Kwincwadi yescrapbook yosapho lukamama, kukho ibhokisi encinci yekhamera efotwe nguRobert omncinci kakhulu ejonge “imole” etyhobozwe yiLuftwaffe ekhokelela elwandle isuka kwizibuko laseBoulogne - iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu emva kokuba imikhosi yaseBhritane yabaleka ngomlilo ngoMeyi 1940 njengeyabo. amaqabane ema kunxweme lwaseDunkirk eselumelwaneni. Kumfanekiso, icala lasekunene lejethi yaseBoulogne lihlala, kwindawo ewohlokileyo, emva kwemfazwe yaseFransi, kanye njengokuba kwakunjalo xa amajoni aseBritane akhwela kwiinqanawa zokugqibela eziya eBritane, ikhonkrithi, kwicala lasekunene le-mole yawa. ulwandle, iihawser nje ezimbalwa ezindala ezibonisa apho zime khona.

Ndikhumbula ukuba xa isikhephe esasihamba ngenqwelo-mafutha sasimisa sisuka eDover, abakhweli kwakusafuneka “bahambe ngeplanga” ukuwela ibhulorho yeebhodi zamadada ezixhonywe phezu kwamanzi ngeentambo macala ukuze zincame phezu kwenye indawo eqhushumbisiwe yesi sikhephe. Emva kosuku, utata waqhuba iAustin yethu ukuya Dunkirk ukubona iilwandle ezidumileyo. Kwakuyimini engwevu, ebandayo kwaye intlabathi yayingwevu kwaye kukho inkunkuma engabonakaliyo, enomhlwa ecaleni kwendlela yokuhamba kwaye uninzi lweehotele ezindala zaselwandle zisalungiswa. Kwaba njalo. Imbali yayidlulile ngolu hlobo kwaye iBrits yayibuyele kwezinye iilwandle eziziikhilomitha ezingama-250 ukuya ngasentshona kwiminyaka emine kamva waza uHitler wazibulala saza sawisa iibhombu zeathom eJapan kwaye, xa ndafikayo. Dunkirk, sasiphulukene namajoni eKorea kwaye amaFrentshi amadala ahlwempuzekileyo ayesaqala imfazwe yawo yokuphela ukuze abambelele eAlgeria.

Ngamaxesha ngamaxesha, xa sisiya kumda waseJamani kwiholide zasehlotyeni, kwakukho iibhulorho zendlela ezazisalungiswa-imfazwe yayisele iphele kwiminyaka elishumi elinanye ngaphambili - kwaye amaqela amajoni aseFransi awayebagadile ayephakama aze achwayite xa ebona imfazwe. iflegi encinci yeManyano ubawo wayeyilungisile phambi kweAustin yethu. “Musa ukuwangawangisa kubo, mfondini,” wayedla ngokundibongoza. “Basidanisile baza banikezela.” Ngoko indelelo echasene namaFrentshi yanikelwa ubungqina ngokufutshane kwincwadi kaChristopher Nolan ifilimu entsha - njengoko igosa laseBrithani liyala ukuvumela imikhosi yaseFransi ukuba ijoyine ukukhutshwa - kwakungekho nto entsha kwimbali ye-cinematic. Utata wam, owayesilwe eFransi ngasekupheleni kweMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, wayesaziva engcatshwa leli lizwe wayebubeke esichengeni ubomi bakhe xa lalinikezela kumaJamani ngo-1940, ngaphantsi kweeveki ezintathu emva kweBritane yokugqibela – kunye namaFrentshi - amajoni ayeyishiyile iDunkirk.

IBrits yayisele ithanjisiwe ukuba ithiye amahlakani abo aseFransi nguNjengele Mason-Macfarlane, owathi wanika iintatheli eLondon nge-28 kaMeyi ngo-1940, apho wabaxelela ukuba babeke ityala imikhosi yaseFransi ngokubhanga kweBritane. uMkhosi wokuPhumela; Iintatheli ziqhube "zizodwa" ngosuku olulandelayo - akukho mithombo, ngokuqinisekileyo (njengesiqhelo) - ngokuchanekileyo ebonisa amazwi aqhelekileyo.

UMason-Macfarlane, ndicinga ukuba, wayeyiFarage yexesha lakhe. Kumashumi eminyaka ezayo, ababhali-mbali baseBhritane baya kujongela phantsi imikhosi yaseFransi ngo-1940 njengamanxila kunye namagwala nangona babhala ngokuphangwa kunye nokusela ngokunxilisayo ngamaBrits kwidolophu yaseDunkirk - umxholo ochazwe ngokucacileyo kwindawo entle enesiqingatha esinesiqingatha. umzuzu eDunkirk beach "thatha" kwi-Joe Wright's Ukuhlawulelwa. Okumangalisayo kukuba, kwakukho amajoni amaninzi aseFransi - adubula amahashe awo, ehamba ngokuziphatha ukuya elunxwemeni, omnye wabo wasweleka kwisibhedlele saseLondon - kwifilimu kaWright, apho iDunkirk yayiyisiqendu kuphela, kune-epic kaNolan.

Kuninzi okwenziwayo, ngokungenakuphepheka Guardian, ngokusilela kukaNolan ukuvuma ubukho bemikhosi yamaSilamsi eDunkirk - amajoni amaSilamsi e-Indian Commonwealth (asuka kwindawo ngoku eyiPakistan) kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iirejimeni zaseAlgeria kunye neMoroccan kumkhosi waseFransi. Ukuhlawulelwa yayinejoni elimnyama laseBhritane ekubuyeleni eDunkirk nangona kungekho zithombe zibonakala zikhona zemikhosi emnyama yase-UK ngo-1940 eFransi- kunye noLeslie Norman omdala kakhulu. Dunkirk Umboniso bhanya-bhanya, owaboniswa okokuqala kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuba ndityelele iilwandle okokuqala, wawungenamajoni antsundu - amaqabane ka-John Mills ekubuyeleni eDunkirk ayemhlophe onke - nangona kulo mboniso bhanyabhanya abemi baseFransi babeka ubomi babo esichengeni ukunceda ukusindisa imikhosi yaseBritane. Kakade ke, nakweli nqanaba lokuqala leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, abemi baseBritani abambalwa ngokobuhlanga wenza bonisa inkalipho enkulu – omnye wawona madoda akhaliphileyo e-ARP ngexesha leBlitz wayemnyama, nangona singekayiboni ifilimu ngaye.

Ngokulihlazo, emva kwemfazwe oorhulumente base-Morocco nase-algeriya baye banqaba-de kube mva nje-ukuhlonipha amajoni abo ayesilwa kumkhosi waseFransi ngokuchasene namaNazi. Ubuzwe bama-Arabhu babalelwa ngaphezu kokuchasana ne-fascism kwi-Algeria emva kwenkululeko. Ifilimu yesiFrentshi Indigènes - ikhutshwe e-UK njenge Imihla yozuko - ukhumbule ubugorha bamajoni ase-Algeria esilwa namaNazi emva kokuhla kwe-Allied kumazantsi eFransi, kunye nobuhlanga bamaqabane abo amhlophe aseFransi. Njengoko omnye wabemi baseMntla Afrika elele engxwelerhekile, ethandaza amazwi eQuran, ubulawa lijoni laseJamani. Okothusayo kukuba, amazwe amaSilamsi asemva kokuzimela acima imbali yawo yeMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi - esilwa namaJapan kunye namaJamani - abonakalisa i-amnesia yeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala eyathwaxa i-republican yase-Ireland emva kwenkululeko eyathi, kude kube kutshanje, ayinaxesha lamadoda abo. -abantu abafa eSomme, eGallipoli nasePasschendaele kwiyunifomu yaseBrithani.

Ukuchaswa ngokufanelekileyo kwe-Nolan's Dunkirk nguFrancois Pédron kwi Umdlalo weParis ibonisa, ngokuchanekileyo, ukuba i-18,000 imikhosi yaseFransi ihlawulwe ngobomi babo ukuba ibambe i-perimeter yaseDunkirk kunye ne-35,000 yenziwe amabanjwa - phantse i-140,000 yamajoni aseFransi ahlangulwa e-Dunkirk - kodwa oko akugcini nje ukubhala imbali abaphumeleleyo. Abenzi befilimu babhala "imbali" nabo, uPedron wabhala. Unyanisile. Ibali lokwenyani leeyunithi zaseAlgeria kunye neMoroccan kusafuneka ifotwe. Ibiya kwenza idrama eyoyikisayo. AmaJamani ajula inyama ekrwada kwiintolongo zemikhosi yase-Algeria kunye ne-Afrika - ukubonisa abadlali be-cinema ukuba balwela njani ukutya kwaye bakukrazula njengezilwanyana. Ama-algeriya abulawa ngamaNazi ngezizathu zobuhlanga - isenzo esixhasa ngamandla ukurhanelwa kwama-Arabhu athile akrelekrele namhlanje: ukuba uHitler, emva kokutshabalalisa amaYuda aseYurophu nakuMbindi Mpuma, ngewayephinde ajike ingqumbo yakhe etshabalalisayo kubazalwana bawo abangamaSemitic Arab.

Kodwa ke, i-Grand Mufti yaseYerusalem yafuna ukuthinjwa eJamani kaHitler kwaye yakhuthaza amaSilamsi ukuba axhase amaNazi kwaye ngaloo ndlela avumele uSirayeli ukuba alinganise ama-Arabhu kunye neJamani yamaNazi - nangona ama-Arabhu asePalestina afile alele kumangcwaba e-Commonwealth e-El-Alamein kunye namaYuda. Abantu basePalestina. Uyichaza njani le nto kwifilimu? Ukuba amaFrentshi anokuthotywa kutsha nje Dunkirk, liliphi ithuba kumaSilamsi? Okanye amajoni amnyama? Akumangalisi ukuba uFarage wasibongoza ukuba sibukele imuvi kaNolan. AmaBritane ngowe-1940, ekugqibeleni, ayeyedwa. Kwathatha esinye isizukulwana ukudala iYurophu apho kungasayi kuphinda kuxhelwe kumazwe ngamazwe. Iminyaka engama-72 yoxolo. Kwaye ngoku senza iDunkirk kwakhona.


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