The newspaper put this error in perspective as well, noting that “the British public is more well-informed today about the Indian role in the World Wars.”
Dunkirk is intently a movie about British manners and attitudes, to the point that it has to diss the French to make its own statement.
One would hope that Nolan had some greater intention with his blanket of whiteness, beyond simply wanting to cast actors that look like him.
The Hollywood Reporter recently ran an item explaining that several media outlets in the subcontinent have expressed dissatisfaction with Nolan’s eliding of the many Indian nationals who served at the real-life Dunkirk.