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Last night I saw Christopher Nolan's new film "Dunkirk".
This is quite a movie. Taking place during the defense and evacuation at Dunkirk, 26 May to 4 June 1940, the story follows several British army and navy personnel as they find themselves on the beach, waiting for military support which never arrives, trying every way they can to find shelter and make it home to England. This is not the "Story of Dunkirk". Rather, it's the story of several of the 400,000 men living through it, minute by minute.
Here is Mr. Beverley Baxter's "London Letter", from Maclean's (Canada), July, 1940. His "Who Lives If England Dies?" was written 5 June 1940.
https://www.macleans.ca/archives/the-battle-of-dunkirk-who-lives-if-england-dies/
Fantastic realism, especially in the air battles. And of course, lots of Spitfire, Messerschmitt, and Heinkel scenes. The tension of seeing details of what the men are going through, grows through every minute of the film.
And now I know the importance of the Dunkirk "moles".
A preview:
Tom M.
This is quite a movie. Taking place during the defense and evacuation at Dunkirk, 26 May to 4 June 1940, the story follows several British army and navy personnel as they find themselves on the beach, waiting for military support which never arrives, trying every way they can to find shelter and make it home to England. This is not the "Story of Dunkirk". Rather, it's the story of several of the 400,000 men living through it, minute by minute.
Here is Mr. Beverley Baxter's "London Letter", from Maclean's (Canada), July, 1940. His "Who Lives If England Dies?" was written 5 June 1940.
https://www.macleans.ca/archives/the-battle-of-dunkirk-who-lives-if-england-dies/
Fantastic realism, especially in the air battles. And of course, lots of Spitfire, Messerschmitt, and Heinkel scenes. The tension of seeing details of what the men are going through, grows through every minute of the film.
And now I know the importance of the Dunkirk "moles".
A preview:
Tom M.
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