I remember seeing an interview with his secretary - apparently he often called him that with vehemance instead of using his name, is a nice touch they included it in the movie.
WW2 was mostly a conflict between the Weirmacht and the Red Army. The British EMPIRE with its colonies in Asia and Africa was hardly a representative of the free world.
@@okeng71487 without the resistance of England the US would have never been able to invade France and liberate western Europe. Without Churchills determination western Europe would either be fascist or communist.
This was a brilliant scene. Second to the final "we shall fight on the beaches" speech scene after this. Gary Oldman was phenomenal. I got goosebumps watching this. Intense and brilliant.
one of my fav scene! I found this movie when i used boxxy software and looked for something... Well, i discovered movies from the "Moods". The best of the best movies!
Here's why I respect and admire Churchill so much. He never once sugar-coated what was happening. He told his people the truth. This is why, in my humble opinion, the British people rallied to him the way they did.
Sadly, he actually falsified a lot of what was happening to the public in his speeches, we were loosing the war and having our asses handed to us, Churchill never mentioned this but gave people hope over the radio speeches, this is what history remembers but it comes into question whether he was really doing the right thing by not telling people the truth, this part is conveniently missed from history.
@@dixongecko8018 He did. He could have told us we were losing...or told us we could win. He chose the latter. We won. My parents grew up listening to Churchill's speeches. And they told me that not for one second...did we think we'd lose. Churchill had many faults, but as a war leader he was unbelievable.
Well, while inspiring, he wasnt completely honest - with good reason. In World War II, Winston Churchill made his now famous statement: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
@@SuperLusername There is a fine line. You can not be so truthful that the people are so demoralised that they abandon hope. Nor can you lie so absolutely that you're on the edge of victory, when your on the verge of military collapse. As Germany did in WW1. When their soliders surged in the Spring Offensive of 1918, despite capturing allied ground they were so demoralised when they saw in French, British trenches how well supplied they were. The German people couldn't believe it when Germany surrendered later that year. Churchill on the other hand never lied. He never told the British people we were winning, rather that we could win. Like the battle of El Alamein, which he described not as being the beginning of the end, but rather the end of the beginning.
Then out spake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate, to every man upon this Earth, death cometh soon or late, and how can man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods.
Haul down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?
Alternatively, we could stop glorifying war and death, and focus on life. There is nothing noble about facing death in the name of dead family members and non-existent deities.
@Owen McKinney No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank: And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer
“A question I now put to you… where should we be at the end of all that?” Complete silence and the entire room imagining their homeland controlled by the Krauts. What an amazing scene.
Mosley, former head of the British Union of Fascists, had been arrested after civil disobedience a few year prior. Parliament knew what fascism looked like in Britain at the time. And they were ready to resist it.
I'm reading, The Last Lion, Winston Churchill. Truly a chilling book. The courage this man had is truly profounding and mysterious in face of utter destruction and death.
Same here. If you are a fan of Churchill, WWI and WWII history, English history, or just want to hear a great story, you HAVE to read all three volumes of The Last Lion. They really flesh out what led up to and what happened during both wars. Had it not been for Churchill, it's likely that Germany would have annexed all of the countries it occupied in WWII. Many of the appeasers wanted to allow Hitler to keep Poland, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, and on and on. If it weren't for Churchill refusing to allow it, who knows what would have happened?
A lot of these guys were WW1 vets. "Choking on their own blood upon the ground" wasn't just a phrase of rhetoric for them. It was as real as anything else.
I could actually feel the weight of the words as he spoke them. We all know the outcome now, but back then, the British had been forced into a corner and indeed faced the possibility of an invasion by German forces. This was not an easy decision to make, but it was the right one.
@@DeltaSquadron63 there would most definitely still be a Europe, the only difference is that it would be exclusively European. No foreigners allowed. The Middle East would probably have been relegated to a backwater.
Operation sea lion (invasion of U.K.) was never a priority for the Germans. They thought it cost too much man power to take and hold it. What he wanted was peace with the U.K. so he could attack Russia. He had no real hatred for the British like he did for the Russians. I’m sure he would have happily coexisted with the British empire only turning on it when he had nowhere else to conquer.
As an Australian, I appreciate that they took a moment in this movie for Churchill to acknowledge and express his remorse for Gallipolli. A great film! Oldman is brilliant…
As Gallipoli was u huge mistake, and a lot of brave Australia’s and New Zealanders lost there life’s, it showed the British and world what u we’re all about, love from Scotland
I still think there was a chance for the Gallipoli campaign, if led correctly and competently, to have been a success, but to the surprise of absolute no one, British officers flubbed it. Truly Lions led by Donkeys
@@ryanferguson1976During the Dardanelles Campaign in 1807, Admiral Duckworth sailed up the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmara. In 1915 the Royal and French navies lost the element of suprise and waited for troop reinforcements from garrisons throughout the Empire, troops that did not train together. While Admiral Sackville Carden and Admiral Émile Guépratte waited for reinforcements, General Sanders commander of the Ottoman forces fortified the cost of Dardanelles with entrenchments, so when 489,000 Allied troops arrived, they found it difficult to dislodge the guns that caused havoc on the Allied navies. Sir Ian Hamilton and Henri Gouroud should have called off the attacks, the assaults were unfeasible. Judgements made on the ground made it all impossible to have any success.ill-defined goals, poor planning, insufficient artillery, inexperienced troops, inaccurate maps, poor intelligence, overconfidence, inadequate equipment, supply and tactical deficiencies at all levels. The chief obstacle was the terrain it was extremely mountainous. Churchill regretted his decision to authorise the campaign and did a stint in trenches on the Western Front.
