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After being blinded in WW1, a man disappears and becomes a famous author. Thinking he's dead, the girl he loves marries his cousin. D, R P 1935 US The Last Outpost: Charles Barton Louis J. Gasnier: A 1935 US Rendezvous: William K. Howard: Espionage D 1936 UK Secret Agent: Alfred Hitchcock: Espionage D 1936 US Sons O' Guns: Lloyd Bacon
Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. [4] [5] The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford. [6]
These are depictions of diverse aspects of war in film and television, including but not limited to documentaries, TV mini-series, drama serials, and propaganda film.The list starts before World War I, followed by the Roaring Twenties, and then the Great Depression, which eventually saw the outbreak of World War II in 1939, which ended in 1945.
W Beach, Helles, on January 7, 1916, just prior to the final evacuation of British forces during the Gallipoli Campaign. The Gallipoli Campaign (also called the "Dardanelles Campaign"), was a number of battles fought between 1915 and 1916. Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (Central Powers victory) Landing at Anzac Cove (Allied victory)
Also noted were the accurate depictions of how a small boat evaded aerial attack, and of how soldiers returning to England saw a civilian population largely unaware of or unaffected by the war. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] British officers did initially refuse to evacuate French soldiers, although Churchill later insisted that the French be evacuated ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
A wide variety of small vessels from all over the south of England were pressed into service to aid in the Dunkirk evacuation. They included speedboats, Thames vessels, car ferries, pleasure craft, and many other types of small craft. [113] The most useful proved to be the motor lifeboats, which had a reasonably good capacity and speed. [113]
The War saw a decline of civilian consumption, with a major reallocation to munitions. The government share of GDP soared from 8% in 1913 to 38% in 1918 (compared to 50% in 1943). [ 124 ] [ 125 ] The war forced Britain to use up its financial reserves and borrow large sums from private and government creditors in the United States. [ 126 ]