However, Dunkirk was only a prelude to the Battle of Britain, which would come to serve as the central legitimating myth for the British warmaking effort (and indeed for much of postwar Britain ...

Just when a German victory seemed inevitable, Hitler's unexplained hesitation at Dunkirk changed the course of WWII. And it ...

The big-budget Dunkirk movie, which tells the story of the battle from perspectives of the air, land and sea, was released on July 21 2017 – and received barnstorming reviews and award nods galore.

After Dunkirk, British civilians endured bombing raids during the Battle of Britain. Britain fought alone until the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941.

Director Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" is earning rave reviews for its you-are-there depiction of the Battle of Dunkirk — the heroic small-boat evacuation of British and Allied troops pinned ...

Dunkirk is bringing the battle to the big screen. The new trailer for Christopher Nolan ‘s Dunkirk reveals more from the World War II-set film, which tells the story of one of the war’s ...

What Is ‘Dunkirk’? Everything You Need To Know About the World War II Battle By Meghan O'Keefe @ megsokay Published July 19, 2017, 9:00 a.m. ET ...

Dressed in a suit adorned with military medals and awards, Ken Sturdy, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, sat in a crowded movie theater in Calgary, Alberta, on July 21 and watched Dunkirk — a ...

With “Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. have achieved the unachievable. Yes, the film drew massive numbers at the box office, and all manner of wild, partly deserved critical hurrahs.

In World War II, nearly 2.5 million Indians served in the British army, many of them at Dunkirk. But Hollywood has a long history of ignoring the contributions of people of color in World War II.

But this merely means that the myths of Dunkirk have overstated the importance of the battle, not that the battle itself wasn’t important. 215,000 men of the BEF contingent itself would ...