If any sort of proper planning had been done it wasn't an impossible plan. It was sort of like the British plan in WW2 to attack Italy first, but it was not properly done and the rest is history
@@keitht24 how so? The USSR wasn't liberating it was conquering for starters plus the war could of been won without the US the Allies won WW2 not a single nation
@@RichARock There's enough blame to go around for not stopping Germany sooner. But the British & French aren't in any position to pass judgement on the Russians. They sat back & did nothing while Hitler re-armed Germany. They did nothing when he annexed Austria. They sold out Czechoslovakia to serve their own so lf interest. So don't come on here like the British & French were champions of freedom.
@@keitht24 Austria voted to be German for starters plus ww1 was fresh in everyone's mind and they didn't want a repeat of that When war broke out it was mostly Britain and the USSR who won the war Russia wasn't the only country in the USSR plus they weren't the "champions of freedom" as they weren't liberating countries they were conquering them to expand the Soviet Union Britain was the main power in ww2 who wanted to liberate not conquer they did the most of that So don't over shadow the UK as you're wrong if you do
A magnificent human being At times flawed....at times wrong But........when the very nature of human civilisation was in the balance....Winston. ....with his Courage and foresight strode the world's stage.....a colossus And the world was so very lucky to Have him at precisely the right time.
No one that is, is to be, or has been is or was perfect or ever will be. Churchill was not perfect, but that wasn't demanded of him. Excellence was demanded, and excellence was recieved
A magnificent human being he certainly was not... "I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it." Churchill 1916.
Throughout much of the 1930's he was scorned, ignored and considered a has-been. What he and very few people knew is that soon every warning and prediction that he had made over the preceding years would come to pass. A man's greatest strength is always found in the moment where he believes everything is lost.
Then in 1955 people were convinced “okey now he’s really a has been” Until his replacement took us on a embarrassing trip to Egypt, and we realised, youth ain’t everything.
Churchill only became PM because he was the only Tory the Labour Party would work with in an all party coalition. Labour leaders never get enough credit. They were firmly in favor of rearmament. They were ferocious in their prosecution of the war. Because they knew, if UK surrendered, all of them would be executed. Just like in Germany- communists and socialists were the first concentration camp members. Had Chamberlain remained as PM, they would have signed some peace with Hitler. Thank god Labour went apeshit at that prospect.
I love how when he suggested that Hitler would put Ozwald Mossley in charge of Britain everyone suddenly joined Winston side repeating "no no no no no"
Mosley was never popular. Although he is somewhat interesting because Mosley was from the Labour Party. After the 1929 election he was put on the front bench - in cabinet. Mosley proposed a radical (for the time) program of public works, high tariffs, increased pensions, nationalization of key industries. The left loved this stuff. He was a hero to the working man! To go from the most left wing figure in cabinet to a fascist is extraordinary, fascinating.
@@tomthetinker1024 The careers of Anton Mussert in the Netherlands and Vidkun Quisling in Norway, as well as Leon Degrelle (formerly of Belgium) and others, suggest that Churchill's remarks about Moseley could have been close to the mark.
I am not especially nationalistic or patriotic by nature. We don't choose the nation of our birth, and I always prefer to take pride in my achievements. Not the achievements of others who by chance or fate have happened to share my country of birth. But there can be nothing that fills me with more dread, than the haunting image of the Swastika flying over London. Death first indeed.
You really think that bullshit is true? London's whites are already a MINORITY. They make less than 50% of the population and the rest of the place are following quickly. British government and police are shutting down any attemps to talk against this madness and are promoting radical Islam in the name of freedom. Britain is completely and utterly lost, it's unevitable.
There was no chance of negotiation, it was total bullshit, was no way they'd honor terms, only take over, and push back any sense of Brit self determination
Churchill said it himself; countries that fight to the last will rise again while countries that surrender meekly will be destroyed forever. The Germans would never have honoured any peace deal once they had control. Britain couldn't have survived negotiation, only war.
This is magnificent . The best reason to ever act may be to communicate the experience of the past that we were not there for and only briefly mentioned in most schools. Churchill becomes alive and real to us now and in our memories forever. As Peter OToole said 90% of acting is in the "voice". Again magnificent acting here with spectacular voice and delivery . Thank you for bringing this to us.
As a Brit, I watched this film in a cinema in Bucharest, Romania... It was quite healthily packed too... At the end, as the titles were showing, I felt, possibly, as proud as I've ever been... That's the power of moving pictures...
