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SIXTY years ago this week, one of the most heroic events of World War II took place - the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk. More than 330,000 troops were snatched from the beaches by the Royal Navy - and by hundreds of smaller boats piloted by civilians,...
Not long before this incident, the Taliban had freed a nearby prison, sending countless ex-convicts scrambling towards the airport. The situation had become dire, and KP soon learned that the information being relayed to his friends in Afghanistan by their superior...
The Axis forces finally had a unified command structure in Tunisia, but Rommel probably was not the best choice. By that point in the war, he had become frustrated and dispirited, the cumulative effect of the long seesaw campaign. To make matters worse, Arnim, who detested Rommel, continued...
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Movie filming techniques have come a long way from placing one or two stationary cameras in front of a stage set where actors read their lines. Consider the challenge of filming the opening scene of "Tropic Thunder" (2008). The scene, which was shot live, introduces the main characters in...
Very little is known about "Beau is Afraid" at this point, although in typical Aster fashion, the film was at one pointreportedlyvery long and succinctly described as a "nightmare comedy." But Aster simply doesn't miss, and with a cast including Phoenix, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, Patti ...
government panicked and nearly evacuated Paris; their worries were compounded by further German advances into Belgium on May 17. The Germans cut off various Allied escape ports along the English Channel and quickly shrunk their defensive lines. With Belgium’s surrender on May 28, an evacuation ...