Dunkirk vs World War II

Dunkirk and World War II both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Dunkirk	Yes	No	No	No
World War II	Yes	No	No	No

Dunkirk (noun)	World War II (noun)
an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire	a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat