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This is an ad for a movie, thanks social media.
by beemanners 9y ago
This is an ad for a movie, thanks social media.
- developerdanny 9y agoNews broadcasters are not allowed to advertise for movies, or anything.
- komali2 9y agoAre you sure? It's a full blown interview from my perspective
- pjc50 9y agoIt coincides with the Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk" film. (Currently considering whether I should Britsplain Dunkirk and its significance to HN. Any takers?)
- 13of40 9y agoI'd read it.
- lostlogin 9y agoI'd read it too, but I'd be very keen on a decent German version too, as the failure to push to the beach is less well covered.
- emondi 9y agoAccording to the movie they didn't need to because it was easier to just drop bombs from the air.
- asdfgadsfgasfdg 9y agoWasn't there a political reason? The air force wanted to show how great it was and the army was prevented from advancing?
- azernik 9y agoThe politics were involved, but in a subtler way, by warping the decision-making process. The army was exhausted and needed to rest, repair their vehicles, and resupply. There was debate about whether it should first finish off the Dunkirk pocket or let the air force finish them off, and the air force chief Göring (who was both politically strong and fantastically overconfident) insisted that he could take care of it. Very similar to his later overconfidence in the Battle of Britain, and the way it warped German strategic decision-making.
- Clubber 9y agoI'd like to hear it. It's better than the USplaining of U571 in that movie. You know, where the US Navy stole the Enigma machine with Bon Jovi. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)#Historical_inaccuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)#Historical_inaccu...
- vertex-four 9y agoWhile true, the BBC has always taken current popular media as a platform to have a frank discussion about the issues that media explores. It's not intended to advertise the film, so much as expand on the events portrayed for those who came out of the film wanting to know more.
- caseysoftware 9y agoOr maybe this is a response to new interest in the actual historic event? (Opening weekend was 3+ weeks ago, the media blitz is long gone.)
- keithpeter 9y agoMy grandfather was left behind at Dunkirk, taken prisoner, spent the rest of the war in Poland and returned home in one piece but very thin (6ft 4 and weighing around 8 stone according to family legend). He died aged 48 a year before I was born - heart problems, which might be expected I suppose. I'm now working with the jigsaw of records and archives in the UK to try and find a little more about what happened and where as a result of the film mainly.
- sctb 9y agoWould you please stop posting only unsubstantive dismissive comments here?