Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk movie and France's sacrifices during WW2
France 24 has an article on Christopher Nolan's new movie Dunkirk and what appears to be a very minor inclusion of French resistance fighters, which has led to some criticism in France, though as experts argue, the film ultimately does manage to honor France's own sacrifices. What raised eyebrows is this:
However, Reed did express reservations about a scene early on in the film in which French soldiers are aggressively turned away when trying to board a ship, suggesting it comforted the anti-British propaganda of France’s Nazi-allied Vichy Regime. “Vichy created a myth that the French were turned away by their allies,” he explained. “But the truth is tens of thousands of French troops were also evacuated” – though mostly after the British.That does sound disturbing if Nolan's film relied on something otherwise false. At the same time, it does demonstrate just how evil the Vichyites were, to the point where they'd try to mislead the public.
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