List of World War II evacuations
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Several instances of evacuations (including both emergency evacuations and forced migrations) occurred during and after World War II.
Forced Migrations
- World War II evacuation and expulsion, an overview of the major forced migrations
- Expulsion of Germans after World War II from areas occupied by the Soviet Army
- Evacuation of East Prussia, part of the expulsion of Germans after World War II
- Japanese American internment
Civilian emergency evacuations
- Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II, the emergency evacuation of children from British urban areas during the Battle of Britain
- Finnish war children
Military evacuations
- Operation Dynamo, British evacuation of Dunkirk, France, 1940
- Operation Alphabet, British evacuation of Norway, 1940
- Operation Hannibal, German evacuation of East Prussia in advance of the Soviet Army, 1945
