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  • By: Joshua Levine
  • Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
  • Category: 20th Century, History, Modern
  • Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: June 27, 2017
  • Language: English
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The epic true story of Dunkirk–now a major motion picture, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance

In 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now, Joshua Levine, the film’s official historian, explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape.

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Jonathan Keeble is the narrator of Dunkirk audiobook that was written by Joshua Levine

Joshua Levine has written six bestselling histories including titles in the hugely popular ‘Forgotten Voices’ series. ‘Beauty and Atrocity’, his account of the Irish Troubles, was nominated for the Writers’ Guild Book of the Year award. ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’, his history of the pilots of the First World War, has been turned into a major British television documentary. He has written and presented a number of programmes for BBC Radio 4. In a previous life, he was a criminal barrister. He lives in London.

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Narrator Jonathan Keeble
Length 10 hours 43 minutes
Author Joshua Levine
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Publisher HarperAudio
Release date June 27, 2017
ISBN 9780062791900

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Will

July 21, 2021

On 30 May, Frederic Wake-Walker, a naval officer on board HMS Hebe, surveyed the scene from La Panne westwards. It was, he said, ‘One of the most astounding and pathetic sights I have ever seen. Almost the whole ten miles of beach was black from sand-dunes to waterline with tens of thousands of men. In places they stood up to their knees and waists in water waiting for their turn to get into the pitiable boats. It seemed impossible that we should ever get more than a fraction of all these men away. Image from LearningMind.com In May 1940, things were not looking good for the Allies. Hitler’s armies had made an unexpected run through what had seemed the impenetrable, and thus lightly defended, Ardennes forest, and cutting off the British forces from their French counterparts to the south, creating an unwinnable situation for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Although it was not immediately apparent, and consensus was slow in coming, it eventually became clear that the only possible action was evacuation. The BEF retreated to a stretch of coast in Northeast France, Dunkirk. The German forces were closing in. As many as four hundred thousand faced slaughter or capture. Had the evacuation failed, the war would have ended in victory for the Axis, and the world we have inhabited for the last seventy-seven (now 81) years would have been a far different place. British destroyers were not able to get close enough to the beach to rescue anywhere near the numbers trapped there. The English people were forced to come to the rescue. From May 26 to June 4, 1940, they did, helping evacuate the largest number of people in military history.Joshua Levine - from his Twitter pageHow the vast majority of this mass of humanity was rescued is one of the greatest stories and one of the true miracles of the twentieth century. Operation Dynamo provided Great Britain a second chance in the war, and was inspirational for the people on the western side of the English Channel. The last time there was a film about Dunkirk was 1958. Aside from a compelling tracking shot in the stellar film, Atonement, it has not been the subject of a major film. Christopher Nolan, A-list director of Interstellar, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Memento, and host of other films, had been wanting to make a film of the battle, if you can even call it that, for ages, but it was only recently that he was able to garner the considerable production sums needed to do it justice on the big screen. Joshua Levine, author of many books on World War II, and other conflicts, was brought in as a consultant on the actual history of the time. The book he wrote is not a script from the film. It is an historical telling of the events leading up to and through the evacuation. Levine’s methodology is weighted toward the up close and personal, telling stories from the accounts of on-the-ground participants, and looking also at command decisions, from officers in the field up to the prime minister. Much of what he writes about Dunkirk has particular relevance to the twenty-first century. German children were not being raised to believe in a world of tolerance and acceptance. According to [Bernard] Rust, ‘God created the world as a place for work and battle. Whoever doesn’t understand the laws of life’s battles will be counted out, as in the boxing ring. All the good things on this earth are trophy cups. The strong will win them. The weak will lose them.’This mentality was distilled Nazism. Describing it as Europe’s greatest problem, [William] Shirer wrote about it in his diary on the eve of the German Blitzkrieg. A fellow American war correspondent, Web Miller, had died in a rail accident, and the German press was full of stories that he had been killed by the British secret service. ‘What happens,’ writes Shirer, ‘to the inner fabric of a people when they are fed lies like this daily?’ It is a question as important today as it was when posted on 9 May 1940. One can, and certainly should, read this book whether one opts to see the film or not. Despite its link to a major Hollywood cinema event, this is a bona fide, stand-alone history of the time, an update of his 2011 book, Forgotten Voices of Dunkirk, which had inspired Nolan’s air, sea, and water triptych approach to the film. It is rich with looks at the challenges and contradictions of the era, and shows in compelling detail many of the horrors of war. Ships berthing at Dover with the rescued - from WikimediaParanoia was rampant, as one might expect. And many a person was falsely identified as an enemy spy, whether maliciously or erroneously, and executed summarily. An experience that filled the cells of Gitmo in the Afghanistan War and Abu Graib in the Iraq War and no doubt erupts in most military conflicts. The maintenance of order was paramount and was often enforced in draconian fashion.Levine looks into how what was clearly a major military defeat was transformed into a national source of inspiration. He also offers a look into the culture of the times leading up to the war, some details of which I found surprising. He offers a reasoned explanation for England’s reluctance to engage in another world war, lets us in on the British view of the French military and the French feeling of betrayal when the BEF opted to flee rather than stand and fight. He looks at decision-making by the Belgians who were in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t position if ever there was one. image from WikimediaIt is remarkable that anyone at all was rescued given how many stupid decisions were implemented and how many mistakes were made, on both sides. But the story is also rich with the courage and hopefulness that led to a successful conclusion of the rescue. One particular example of making lemonade stood out. Opening one of the battalion’s final ammunition boxes, Captain Starkey had been devastated to find that it contained not bullets but flare cartridges. A supply error had been made. But rather than bemoan his luck, Captain Starkey thought laterally. The enemy’s effective mortar fire, he had noticed, was always signaled by a red-white-red pattern of flares. After a while this would be replaced by a white-red-white pattern, signaling the mortar fire to stop and the infantry to attack. Captain Starkey, with his huge supply of coloured flares, waited for the German infantry to advance before firing a red-white-red pattern above their heads. German mortars duly opened fire, hitting their own men. The Germans quickly fired off a white-red-white configuration to rectify the situation. The mortars stopped and the surviving infantrymen moved forward. Captain Starkey waited a moment before sending up another red-white-red pattern. The mortars opened fire once more, and the infantrymen were again bombarded. The chaos continued to grow until the mortars ceased firing and the infantry stopped advancing . Cunning had overcome strength There are other examples here of brains beating bullets. An English scientist came up with a way of dealing with the magnetic mines the Luftwaffe had dumped into the waters off the beach. And a pier, made of a very surprising foundation, allowed many thousands to escape, who would, otherwise, likely have been left behind. en route to Dover- from the BBCThere is much here, as one would expect, on how it came to pass that a flotilla of small private English boats came to the rescue, transporting masses of soldiers, some all the way to Dover, many more to the waiting destroyers, and gave birth to what would come to be called The Dunkirk spirit. Jim [Thorpe] remembers travelling across the Channel many times. He recalls German aircraft strafing the boat, and the soldiers on board firing back with their rifles. But did he realise the importance of the job he was doing? ‘No. You don’t think about that sort of thing. You think about—just get those men home. They were trying to do something for us. You think, Let’s get them out!’ It must be borne in mind that the generally accepted number of 338,000 rescued is a far cry from the numbers who might have been. Thousands were killed, tens of thousands were captured. While Dunkirk will resound through history as a stirring and stunning moment of heroism, it was hardly a total victory. Not much to gripe about in this book. Levine does attempt to center his narrative around several specific participants. I did not find that to be particularly effective. The characters needed to be portrayed in considerably more depth for that to work. Nonetheless, the anecdotal history works pretty well at giving one a sense of the situation, the miseries to be endured, the challenges faced, both physical and psychological, and the determined spirit that rose to the occasion. He references the making of the film from time to time, which may be of value to those who have seen or will see the film, but is a slight distraction for those who will remain film-free. However, he spends the final chapter addressing the film at length. Pretty interesting stuff.I can report that the film is a triumph, most definitely worth seeing, even if it is not on the large screen for which it was intended. Levine’s tale of the time is most definitely worth reading. You will learn a lot. You will be surprised. You might even feel inspired. You will not need to be rescued.Review first posted – July 20, 2017Publication date – June 27, 2017=============================EXTRA STUFFThe author’s personal and Twitter pagesA piece in The Daily Mail on the making of the film - Return to the beaches: Army of extras invades Dunkirk to recreate World War II evacuation of 330,000 soldiers for new movie starring Tom Hardy and Harry Styles (plus some cardboard cut-out troops) The amazing Dunkirk tracking shot from Atonement - Be forewarned there is plenty here that is disturbing.July 21, 2017 -Time Life Books - an excerpt - Not Everyone Escaped at Dunkirk. This Is What Happened After the RescueAugust 2, 2017 - NY Times - The evacuees at Dunkirk consisted of more than only English and French men - Dunkirk, the War and the Amnesia of the Empire - by Yasmin Khan

