![]() Yet is should also be noted that a substantial number of the French troops which escaped to Britain then returned back to France to live under Vichy France which certainly highlights the point of why you prioritize your own people who have no place to go but home and to defend it from the Germans.īut the way to remember Dunkirk is to ensure that we do not need to repeat it.Īs the illiberal states prepare for higher intensity operations, our slow pace in being able to shift from engaging in Slo Mo war to preparing for higher intensity operations can put us exactly in this position. This story is a key one and perhaps another film can tell the story yet the British can certainly be excused for pulling their troops out first although several thousand French troops made it to Britain. ![]() The French press has seen a great deal of criticism of the movie for not highlighting the key role, which the French played (along with the British infantry one might note) in providing the corridor through which the Dunkirk escape could occur. With Dunkirk, one gets the experience of being a British soldier, sailor and air man in the midst of one of the greatest military defeats of all time.Īnd one gets a sense that without the British public showing up in small boats there would have not been much left of the British Army after the Dunkirk debacle. ![]() It does what film does best put one into the shoes of the persons involved rather than providing a platform for lecturing the audience on the moral values of the director. The new Dunkirk movie is one of the best war movies in years.
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