The battle of dunkirk (french:Bataille de dunkerque) was fought around the french port of dunkirk (dunkerque) during the second world war, between the allies and nazi germany.Dunkirk is a 2017 historical war film produced, written, and directed by christopher nolan that depicts the dunkirk evacuation of world war ii from the perspectives of people on the land, sea, and air.During world war ii, in mayâ€june 1940, the british expeditionary force and other allied troops, cut off by the germans, were evacuated from dunkirk to england by naval vessels and hundreds of civilian …The british evacuation from beleaguered dunkirk in june 1940 is one of history’s great last stands, and one of world war ii’s turning points.With the beaten british expeditionary force hunkered down in …