My Father, Who Survived Dunkirk, Would Not Have Recognized Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

by Jonathan RabanMy father, who was at Dunkirk, was a very green 21-year-old second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
From May 26 to June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk and its surrounding beaches, known as Operation Dynamo, was a hugely important event in the history of World War II. Had Dynamo not succeeded, Winston Churchill, who had come to power only 16 days before Dynamo began, would almost certainly have lost his premiership, and been dismissed a