Dunkirk uses a lot of extras The film employed over 6,000 extras. In one scene, a crane, a spitfire and 1,500 extras were used to recreate the evacuation of 338,000 allied soldiers.

After a successful emergency sealift from a beachhead at Nazi-occupied Dunkirk, France, British and French soldiers arrive safely at an unknown British port, in June 1940.

After seeing the two excellent programmes about Dunkirk on tv last weekend, just wanted to add that my father, FC Aberdein, RASC, was still in France after the main evacuation and didn't leave ...

Tourists are flocking to Dunkirk in northern France, where the wartime rescue of 338,000 Allied soldiers took place — many to see locations for the filming of the Hollywood hit named after the ...

Whilst the recent Dunkirk series was indeed both a graphic whilst sad detailed account of what happened in Northern France, what about the c100,000 other British troops that were left to escape ...

They are now more than half-way to their final destination in northern France. The Little Ships of Dunkirk set off on their journey for northern France today (21 May).