Fabi

October 27, 2017

Gostei muito deste livro! Para quem goste de história é o livro ideal! Aprendi muito com está leitura!

Diane

June 28, 2017

Christopher Nolan, the creative genius behind The Dark Knight (Batman), Inception and Memento turns his eye next to Dunkirk, which tells the true story of a major British military evacuation off the coast of Belgium during WWII.Dunkirk is based on a book of the same name by historian Joshua Levine. Levine's 2011 book has been updated for the upcoming movie release, and it is bookended with an interview between Levine and Nolan at the beginning of the book about why Nolan chose this project, and a chapter at the end of the book discussing the process of making the movie, including comments from members of the production team. Movie buffs will love these extra chapters, giving them a fascinating insight into the process of moviemaking.History buffs will love the actual story of Operation Dynamo itself. I confess to not being a big military history reader, so the sections of the book I found most intriguing had to do with the historical perspective of the events that led up to Britain's involvement in WWII.Great Britain was still reeling from the effects of WWI, fought nearly twenty years prior. They lost an entire generation of men in WWI, and the thought of losing another generation to a war with Germany was not one that many people wanted to contemplate.The worldwide depression severely impacted Great Britain, with unemployment high. With no system of welfare, there was tension between the classes, and extreme political parties were able to gain a foothold exploiting this. One can see echoes of this in today's world events as well.Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain believed that he could work with Hitler's Nazi government to avoid war. He was accused of appeasement, and this led to the election of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the most trying time in history.Churchill approved the plans for Operation Dynamo, which called for the evacuation of as many as 40,000 British troops from Dunkirk. The Germans were about to surround the British and French troops, and in order to save the troops from a certain slaughter or capture, they must arrange for an evacuation. Failure to save these troops would mean that the Allies would most likely lose the war, and the world today would be a much different place if that had happened.The book goes into great detail about the actual logistics of the evacuation, a monumental task. Every available military and private ship and boat was recruited to make the trip to Dunkirk to ferry the soldiers back to England. There are many remembrances from people who make that voyage, and they are so interesting.The troops were sent to the beach, and with tens of thousands of soldiers along the beach, some for many days, it became a little city of its own. Men played cards, built small shelters, and waited and waited until it was their turn to wade out in to the sea to be rescued, all while being attacked from the sky by German airplanes.Levine compared this scene to the one of refugees from war and poverty who are taking any form of floating apparatus to get to the shores of Greece and Italy, an apt comparison.Dunkirk is a fascinating look at a historical event that many people don't know about. While some people felt that this event was a story of a failed battle, Levine looks at it as an incredible story of survival. The goal was to save 40,000 troops, and the reality was that over 260,000 troops were rescued from the shores of Dunkirk, an astonishing number.England used Dunkirk as a rallying cry and people in England today still speak of the "Dunkirk Spirit" when talking about bucking up and working together to achieve a goal that seems unattainable.I highly recommend Dunkirk for movie fans, history and military history buffs.

