Dunkirk And The Battle Of Britain Sources Questions
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Dunkirk And The Battle Of Britain Question 2: Study Source A. Do you agree with this interpretation of Dunkirk? Use the source and your own knowledge from your studies to explain your answer. The interpretation of Dunkirk depicted in Source A is accurate to a degree, although may contain some bias. An important fact to take into consideration is that the artist who painted that picture was not actually in Dunkirk at the time, it was painted from the descriptions of other people who were in Dunkirk at the time. Although it is not a secondary source as the artist was alive at the time, which makes it contempory. Another factor that will affect the validness of the source is that it was painted by a government artist which instantly brings the word 'propaganda' to mind. Because of this, the painting will be glorified as keeping the morale of the British public...