@Howard Pearcey Give it about six more months. China will make war on India, the middle east will go up in flames, and the specter of war will consume the west once more.
. Yes this speech was one of the defining moments of the 20th Century With the BEF and French 1st army trapped at Dunkirk , the estimate was that only 45,000 could be evacuated . The Belgians were surrendering and FDR and the Americans were maintaining their position of isolationism . Actually , FDR thought the British were done , and asked MacKenzie King to take in the Royal Navy if the British capitulated . Fortunately, Churchill was able to persuade the 25 member outer cabinet to keep fighting . Wikipedia gives a great explanation of the War Cabinet Crisis ( May 26th - 28th , 1940 ) . I've never understood why historians ( even David Starkey ) , don't point out how this is a defining moment , in not only British , but also World history . Had Britain capitulated , Hitler could have released the entire Wehrmacht on the Soviets , and taken Moscow and the oil fields . .
@@landsea7332 Agreed 500 percent. So many mistakes were made in dealing with Hitler. Imagine if Britain had capitulated. Germany would have occupied Russia, then keep building up to take on the US. It was only a matter of time had Churchill not stood firm.
Such an important scene. Too often we portray Churchill as the only one willing to fight. His speech to the general cabinet (as opposed to the smaller war cabinet) proves he had the will of the nation on his side. He probably had a good idea he was pushing on an open door, but used their support to win his struggle with Halifax.
Churchill: "We'd have to give up our naval bases..." Room: "Yeah. that would be pretty bad..." Churchill: "And have Mosley put in charge..." Room: "WTF?!?!? HELL NO! THAT'S TOO FAR!"
@@firehazzard8497 take to note that 15-20% of USSR power come from lend-lease from the allies and the Germans were fought on all possible front, Scandinavia to Africa, France to Russia in which make command structure and logistic line become more complex and complicated So the saying that WWII was won with "Britain with their time, US with their money, and Soviet with their blood" Will always true, not one can surpass the others in terms of role
This meeting really happened. Churchill really addressed the Outer Cabinet during the leadership crisis at this time. There’s absolutely no record of what was said or happened at the meeting but Churchill left with his mandate - no negotiating with Hitler. Wish there had been a record of what was said.
There is a small record of it: in the novelization of "Darkest Hour" written by the film's actual writer Anthony McCarten, he says that Hugh Dalton, the Labour Party's Minister for Economic Warfare, was there and wrote in his diary what Churchill said.
“I have heard you. It appears to me that your will also that if this islands story ends when each one of us lies choking on his own blood upon the ground”. Give me chills every time
tyro apache While the Brits were certainly low on manpower and some resources, I would hardly call them toothless. In particular the British Navy continued to own both the Atlantic and Mediterranean to a large extent especially once convoys were established. The RAF flew night intruder missions into the Reich and drove Rommel back in North Africa.
Whitpusmc Rommel was winning in north Africa until the Americans began supplying the British with substantial resources & joined that campaign in 1942. The British navy was desperately struggling to defend the shipping lanes from German U-Boats. Without vast quantities American men & material support, the British wouldn't have been able to maintain any air campaign against Germany. And an invasion of the European mainland is all but impossible. If the Germans don't turn their attentions on Russia. The British would be defeated by late summer, or fall of 1941, or early 1942 at the latest. And even if they still invade Russia. Without America, the British can't turn the tide in the west & begin to drive the Germans back.
Abstolutely genius scene. He's elliciting the exact same emotions and resolve from the people on the train and the members of Parliament. His speech to the train folks was simple and common. His speech to the parliament members was the exact same just with window dressing. I don't know if that's really Churchills word or just the movie writer but it's really well done.
When Churchill gave this speech , it was estimated that only 45,000 solders could be evacuated from Dunkirk . Fortunately, he was able to convince the 25 member outer cabinet to keep fighting . Its actually, one of the defining moments of the 20th century . Some historians have speculated that Churchill was buying for time to see how the Dunkirk evacuation would go - Churchill knew how good the Royal Navy was . .
To add , Churchill gave this speech on May 28th , 1940 - but the movie added the words from citizens in the underground . For more info : suggest looking up British War Cabinet Crisis May 26th - 28th , 1940 .
Those in the assembly who were working with Churchill wanted to surrender to the Nazis, but as Mexican President Benito Juarez once said, "I do not know another bridge of power more than the opinion of the people."
That is false. Churchill made his opinion and backed it through meetings with his ministers in Westminster. Do not be fooled by the theatric liberty that comes with the thought of it being as you say it is.
I went to his laying in state as a kid with my brother and my dad who received a commemorative medal for his guard duty at his funeral. I was eleven at the time but knew we had lost a great man I miss my Dad and I long for a strong leader again, at my age of sixty eight how sad it is we do not seem to have one, not only in the UK but in the whole western world.
I saw this in the cinema and it's so powerful and he gave in my mind the definitive portrayal of our brave leader Sir Winston Churchill! I felt like I was there in a part of our history!