Daniela

November 02, 2017

Quando comecei a ler "Dunkirk - A História real que inspirou o filme", pensei que iria encontrar em primeiro lugar uma descrição muito detalhada do que foi a realização do filme. Mas a verdade é que deparei-me com os factos verídicos do que foi o "milagre de Dunquerque". Antes de ouvir falar do filme e de ter ido ao cinema para o ver, não sabia nada sobre Dunquerque. Na escola falam-nos da Segunda Guerra Mundial como sendo quase unicamente o assassínio de Judeus por parte dos nazis e a sua libertação dos campos de concentração, quando na realidade foi muito mais do que isso. E esta diferença fiquei a conhece-la através deste livro. Esta Crónica/Documentário, contam-nos todos os momentos anteriores à evacuação das tropas inglês e francesas (em maior destaque estão as tropas inglesas) que se viram encurraladas pelas tropas alemãs em França. Também nos mostra todos os pormenores da evacuação e do sofrimento que estes soldados viveram às mãos dos Alemães. Temos relatos em primeira mão de veteranos que sobreviveram para contar o que viveram durante aqueles meses que estiveram destacados com França e na fronteira de França com a Bélgica. Temos também relatos de refugiados belgas que fugiram da guerra e que assistiram a eventos terríveis, como é o caso de Louis Van Leemput, que na altura era uma criança. Também temos a oportunidade de conhecer as memórias, de uma forma mais ligeira, de civil que na altura tinha 17 anos, de nome Jim Thorpe, que provavelmente será o único dos civis que participou no salvamento das tropas em Dunquerque ainda vivo. No decorrer da leitura dei por mim muitas vezes a ter que parar para respirar fundo, pois as situações relatadas eram de estrema violência. Muitas vezes também dei por mim com lágrimas nos olhos depois de ler algumas coisas sobre as atrocidades que os alemães cometiam contra as tropas inimigas, assim como num momento do livro em que já está a decorrer a evacuação e o autor nos dá a conhecer que os soldados ingleses adotavam animais, principalmente cães, mas que os superiores não os deixavam levá-los nos barcos e os matavam com tiros e atiravam ao mar. De forma geral lemos o que é a guerra. O terror que estes homens tiveram que viver. Mas no fim percebemos que afinal é uma história de sobrevivência e de luta constante para voltar a casa e não deixar o seu país ficar mal. No fim temos uma pequena descrição do que foi a realização do filme, em que para minha grande surpresa (quando fui ver ao cinema não reconheci o ator), uma das personagens que aparece várias vezes como soldado na praia e depois num navio que é atacado , é o cantor Harry Styles. Não tinha ideia disso!!! Adorei o conteúdo, não fosse eu uma apaixonada pela Segunda Guerra Mundial. A minha avaliação para este livro conta como sendo Biografia/Memoir/Crónica/Documentário, ou seja dei-lhe 7 estrelas e não 5.

