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==== What about the other countries?====
[[File: Dunkirksoldier1.jpg|300px|left|thumbnail| British soldiers fighting at Dunkirk]]
The movie has been criticized for focusing too much on the British involvement. Dunkirk has a special place in British history and the success of Operation Dynamo helped to save the country from a Nazi German invasion. However, while the British were the main protagonists in Operation Dynamo other countries were also involved. In fact, there were many nationalities who were also present at the fighting and the evacuation of Dunkirk. There were tens of thousands of French and Belgian soldiers who had retreated with the British to the area. They also wanted to be evacuated and they wanted to avoid capture by the Germans. Many of these wanted to escape to England to continue the fight for their nation’s freedom, none of the French and Belgium contingents at Dunkirk are shown.<ref> MacDonald, p. 213</ref> Thousands of French soldiers also sacrificed their lives in an effort to protect the British troops in Dunkirk. There are also no Canadians soldiers shown in the movie. There was also a sizable contingent of men from the Royal Canadian Army serving with the British Expeditionary Force.
In <i>Dunkirk</i> all the servicemen in the film are white. This was not the case at the time, the British and the French had vast colonial Empires in Asia and Africa. The British has numerous Indian units and the French had several African units at Dunkirk.<ref> Atkin, p. 115</ref> The film has caused some controversy in India as it failed the Indian soldiers who served alongside the British at Dunkirk or the numerous French colonial troops, mainly African, who were also present at the battle. Nolan should have shown the sacrifices of these troops along with the British.