2:08 The response from the citizens on the train and the outer war cabinet was the same. “NEVER” very inspiring considering England Was the last man standing and on its last legs. The fire in them never burned out
That scene sadly was entirely fictional but the inspiration for it was drawn from people like my Grandparents who lived in East London during the Blitz and made it clear to Churchill when he visited bombed out areas that they would rather be dead than surrender.
Appeasement never works. Give ground, and a bully will simply take more. This is a lesson people need to remember, especially now. Some fates are worse than death, like the complete erasure of a nation and its identity. A man walks into your house, to kill your wife and child; will you just let him do it?
My word this scene never ceases to stun me, as a 32 year old I have no right really to be so moved as I could never imagine the poignancy and reality of such an event but I still am. An amazing scene, imagine what it must have actually been like...80 years have passed...and yet when I hear this there is a small part of me that still feels....Yes! Damn right! So inspiring. What a fabulous movie
And not the last time he did that either. Details are sketchy, but sometimes Churchill would wander off on his own and was later found talking with pedestrians on the streets of London.
every time i watch any part of this movie it just gives me goosebumps---just a well played actor with him stuttering and gasping for air as a old unhealthy man -- and this is all bases on reality
I never tire of this movie. Gary Oldman is superb. The other similarly brilliant movie is 'The Iron Lady' with Meryl Streep playing Mrs Thatcher. Her accent and mannerisms are awesome.
TODAY (April 9th) is "Winston Churchill Day" in the USA ..... it commemorates the day when President Kennedy signed the Congressional Bill which made Sir Winston an Honorary American Citizen...... In a Rose Garden presentation, President Kennedy said, "by adding his name to our rolls we mean to honor him - but his acceptance honors us far more" (April 9, 1963)
It was just unbelievable how Churchill's political enemies tried to stop him from doing what was needed to win the war. They simply could not see that fighting and winning was possible.
As an American it has always been difficult for me to understand Chamberlain until I realized we didn't fight the most deadly battles of WW I. They all happened before we entered the war. The Brits and the French were bled dry in 1916.
Couldn't be. That little girl is about five or six years old, and I believe Thatcher would have been about sixteen at that time (correct me if I'm mistaken).
Churchill : we shall never surrender to Hitler or we'll become slaves! Parliment : That aint so bad. Churchill : We will also be puppets under Mosley! Parliament: Hell no!!
"if this long island's story of ours is to end at last, then let it end only with each one of us, lives choking in his own blood upon the ground" This must be the resolve of Taiwan to preserve democracy against the tyranny of China.
I love the rage and disgust the reply with at the mention of Oswald Mosley. GOOD! They should’ve strung him up on the gates of Buckingham Palace or at Westminster
@Gabriel He was basically a nord french, that speaked french, acted like french, dressed like french, and when he conquer England, make all the nobility speak french since english was for peasants.
@Gabriel Also Normans, didn't conquer normandy, It was a gift form Charles the simple, king of west Frankia to Hrolf Ganger, more known by his french name that he adopted later Rollon, he was an old viking (raider) that was cornered after some battles to Charles, but instead of finish hin off, he offered a solution to both problems, the king offered him the nort of west frankia, what is now known as Normandy, but he would defend it from northmen raiders and what also means defend the rest of West frankia form Northmen raiders, why?, Rollon was OLD by that moment and Charles know it that he would defend his lands since it would be doubtlly than a old man with money, lands and womens would try something stupid.
@Gabriel that was another west frankia king, Charles the Bald, and was with the original Ragnar lothbrok, however with charles the simple was different. Normans in general whatever the place they ended up, were assimilated to the local culture and served as royal bodyguards beacause of the racial fact that they remained loyal and fullfilled their promise. That's why the other guy say that william the conqueror is basically french. Since the family Plantagenet, his own family, is literally french, his mother, french, his grandmother french, and his own wife is french.
"if this island's history is to end it will be us all choking on our own blood". This is what we want from a leader.
A lesson Adolf took to heart.
Infernal460 took straight to a fiery self inflicted unmarked grave lol
@@jimmy2k4o
Better than been taken prisoner by the Soviet Union.
@People, Unite! Yes that's true.
i rather have a leader that never took us to the end. Instead being proactive to avoid it before it even gets to it.
I love when he says “that man” like he’d rather jump of a building that actually utter the words “Adolf Hitler”.
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
I remember seeing an interview with his secretary - apparently he often called him that with vehemance instead of using his name, is a nice touch they included it in the movie.
That painter! Could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! Two coats!
:)
And yet, you made me read his name! :-D
He say it a lot of times.
As an American, I’ve always been inspired by Winston Churchill’s incredible courage in the face of overwhelming odds. He saved the free world.
WW2 was mostly a conflict between the Weirmacht and the Red Army. The British EMPIRE with its colonies in Asia and Africa was hardly a representative of the free world.
@@okeng71487 really gotta ruin the fun don’t you?
@@words5numbers908 fun fact Winston became a US citizen under jfk like officially before his death so imo i claim him as American throughout his life
@@nicholasmeyer7476 Thanks for the info! Didn’t know that!
@@okeng71487 without the resistance of England the US would have never been able to invade France and liberate western Europe. Without Churchills determination western Europe would either be fascist or communist.
