was circulated to the divisions training for Operation Sealion. The report said of the men of the BEF, Casualties The BEF suffered or died of wounds, and missing or taken prisoner. Map gallery Commemoration No campaign medal was awarded for the Battle of France but serviceman who had spent 180 days in France between 3 September 1939 and 9 May 1940, or "a single day, or part thereof" in France or Belgium between 10 May and 19 June 1940, qualified for the 1939–1945 Star. Notes Footnotes References Further reading Books Reports Theses External links British Military History: France and Norway 1940 London Gazette Dispatches Commands of the British Army Expeditionary units and formations Field armies of the United Kingdom in World War II Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1940 Military units and formations of the British Empire in World War II bg:Британски експедиционен корпус#Втора световна война ca:Cos Expedicionari Britànic#II Guerra Mundial da:British Expeditionary Force#Anden verdenskrig de:British Expeditionary Force#Zweiter Weltkrieg fr:Corps expéditionnaire britannique#Seconde Guerre mondiale it:British Expeditionary Force#Seconda guerra mondiale