Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
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Dunkirk
Added on December 14th, 2016 by roberteveringham | Report Post
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Mention of “British Empire” and “Canada” kind of detracts from this important British achievement. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was Brit Regular Army and Territorials (~National Guard)raised in the UK. While as ever, there were many from the Empire within the British ranks, the BEF was very much a Brit show. IOW they did it with the French and Belgians and largely without anyone else.
Correct…technically there were no Canadian regiments in Dunkirk at the time.
But a significant number of the Manchester Regiment (which suffered major losses at Dunkirk) were Canadian…and had been recruited directly into the regiment in a recruitment drive at Halifax.
Not many Canadians…fewer than a thousand if I remember…but not insignificant either.
I believe there was an RCAF Hurricane Squadron which participated in the Battle of France in 1940.
The movie does look quite good, but I have had a great deal of apprehension about WW II since Windtalkers…
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