This was a brilliant scene. Second to the final "we shall fight on the beaches" speech scene after this. Gary Oldman was phenomenal. I got goosebumps watching this. Intense and brilliant.
He went to the people and they said fight. There are lessons for Brexit here.
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one of my fav scene! I found this movie when i used boxxy software and looked for something... Well, i discovered movies from the "Moods". The best of the best movies!
He 100% deserved the best actor award for this. He was Churchill.
'Conquer we must, as Conquer we shall' and 'Blood, Tear, Toil and Sweat' where awesome scenes too.
"The Swastika flying over, over Buckingham Palace! Over Windsor! And draped on these very buildings!." "Never! Never!" literal goosebumps.
Those were horrible mental images.
A movie was being made in a small nearby torn. Draped a huge swastika over city. People who had missed the announcement became very angry!
@@veramae4098oh my god 😭 what country do you live in if you don’t mind my asking ???
except the British Royal family is of German Decent and had to change their name to Windsor in WW1.
As though that was ever going to happen, what a fanciful and ridiculous notion.
Here's why I respect and admire Churchill so much. He never once sugar-coated what was happening. He told his people the truth. This is why, in my humble opinion, the British people rallied to him the way they did.
@steve gale To calm them down. You think Leaders are truthful to their citizens. Dont be so naive
Sadly, he actually falsified a lot of what was happening to the public in his speeches, we were loosing the war and having our asses handed to us, Churchill never mentioned this but gave people hope over the radio speeches, this is what history remembers but it comes into question whether he was really doing the right thing by not telling people the truth, this part is conveniently missed from history.
@@dixongecko8018 He did. He could have told us we were losing...or told us we could win. He chose the latter.
We won. My parents grew up listening to Churchill's speeches. And they told me that not for one second...did we think we'd lose. Churchill had many faults, but as a war leader he was unbelievable.
Well, while inspiring, he wasnt completely honest - with good reason.
In World War II, Winston Churchill made his now famous statement: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
@@SuperLusername There is a fine line. You can not be so truthful that the people are so demoralised that they abandon hope. Nor can you lie so absolutely that you're on the edge of victory, when your on the verge of military collapse. As Germany did in WW1. When their soliders surged in the Spring Offensive of 1918, despite capturing allied ground they were so demoralised when they saw in French, British trenches how well supplied they were. The German people couldn't believe it when Germany surrendered later that year.
Churchill on the other hand never lied. He never told the British people we were winning, rather that we could win. Like the battle of El Alamein, which he described not as being the beginning of the end, but rather the end of the beginning.
And to think people wanted to destroy his statue in London
Makes me sick
Makes about as much sense as tearing down the statues of Abraham Lincoln in the US. Poor misguided little Bolsheviks.
Woke fools
What a bunch of total scum. Sorry.
The Woke Taliban
The thought of the swastika flying on Buckingham Palace, Windsor, or Parliament is an incredibly powerful image. A nightmare that almost came true
They flew the swastika over Cardiff Town Hall, I kid you not.
I know right!
They flew the swastika in New York's Madison Square Garden..... I definitely kid you not.
@@baileysadlier4769 The Bund.
A disarmed populace is nothing more than a slave to the elites. Never ever allow yourselves to be disarmed Americans.
Then out spake brave Horatius,
the captain of the gate,
to every man upon this Earth,
death cometh soon or late,
and how can man die better,
than facing fearful odds,
for the ashes of his fathers,
and the temples of his gods.
T. B. Macaulay, or rather:
_Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC_
Yes, indeed.
Haul down the bridge, Sir Consul,
With all the speed ye may;
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
Alternatively, we could stop glorifying war and death, and focus on life. There is nothing noble about facing death in the name of dead family members and non-existent deities.
@Owen McKinney No sound of joy or sorrow
Was heard from either bank;
But friends and foes in dumb surprise,
With parted lips and straining eyes,
Stood gazing where he sank:
And when above the surges
They saw his crest appear,
All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry,
And even the ranks of Tuscany
Could scarce forbear to cheer
“A question I now put to you… where should we be at the end of all that?”
Complete silence and the entire room imagining their homeland controlled by the Krauts. What an amazing scene.
“A government set up under, under Mosley or some such person!”
Everyone in the room: Oh hell no!
Hail Mosley!
Mosley, former head of the British Union of Fascists, had been arrested after civil disobedience a few year prior. Parliament knew what fascism looked like in Britain at the time. And they were ready to resist it.
@@coburn8810 Oh bloody hell The Battle of Cable Street was something noice.
Imagine mosley being prime minister
I think about it often.
I'm reading, The Last Lion, Winston Churchill.
Truly a chilling book. The courage this man had is truly profounding and mysterious in face of utter destruction and death.
Same here. If you are a fan of Churchill, WWI and WWII history, English history, or just want to hear a great story, you HAVE to read all three volumes of The Last Lion. They really flesh out what led up to and what happened during both wars. Had it not been for Churchill, it's likely that Germany would have annexed all of the countries it occupied in WWII. Many of the appeasers wanted to allow Hitler to keep Poland, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, and on and on. If it weren't for Churchill refusing to allow it, who knows what would have happened?
