Film vjerno prikazuje događaje tijekom nevjerojatne bitke kod Dunkirka te evakuacije savezničkih vojnika iz Belgije, Britanije i Francuske koji su bili odsječeni i opkoljeni njemačkom vojskom u Francuskoj od 27. svibnja do 4. lipnja 1940. godine. Evakuacijom je tada spašeno preko 300.000 vojnika.
Nakon što otkrije pohotno pismo i svjedoči seksualnom susretu mladića i svoje sestre, mlada Briony optuži ga da je počinio zločin.
U ranim danima Drugog svjetskog rata, sudbina zapadne Europe je u rukama novoimenovanog britanskog premijera Winstona Churchilla. Mora odlučiti hoće li pokleknuti pred zloglasnim Hitlerom ili će ustrajati u borbi za ideale, slobodu i neovisnost naroda, suprotstavivši se znatno većim izgledima nacističke vojske. Dok se nezaustavljive nacističke snage gotovo prelijevaju zapadnom Europom, ni Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo nije lišeno straha od neizbježne invazije. S nepripremljenom javnošću, skeptičnim kraljem i nepodržavanjem vlastite stranke, Churchill mora donijeti možda najznačajniju odluku u svojoj karijeri sasvim sam. U pokušaju da se suprotstavi teroru morat će izdržati prijelomni trenutak, okupiti narod i pokušati promijeniti tijek svjetske povijesti.
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Nakon što u bitci kod Krete 1941. uništi njemački transportni brod, britanski razarač Torrino postane meta njemačkih zrakoplova. Dok pogođen tone, trojica preživjelih članova posade spas čekaju plutajući u blizini broda pod paljbom njemačkih zrakoplova. Osim mornara Shortyja Blakea (J. Mills), koji se prisjeća privlačne Fredi Lewis (K. Walsh), tu je glavni brodski dočasnik Walter Hardy (B. Miles), koji se sjeća kako se njegova supruga Katherine (J. Carey) hrabro držala tijekom nacističkog bombardiranja Londona. A tu je i satnik Edward Kinross (N. Coward) koji je mislima uz svoju suprugu Alix (C. Johnson) koja skrbi o njihovoj djeci. I Shorty je baš kao i Walter i Edward bio izuzetno privržen razaraču Torrino, i ponosan što ploveći na njemu služi svojoj domovini.
A band of soldiers tasked with staying behind during the Battle of Dunkirk to rescue a scientist with information that could turn the tide of the war must battle their way through dangerous Nazi territory to complete their mission.
Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company's entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, before they re sent to Germany, where escape will be almost impossible. Their fate and freedom may all come down to how long Danny can keep fighting.
Two soldiers are thrown together and make their way through German-occupied Dunkirk. After several agonising close calls they make it within sight of safety. A split second decision gives only one of them a chance at survival.
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a serviceman from London. In contrast, her younger sister Joyce has quite a way with men, and finds herself a little too popular with the troops, especially when her husband pops up on leave from his regiment.
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which made the perilous cross-channel voyage, as 50 of them return to France.
At just before 7PM on May 26, 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill authorized ‘Operation Dynamo' to commence. By the time the operation came to an end on the night of June 4th, a total of 338,226 Belgian, French and British soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 boats. With rare historical archival footage from both the German and British sides, this is the real story.