when did the evacuations from dunkirk beach happen
Dunkirk evacuation The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops around the midpoint of the six-week long Battle of France. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called this "a colossal military disaster", saying "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured.[7] In his "we shall fight on the beaches" speech on 4 June, he hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".[8]
Dunkirk (2017 film) The world premiere was on 13 July 2017 at Odeon Leicester Square in London.[98][99] The film was theatrically released on 21 July,[100] projected on IMAX, 70 mm and 35 mm film.[101] It is the fourth Nolan film to be released in the third week of July, a period in which Warner Bros. Pictures has previously achieved success.[102] It was Nolan's preference that the film opened in July instead of the northern-hemisphere autumn awards season.[103] The film was initially screened in 125 theatres in 70 mm,[104][105][106] and was the widest release in that format in twenty-five years.[107] Dunkirk received a special IMAX screening at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Nolan film to appear at the festival since Following, nineteen years earlier.[108] After its original release of 126 days,[6] the film was re-released in fifty IMAX and 70 mm theatres on 1 December, expanding to 250 additional cities in January 2018.[109] Dunkirk was released digitally on 12 December 2017, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on 18 December in the United Kingdom and 19 December in the United States.[110][111]