Caught Dunkirk on Paramount last night, why didn't he just land the

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Being that close, is that the best response the British could come up with.
Meanwhile the USA was extended on both sides of the continent and had to travel unbelieveable amounts of equipment to be able to launch an invasion while battling the Japanese fleet in the Pacific.

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1) Britain did not have the industrial capacity of the United States
2) Dunkirk occurred eight months into the war, so it's not like the British had their industry spinning for that long
3) It took the United States until 1943 to really get shite moving

Britain was out producing Germany at the time, even on aeroplanes

It was a decent movie, but that last part made no sense. He was maybe 50 meters off the ground when he glided by the soldiers on the beach. Then he somehow was able to turn his Spitfire around to shoot the Stuka out of the air. His plane didnt have near enough energy for that maneuver. He was too slow and pointed in the opposite direction. He would have just fallen out of the sky.

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Britain was out producing Germany at the time, even on aeroplanes

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And their industrial output both paled in comparison to that of the United States. It still took us over a year to really get the so-called "arsenal of democracy" fired up. Germany was always #2 to Britain when it came to industry and economics. It also must be noted that Hitler's own high command told him prior to the invasion of Poland that Germany wasn't prepared for general war, so it makes sense that Britain was outproducing them - even at that stage. Their successes in the spring and summer of 1940 had everything to do with leadership and command structure.

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Meanwhile the USA was extended on both sides of the continent and had to travel unbelieveable amounts of equipment to be able to launch an invasion while battling the Japanese fleet in the Pacific.

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Umm, the US wasn't fighting anyone when Dunkirk happened.

This really, the BEF and the French army suffered the same communication mistakes of WWI and lacked the readiness of fighting with combined arms that Germans were masters of. Even with this the French took a lot of bite out of the Germans before they lost their nerve. Britain weakening the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain while shoring up morale with the meaningless Africa War were what follow from a miracle like Dunkirk's evacuation.

Gotta give it to the Bulldog one of his best calls was not allowing German pilots to live and shooting down any attempt by German ambulance to rescue them in the Channel. That shite takes nuts knowing what it could mean for your own pilots.

Germany is overrated during WW2 and British Empire is severely underrated.

Not just against Germany but Japan as well.

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Overrated.

I give it 3.5 stars out of 4.

I was a little underwhelmed by the movie.

I may give it another watch one day when I have nothing better to do. A re-evaluation may help me find more appreciation for it.