Dunkirk * Quotes

Soldier: "Where are we going?"
Boat Captain: "Dunkirk."
Soldier: "I'm not going back!"
Boat Captain: "There's no hiding from this, son. We have a job to do."
Soldier: "If we go there we'll die."

Colonel: "You can practically see it from here."
Lieutenant: "What?"
Colonel: "Home."

"It's coming back round. He's coming back round!"

Colonel: "The enemy tanks have stopped."
Lieutenant: "Why? Why waste precious tanks when they can pick us off from the air like a fish in a barrel?"

"There are 400,000 men on this beach!"

"The tide is coming in."
"How can you tell?"
"The bodies are coming back."

"The battle is here, what are they saving 'em for?"
"The next battle."