I'm halfway through volume 2 and if the remainder holds up to the standard of what I've read so far, it's one of the great biographies of all time
Didn't know about this biography until just now! Will buy it ASAP
"with.....with that man." Says it all. Never Give Up.
Yes. I loved how every time "that man's" name was on the tip of his tongue he always looked liked he'd rather throw up than say it aloud.
HOUSEPAINTER
Never saw combat? Maybe you should read some serious history books, instead of learning the subject from Facebook posts and RUclips videos? lol!
A lot of these guys were WW1 vets. "Choking on their own blood upon the ground" wasn't just a phrase of rhetoric for them. It was as real as anything else.
I could actually feel the weight of the words as he spoke them.
We all know the outcome now, but back then, the British had been forced into a corner and indeed faced the possibility of an invasion by German forces. This was not an easy decision to make, but it was the right one.
Was it? Is Europe really better off today? It's more Middle East than Europe now....
@@jebbroham1776 There wouldn’t be a Europe or Middle East if they chose otherwise.
@@DeltaSquadron63 there would most definitely still be a Europe, the only difference is that it would be exclusively European. No foreigners allowed. The Middle East would probably have been relegated to a backwater.
@@jebbroham1776 That’s too generous. Lookup Hitler and his trip to Antarctica and you’ll find out it wouldn’t be that pretty.
Operation sea lion (invasion of U.K.) was never a priority for the Germans. They thought it cost too much man power to take and hold it.
What he wanted was peace with the U.K. so he could attack Russia.
He had no real hatred for the British like he did for the Russians.
I’m sure he would have happily coexisted with the British empire only turning on it when he had nowhere else to conquer.
As an Australian, I appreciate that they took a moment in this movie for Churchill to acknowledge and express his remorse for Gallipolli. A great film! Oldman is brilliant…
As Gallipoli was u huge mistake, and a lot of brave Australia’s and New Zealanders lost there life’s, it showed the British and world what u we’re all about, love from Scotland
I still think there was a chance for the Gallipoli campaign, if led correctly and competently, to have been a success, but to the surprise of absolute no one, British officers flubbed it. Truly Lions led by Donkeys
@@Gabryal77 most of the troopers on the ground blame the admirals.
@@ryanferguson1976During the Dardanelles Campaign in 1807, Admiral Duckworth sailed up the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmara. In 1915 the Royal and French navies lost the element of suprise and waited for troop reinforcements from garrisons throughout the Empire, troops that did not train together. While Admiral Sackville Carden and Admiral Émile Guépratte waited for reinforcements, General Sanders commander of the Ottoman forces fortified the cost of Dardanelles with entrenchments, so when 489,000 Allied troops arrived, they found it difficult to dislodge the guns that caused havoc on the Allied navies. Sir Ian Hamilton and Henri Gouroud should have called off the attacks, the assaults were unfeasible. Judgements made on the ground made it all impossible to have any success.ill-defined goals, poor planning, insufficient artillery, inexperienced troops, inaccurate maps, poor intelligence, overconfidence, inadequate equipment, supply and tactical deficiencies at all levels. The chief obstacle was the terrain it was extremely mountainous. Churchill regretted his decision to authorise the campaign and did a stint in trenches on the Western Front.
If any sort of proper planning had been done it wasn't an impossible plan. It was sort of like the British plan in WW2 to attack Italy first, but it was not properly done and the rest is history
"NEVER! NEVER!" Man, the chills...
viperhead121 America & Russia will save us.
Knew there would be a comment for that
@@keitht24 how so? The USSR wasn't liberating it was conquering for starters plus the war could of been won without the US the Allies won WW2 not a single nation
@@RichARock There's enough blame to go around for not stopping Germany sooner. But the British & French aren't in any position to pass judgement on the Russians. They sat back & did nothing while Hitler re-armed Germany. They did nothing when he annexed Austria. They sold out Czechoslovakia to serve their own so lf interest. So don't come on here like the British & French were champions of freedom.
@@keitht24 Austria voted to be German for starters plus ww1 was fresh in everyone's mind and they didn't want a repeat of that
When war broke out it was mostly Britain and the USSR who won the war
Russia wasn't the only country in the USSR plus they weren't the "champions of freedom" as they weren't liberating countries they were conquering them to expand the Soviet Union
Britain was the main power in ww2 who wanted to liberate not conquer they did the most of that
So don't over shadow the UK as you're wrong if you do
A magnificent human being
At times flawed....at times wrong
But........when the very nature of human civilisation was in the balance....Winston. ....with his
Courage and foresight strode the world's stage.....a colossus
And the world was so very lucky to
Have him at precisely the right time.
No one that is, is to be, or has been is or was perfect or ever will be. Churchill was not perfect, but that wasn't demanded of him. Excellence was demanded, and excellence was recieved
The reason why we are all able to use an app such as RUclips today.
@SirTedFairyspear2 What a lovely thought.
