DUNKIRK(2017)

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Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who
were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of
Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in
World War II.

- Written by Harvey

The film depicts the dramatic and true story of the Dunkirk evacuations from a
war torn beach and harbour in France, following the seemingly doomed plight of
allied soldiers in World War II. As the enemy forces close in it seems the troops
have nowhere to go, but help is at hand and a fierce battle ensues.

- Written by Dik Nolan

May/June 1940. 400,000 British soldiers are holed up in the French port town of
Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority,
bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition. The situation
looks dire and, in desperation, Britain sends civilian boats to try to evacuate the
beleaguered forces. This is that story, seen through the eyes of a soldier amongst
those trapped forces, two RAF fighter pilots and a group of civilians on their boat,
part of the evacuation fleet.

- Written by grantss

WWII. The enemies forces have cornered a large number of British and French
soldiers on the French coast at Dunkirk. A small number of primarily French
soldiers are guarding the perimeter, that zone where the British and French
soldiers are amassed getting increasingly smaller and smaller. Most of those
British and French soldiers are now on the beach waiting for destroyers to come
and take them back to Britain, each of the two countries who are taking care of
their own. The British are leaving first, and even within those the wounded get
first priority despite they taking up seven times the space of the able-bodied
soldiers. An issue with Dunkirk is that there is only one dock that the destroyers
can access, that dock which needs to be protected from the enemy bombs. As
 such, the British government has put out a call for civilian water craft to head to
Dunkirk both to transport supplies and to transport soldiers from the beach to the
destroyers or back to Britain if at all possible. Within this situation, four general
stories are told. In one, Commander Bolton is the top British naval officer on the
ground, he who knows deep in his heart that the soldiers are largely sitting ducks
on the beach as the enemy planes fly over, and knows that the situation is a Catch-
22 for the British in that they need to bring as many soldiers home safely as
possible at the depletion of their military resources, which in turn they need to
preserve for the day if but more probably when the enemies make their way onto
British soil. In the second, a squadron of three RAF spitfires are among those
limited air resources that are embarking both in dog fights with enemy planes,
while protecting the soldiers on the ground. In the process, they have to ensure
their own safety to provide what is needed for the ground soldiers, which also
includes knowing about things like fuel levels and having enough to make their
way back to home base whenever required. In the third, two soldiers meet on the
beach, the two of them who know that the longer they remain on the beach, the
likelier they are not to survive this skirmish. As such, they try to do whatever they
need to make it onto one of those destroyers or any other water craft making its
way back to Britain. However, making it aboard a ship does not necessarily
ensure their survival. And in the final, Mr. Dawson, his young adult son Peter and
their seventeen year old friend George are on Dawson's pleasure craft making its
way to Dunkirk to do their part in the war effort, they all realizing the dangers
involved. They have to decide at each step along the way if they will focus on
personal problems or if they will continue on to assist in the war as was their first
priority when they left British soil.

- Written by Huggo

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by
the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

- Written by Robert Paege