Dunkirk Community

Is your favourite movie/s mentioned here ?(edit- if not, then u can mention in comments.)

Before Trilogy In to the Wild Her Wild Boyhood Brookback mountain Persuit of Happiness Shawshank Redemption Amelie The Hunt Big Fish Forest Gump One flew over cooku's nest Stand by me It's wonderful Life Hobbit LOTR Ferris Buller's day off Breakfast club It's kind of a funny story Me & Earl & the... (edited) read more

On This Day in History - June 4, 1940

June 4, 1940 #OTD World War II: Operation Dynamo, ends. Overnight, 26,175 French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk, France. At 1020 hours, German troops occupied the city and captured the 30,000 to 40,000 French troops, 2,000 British field guns, and 60,000 British vehicles. In total, 338,226... read more

Best Audio in a Film?

Looking for films that are stunning for their sound effects and soundtracks. Dunkirk in particular springs to mind. Which films do you think have the best Audio? No wrong answers here :)

On This Day in History - May 26, 1940

May 26, 1940 #OTD World War II: Battle of Dunkirk, begins. Pictured: "Soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force fire at low flying German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation" – Soldiers were strafed and bombed by German aircraft while awaiting transport.

On This Day in History - May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940 #OTD World War II: Operation Dynamo German tanks and aircraft maintained pressure on the Allies in France, pushing them back four miles toward the coast and placing Dunkirk within artillery range; meanwhile, the first 7,669 British troops were evacuated from Dunkirk.

On This Day in History - May 19, 1940

May 19, 1940 OTD World War II: British Expeditionary Force commander General Lord Gort issued the order to withdraw toward port cities, including Dunkirk. Pictured: General Lord Gort and General Maurice Gamelin, 1940.