Tell that to the 3 million people he killed in the Bengal Famine of 1943
A magnificent human being he certainly was not...
"I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it." Churchill 1916.
I love it when he encourages them all to literally rip him from office for considering peace and then gets them to agree to do so.
3:07 I am impressed not only his iron will and nobly patriotism. That powerful speech is real in history.
Later, even the King comes around to his side--that scene is brilliant as well.
Love it when the guy on the bench turns to the former P.M. and asks
"What just happened??"
Throughout much of the 1930's he was scorned, ignored and considered a has-been. What he and very few people knew is that soon every warning and prediction that he had made over the preceding years would come to pass. A man's greatest strength is always found in the moment where he believes everything is lost.
Then in 1955 people were convinced “okey now he’s really a has been”
Until his replacement took us on a embarrassing trip to Egypt, and we realised, youth ain’t everything.
england actually was not a great power anymore after ww1 the german defeated them in a few week proof it
It just goes to show how much Britain values the past and tradition. Which is what makes us great.
Churchill only became PM because he was the only Tory the Labour Party would work with in an all party coalition. Labour leaders never get enough credit. They were firmly in favor of rearmament. They were ferocious in their prosecution of the war.
Because they knew, if UK surrendered, all of them would be executed. Just like in Germany- communists and socialists were the first concentration camp members.
Had Chamberlain remained as PM, they would have signed some peace with Hitler. Thank god Labour went apeshit at that prospect.
If this long island story of ours is to end at last, then let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground
Yes.
I love how when he suggested that Hitler would put Ozwald Mossley in charge of Britain everyone suddenly joined Winston side repeating "no no no no no"
Mosley was never popular. Although he is somewhat interesting because Mosley was from the Labour Party. After the 1929 election he was put on the front bench - in cabinet. Mosley proposed a radical (for the time) program of public works, high tariffs, increased pensions, nationalization of key industries.
The left loved this stuff. He was a hero to the working man!
To go from the most left wing figure in cabinet to a fascist is extraordinary, fascinating.
@@tomthetinker1024 The careers of Anton Mussert in the Netherlands and Vidkun Quisling in Norway, as well as Leon Degrelle (formerly of Belgium) and others, suggest that Churchill's remarks about Moseley could have been close to the mark.
"who are the germans going to kill if we disarm?"
Gary Oldman: "EVERRRRRRRRYYYOOOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!"
That's right.
The Professional reference. Solid.
Do you like Mozart?
@@jimmy2k4o you don't like beethoven
Oldman is just stunning in this!
Easily one of the best films ive ever seen, leaves you with a true sense of admiration for Winston and for the people of that nation.
I am not especially nationalistic or patriotic by nature. We don't choose the nation of our birth, and I always prefer to take pride in my achievements. Not the achievements of others who by chance or fate have happened to share my country of birth.
But there can be nothing that fills me with more dread, than the haunting image of the Swastika flying over London.
Death first indeed.
Oh, you poor naive soul....
Especially when you consider Heydrich's plan for the UK (all males 15 or over deported to Europe as slave labour, for example).
There will never be a Swastika flying over London. But if you do not react very fast: the flag of islam will be flying over London.
Don't be Islamophobic Xerox.
You really think that bullshit is true? London's whites are already a MINORITY. They make less than 50% of the population and the rest of the place are following quickly. British government and police are shutting down any attemps to talk against this madness and are promoting radical Islam in the name of freedom. Britain is completely and utterly lost, it's unevitable.
Chance of negotiation:exists
Winston Churchill:im about to end this man's whole career
the ratchet realm Lmfao
Im about to start a patriotic invasion
Chance of negotiation: exists
"That man": Why do I hear boss music?
There was no chance of negotiation, it was total bullshit, was no way they'd honor terms, only take over, and push back any sense of Brit self determination
Churchill said it himself; countries that fight to the last will rise again while countries that surrender meekly will be destroyed forever. The Germans would never have honoured any peace deal once they had control. Britain couldn't have survived negotiation, only war.
This is magnificent . The best reason to ever act may be to communicate the experience of the past that we were not there for and only briefly mentioned in most schools. Churchill becomes alive and real to us now and in our memories forever. As Peter OToole said 90% of acting is in the "voice". Again magnificent acting here with spectacular voice and delivery . Thank you for bringing this to us.
As a Brit, I watched this film in a cinema in Bucharest, Romania...
It was quite healthily packed too...
At the end, as the titles were showing, I felt, possibly, as proud as I've ever been...
That's the power of moving pictures...
You should be. Your country was part of the liberation of the free world Thank you :) - from a Romanian
Gary Oldman was off the chain in this movie. Some of the best acting I’ve seen.
"Winston, where did you got this opinion?"
W. Churchill: "From Great Britain for f*** sake!"
I just happened to watch this and Dunkirk in the same weekend. It's a great pairing.
You should watch the fan edits of the two movies put together
Me too
The english speaking world needs a Winston Churchill now.
@Howard Pearcey stfu
Why only the English shouldn’t we all unite?
@Howard Pearcey Give it about six more months. China will make war on India, the middle east will go up in flames, and the specter of war will consume the west once more.
