Posted on 06/12/2017 12:23:15 PM PDT by C19fan
Starring Tom Hardy, newcomer Fionn Whitehead and Harry Styles, it is one of the most highly anticipated blockbusters of the summer. And fans got a sneak peek of Second World War epic Dunkirk as they saw the One Direction singer's character Alex get caught in deep water when his boat sinks. The trailer, called Trapped, shows Harry and Fionn helped to safety on a boat.
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Interesting how much PR this movie has gotten. They must be spending millions to promote it. NBA playoff ads, etc. I wouldn’t think the topic of Dunkirk would be big with Yanks but who knows.
As a history buff, especially WWII, I will definitely see it. Plus there are some really good actors in the cast.
I’m afraid to watch it...might have a global warming message or something similar in it.
If they had not held firm then we would be living in a far different world today.
It might or not be "big" but it should be.
Europe would have been different. The USA not so much.
Europe would have been different. The USA not so much.
Hitler would have had no reason to turn on his friend in the USSR looking for easy victories.
So the USSR, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan would have been united to bring down the Americas.
Canada would have been next to fall. And they would have had a nice big staging area to plan the invasion of the USA at their leisure.
At that point the US military was drilling with broomsticks because they lacked firearms.
Sure we would have made it a hard fight but they were also bargaining with Mexico, so we had a possible two front war.
Even if we had won fighting a war from your back porch changes a country.
rimmed cartridges need to be stacked correctly in a double feed mag otherwise this type of jam can occur. loading the mag with the proper chargers prevents this from happening. I’ve had it happen on mine when loading rounds singly into the mag. you only ever remove the mag on a SMLE when you’re cleaning it.
I've shot hundreds of rounds through my SMLE in combat shooting competitions. All were hand-loaded singly into the mags.
I usually carried 6 magazines and swapped magazines when they were empty. I never had a failure to feed.
I’ve used mine in service rifle competitions as well, I find it a lot faster to reload with the chargers using my right hand instead of using both hands to remove the mag. My main rifle is a 1943 Long Branch and it’s not easy to remove the mag.
I saw this one teaser, maybe 3, 4 seconds, of a giant LST with it looked like at least 1000 men on board, who were bending low, like grass, at the sound of a strafing plane.
Oh, man! Here I’m sitting ... Dunkirk ... Dunkirk ... what was that ? ... Oh, yeah!
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