History VERIFIED

Cameron Dixon answers the question of ‘how useful is the film Dunkirk (2017) to a historian studying the events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, also know as Operation Dynamo, of World War II.’ Dunkirk (2017) directed, written and produced by Christopher Nolan is a war film depicting the events of the Dunkirk Evacuation. Dunkirk portrays the evacuation through three perspectives: land, sea & air. It has little dialogue and is shot with IMAX. The story of Dunkirk was a changing point in the European theatre of war in World War II. Has Nolan made the depicted events historically accurate? Find out today on History Verified.