Dunkirk

The film is set during Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, during the Second World War. It is set in 1940 during the Battle of France when the Germans invade and rapidly advance, threatening to trap much of the Allied forces in a pocket in northern France and overwhelm them. Events are seen mostly from the viewpoints of two people, a civilian in England, a newspaper reporter and a British soldier.