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So in reading the Dunkirk reviews: Do Americans really not know the story?

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jul 30 '17, 17:29

I'm to some degree an Anglophile so my perspective could be considered to be a bit skewed but isn't Dunkirk among the biggest Allied stories of WW II?

Dunkirk was a super big event involving hundreds of thousands of people...does give or take a year before Dec 7 1941 make such a difference? Are Americans generally ignorant of major events of WW II before Pearl Harbor?

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I know the general outlines, but no more about the specifics than what was in that one scene in Atonement, you know the one I'm talking about. -- nm - znufrii Jul 30, 18:44
I know the story fairly well, which is why I found the film frustrating. (Spoiler maybe?) - howie Jul 30, 18:26
I would not have been able to recite the details from memory last month. I would have guessed air battle. -- nm - Max Jul 30, 18:09
WWII was my first historical fascination so I probably know more than the average American but I have to think people generally could put a sentence - Mel Profit Jul 30, 18:07 2
- For me ... maybe Juno Beach. Not Dunkirk. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 18:12
- "I have never heard of Dunkirk. Is that a band?" - Cuzzin Todd Jul 30, 18:09
I hadn't heard the story before the movie. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 18:05
Like I've mentioned before, my interest is personal. Have to see it to honor Uncle Harry. -- nm - Meg Jul 30, 18:03
I thought Dunkirk was named for Dunkirk Square, an outdoor shopping complex in town. - Spawn Jul 30, 18:03
I confess that I know a lot more about Fuad Reveiz than I do about Dunkirk -- (edited) - prayformojo Jul 30, 17:56 1
- Looks up Faud Reveiz - JD Jul 30, 19:00
Never heard a thing about it -- nm - Bacon Jul 30, 17:56
I didn't even know it was a true story when I started seeing ads for it. I also though Dunkirk was the name of one of the characters. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 30, 17:55
Isn't that why france is the surrender monkey? we only know a little more about Gallipoli because of Mel Gibson -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 17:46
I honestly have no idea what it's about. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 30, 17:44
WWII was 70 years ago. This is the country where calling someone an "intellectual" is a pejorative. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 17:41 1
- what do you want from people who elected Littlefinger and not Cersei in the last election? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 30, 17:45
a very good historian could argue WW I started closer to 1912 and ended with WW II - peglegpete Jul 30, 17:39
I think Americans are generally unaware of WWII history prior to December, 7 1941 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 30, 17:35 2
- You can drop everything after "history". -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 17:37 1
  - And scratch that pesky WWII as well.. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 30, 17:40

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