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> After seeing this film, I got into a debate about black soldiers in the > British Army during WWII. Would there have been black British soldiers > integrated into white battalions in France, as depicted in the film (the black > character who was one of the three wandering around lost)? I know that Black > subjects were frequently used as labor during war. Was the director perhaps > trying to suggest that a laborer could have gotton separated from his > battalion (as the two white soldiers did) before the Dunkirk retreat? I want > to give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt where accuracy is concerned, > since so much of the film provided exquisite period detail. I suggest reading Andrea Levy's Small Island for its insights into the attitude to black soldiers and civilians in WWII and its aftermath. Rosemary O'Day
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