Hannah

May 02, 2018

When reading history books like this (or any book in general), it is important to see the content and happenings through a Biblical worldview and the plain fact that man/the world is fallen..... or you are left with a hopeless and sick feeling in your gut. Enter: Dunkirk. First of all the interview at the beginning is pure gold. Christopher Nolan gives insight into his thought process behind the story and how it all came together. That and the last chapter. Throughout the book, I got fiction vibes within this non-fiction piece of art. It really got me into the 'characters' that I 'met' as the expansive story was told almost as a panoramic photo. The girl working to feed her family. The young man looking for adventure: he joins up the war. The man who watches a line of bare chested men get shot against a wall. Another young man witnessing the horrors of war as he stand over dead, water logged bodies that look nothing like humans. He puked. I wanted to as well. The little tangent at the beginning has to do with this little rabbit trail of mine: in this book there's a high body count, quite a few mentions of men frequenting brothels (because they wanted a last taste at life the author says), and other things. This is essentially a story of defeat. It's pretty hopeless. Yeah there's hope at the end because men were evacuated and they had boosted morale...... but when you think of the price tag dangling from that slice of morale and etc etc you start to see that it was bloodied and soaked with death.Seeing this piece of history and other pieces of history through the fact that there's hope at the end of life and a reason for living is essential. This isn't a fun historical account about soldiers who won and held victory and hope in their hands.Those things slipped between the fingers of men who fought with all they had. Grit and honor. This piece of art was a good look at what war is like from the the pov of many different people. A slap of reality of what these men felt and said and did and how they cried and wanted to drown. From all this, it might seem hopeless...... and it was. But on the flip side I saw hope streaming through the cracks. This was an amazing book. I would recommend it to anyone who a) loves history and the context of this particular event. So educational and insightful. b) loves the movie (a lot of little behind the scenes type of stuff) (and I normally don't add this, but for friends who want a little content warning: obviously lots of death and blood. Mentions of brothels and one or two guys briefly 'summarizing' what they saw and some other stuff. Not too graphic but a little much for a historical non-fic about war in my opinion. Some language, but most... if not all is from quoted sentences/paragraphs from veterans and others. A guy does a recent study on how the term teenager evolved and how teens started acting like teens. A really interesting study, but as you can imagine one little section is about sex and what's become different with that culture wise vs. a hundred years ago. Again nothing graphic but some might not appreciate that.)

Sophie

January 20, 2021

(7)This book went more into detail on the general backstory of soldiers than I was anticipating, as opposed to focusing on the film, but it's interesting all the same.It was shocking without being overdramatised, if anything I would've liked some parts to have been even more detailed.

