of the Panzer II.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_a.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf b was the second major development
version of the Panzer II light tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_b.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf c was the final development version of
the Panzer II light tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_c.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf A, Ausf B and Ausf C were the most common
production versions of the Panzer II light tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_A_B_C.html

The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf D and Ausf E were virtually
indistinguishable fast tanks, only very slightly related to the
standard Panzer II light tank.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_panzer_II_ausf_D_E.html

DUNKIRK AND THE EVACUATION FROM EUROPE

Sir Bertram Ramsay was a British admiral best known for his role in
organising the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940 and for planning the
naval part of the D-Day landings in 1944.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_ramsay_bertram.html

Sir William Wake-Walker was a British admiral best know for his role
in the hunt for the Bismarck in May 1941.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_wake_walker.html

The siege of Calais of 23-26 May 1940 saw some of the most desperate
fighting during the German campaign in the west in 1940. A combined
French and British force was able to hold off heavy German attacks for
three critical days, allowing the Allies to consolidate their hold on
Dunkirk, but at the cost of the virtual destruction of the garrison.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/siege_calais_1940.html

Operation Cycle was the code name for the evacuation of British and
Allied troops from Havre on 10-13 June 1940
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_cycle.html

Operation Aerial was the code name given to the evacuation of British
and Allied troops from the ports of north west France between 15 and
25 June 1940.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_aerial.html

John Vereker, sixth Viscount Gort, was a British soldier best known
for his period in command of the B.E.F. in 1939-1940, which ended with
the evacuation from Dunkirk.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_lord_gort.html

The battle of Boulogne of 22-25 May 1940 saw a British and French
garrison hold off a determined German attack, before the British were
evacuated by sea.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_boulogne_1940.html