Rebecca

July 05, 2017

World War II, was a war that had to happen. It was not so much that we were ridding the world of domination (we were), but pulling the world out of a depression that seemed as though no one nation would entirely recover from it. At the end of the first world war, it was heartbreaking to see the loss of life, and the families that would never quite be entirely whole again. But the loss of life was not enough to keep Germany from wanting to rebuild and reinforce their ideals. While most of the world wanted to relax and forget the horrors that has happened, Germany was on a race to rearm. They were going to be sure that when war eventually happened again that they were going to be ready. While the world celebrated and rejoiced at the end of war times, Germany was rewriting their education, looking at what would have to happen to get everyone thinking to their mindset. The answer? The youth.. the youth are the first answer to most issues that will arise. Forget those already in the blush of life, the youth are the ones that will push movements. Win the youth, the rest will eventually follow. Germany realized this and began the indoctrination and mind control that would become so effective in building and maintaining troops, even as it became clear that their objective would never hold. The United States was seeing a new trend with their teenagers (how has this not always been a term??), but the example that was being set by teens in the US was spreading. While British teens and most of Europe copied the styles coming form the states, Germany was horrified. Britain also realized the hold of the youth, and while they acknowledged the fact, it was easier to allow them to just be kids. Let them enjoy life, and ease into maturity. But the mindset would not last. With the slow takeover by the Germans, the magic faded away. Now, while that sounds nostalgic, the reality was life was economically hard. Higher pricing, depressed markets, and loss of jobs led to many living in dire straights. What could possibly pull the world out of the extremes? A war. War sadly brings economy back. But enough on that... Dunkirk was a resounding defeat for the forces that were trying to escape the beach, and while boats were constantly back and forth to take them to safety, so too were the planes. Bombs and machine gun fire ripped effectively through the troops just wanting to leave and go home. While the German forces pushed forward to their location, the British were simply trying to retreat. Their positions had been overrun, and there was nothing they could do. Running low on ammunition and food, they were simply sitting ducks, huddled together waiting for their turn to flee. To the German army, Dunkirk was a prize to be had and held, literally stopping the British forces from moving forward. By holding that position, they could keep anything from coming in... or out. But as with all forces, some of the German high command was at war with itself. While most of the top brass held views that would have pushed them closer to victory, they were constantly curtailed and second guessed from non other than Adolf Hitler himself. Believing himself to be invincible, and with the brainwashed troops and citizens in thrall, he simply believed he could do no wrong. But as we have seen, mistakes were made the cost them the war. Instead of relying on the leadership that he had within his military, he was constantly reversing and seconding guessing orders that were being given. Within the British government, Winston Churchill was fighting his own battle. While the incumbent Prime Minister was doing what he thought was best, Churchill was waging his own propaganda war, to quite a stunning effect. Where the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain was attempting to retain control, Churchill was rallying support and keeping support for the armed forces alive. In his turn as Prime Minister, he was a hard person to crack, one to push were men needing pushing, and known for not backing down from his ideals when he felt that he was right (which was pretty much all the time). But he had a war to wage, and he knew that in order to do so, American support would be vital. The United States held out as long as they could, but we know that as soon as Pearl Harbor occurred, war had arrived, and Americans have never been ones to roll over and surrender. Dunkirk, was bloody, messy, and for the British, their own "Remember the Alamo". This book was an interesting read. I appreciated the fact that it not only held to what the British and French, but also the German and American viewpoints. It is quite simply, unlike most books ever written. While this is now a motion picture (check your theater for release dates - end of July 2017) , the fact that this was really a defeat somehow turned victory is amazing. The history and the time that this book encompasses shows the authors attention to detail, details that we do not find together. Take the young German girl who laughed at the ideals that were set forth during their education and had a Jewish friend, but refused to think anything about the treatement that was being meted out to Jews all over Germany. I feel as though this book (and the movie) will appeal to many. It is a simple timeline, but begins a chain of events which will, quite literally, change the world.

Jesper

October 12, 2020

A very interesting (audio) book with some new angles due to its 'base' in the film. Thus watching same first is a must in my opinion. I watched the film the year it was released and I remember it as being much different from any other war film I have seen. (Maybe because the director, Christopher Nolan, made a 'survival film', not a 'war film'?)Either way, I have to watch it again, soon

Elizabeth

August 02, 2017

DunkirkJoshua LevineEye-opening.5/5*

Luce

July 13, 2017

Reading this book a few days before the release of the film was an excellent decision of mine. (If you hate spoilers, I strongly recommend to watch the film first). As a History and cinema passionate, I found this book extremely interesting and overwhelming. I despise myself for never got more interested in the story of Dunkirk. Yet, it's the key of everything, of how the war evolved, and mostly, of how we live today.I'm also overwhelmed of the work and time that Chris Nolan (and his whole crew) spent directing this film. 77 years later, it warms my heart to see that the story of World War Two still lives today. I have a feeling 'Dunkirk' won't be another war film. I'm confident this film will contribute to revive the legacy of those who lived Dunkirk. And that makes me immensely happy.

Nissa

July 13, 2017

This is an interesting and riveting story about the Second World War attack that took place at Dunkirk. Sad and full of the terrors of war, the book is well written and brings the reader into the action. Very well told and entertaining, but not an introductory read; rather a collection of personal stories. Recommended for readers who already have an understanding of the battle in the context of WWII. A very satisfying read and highly recommended for any history buff.

Ken

July 18, 2017

Released to tie in with the summer blockbuster, this books is an insightful and informative take on the historic events surrounding the Dunkirk rescue during the Second World War.Reading this has certainly increased my anticipation for the movie.

Jennifer

August 24, 2017

An amazing read for those who have watched the movie and are hungry for more. If you haven't watched the movie I don't recommend reading this first. Actually, I really would have rather the author mentioned a bit more history and a bit less about how the film was made.

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