Nah, we need a *P* *I* *N* *O* *C* *H* *E* *T*
@@Belthazar1113 sooo no more isis?
Gary Oldman did an amazing job on this role. Respect to this great actor.
Huge WWII buff and Churchill fan here. I was moved to tears. Gary Oldman did great.
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Yes this speech was one of the defining moments of the 20th Century
With the BEF and French 1st army trapped at Dunkirk , the estimate was that only 45,000 could be evacuated .
The Belgians were surrendering and FDR and the Americans were maintaining their position of isolationism .
Actually , FDR thought the British were done , and asked MacKenzie King to take in the Royal Navy
if the British capitulated .
Fortunately, Churchill was able to persuade the 25 member outer cabinet to keep fighting .
Wikipedia gives a great explanation of the War Cabinet Crisis ( May 26th - 28th , 1940 )
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I've never understood why historians ( even David Starkey ) , don't point out how this is a defining moment ,
in not only British , but also World history .
Had Britain capitulated , Hitler could have released the entire Wehrmacht on the Soviets ,
and taken Moscow and the oil fields .
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@@landsea7332 Agreed 500 percent. So many mistakes were made in dealing with Hitler. Imagine if Britain had capitulated. Germany would have occupied Russia, then keep building up to take on the US. It was only a matter of time had Churchill not stood firm.
Such an important scene. Too often we portray Churchill as the only one willing to fight. His speech to the general cabinet (as opposed to the smaller war cabinet) proves he had the will of the nation on his side. He probably had a good idea he was pushing on an open door, but used their support to win his struggle with Halifax.
Churchill once said that he got too much credit. He said it was the British people who were the Lion, he was just their voice.
The thought of "that flag" flying and draped over Buck House and Westminster is fixking chilling! And the fact that it very very nearly came true!
As an American, I wish we had a Winston Churchill in our government right now. This man was a world hero and worthy of great honor.
Our leaders today would be like Chamberlain and Halifax were at the beginning of WW2... nothing but a pack of cowards and appeasers.
Churchill: "We'd have to give up our naval bases..."
Room: "Yeah. that would be pretty bad..."
Churchill: "And have Mosley put in charge..."
Room: "WTF?!?!? HELL NO! THAT'S TOO FAR!"
God blessed Churchill. Without him our world would be a profoundly different place.
Truth be told, the British people didn't deserve him.
Europe probably but if the UK was invaded America would just come on over and BOOM Germany dead
@@firehazzard8497 take to note that 15-20% of USSR power come from lend-lease from the allies and the Germans were fought on all possible front, Scandinavia to Africa, France to Russia in which make command structure and logistic line become more complex and complicated
So the saying that WWII was won with "Britain with their time, US with their money, and Soviet with their blood" Will always true, not one can surpass the others in terms of role
Correct
This meeting really happened. Churchill really addressed the Outer Cabinet during the leadership crisis at this time. There’s absolutely no record of what was said or happened at the meeting but Churchill left with his mandate - no negotiating with Hitler. Wish there had been a record of what was said.
There is a small record of it: in the novelization of "Darkest Hour" written by the film's actual writer Anthony McCarten, he says that Hugh Dalton, the Labour Party's Minister for Economic Warfare, was there and wrote in his diary what Churchill said.
“I have heard you. It appears to me that your will also that if this islands story ends when each one of us lies choking on his own blood upon the ground”.
Give me chills every time
I cant believe that this is the same man who portrayed Commissioner Gordon AND Sirius Black. Gary Oldman is just unbelievable.
So glad to have the British as friends, cheers from America. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
As are we.
Absolutely magnificent film.
I just watched this film , it was brilliant...Gary Oldman is an amazing actor.
God Bless you sir, when the free world needed a lion they got one in you and more.
Whitpusmc A toothless lion who needed that American grizzly bear to come to his rescue.
tyro apache While the Brits were certainly low on manpower and some resources, I would hardly call them toothless. In particular the British Navy continued to own both the Atlantic and Mediterranean to a large extent especially once convoys were established. The RAF flew night intruder missions into the Reich and drove Rommel back in North Africa.
Whitpusmc Rommel was winning in north Africa until the Americans began supplying the British with substantial resources & joined that campaign in 1942. The British navy was desperately struggling to defend the shipping lanes from German U-Boats. Without vast quantities American men & material support, the British wouldn't have been able to maintain any air campaign against Germany. And an invasion of the European mainland is all but impossible. If the Germans don't turn their attentions on Russia. The British would be defeated by late summer, or fall of 1941, or early 1942 at the latest. And even if they still invade Russia. Without America, the British can't turn the tide in the west & begin to drive the Germans back.
@@keitht24 Hitler didn't fear America. He is on record as saying that he feared Churchill.
@@rharvey9808 Do me favor. Show me where the British were had turned the tide before America entered the war.
Abstolutely genius scene. He's elliciting the exact same emotions and resolve from the people on the train and the members of Parliament. His speech to the train folks was simple and common. His speech to the parliament members was the exact same just with window dressing. I don't know if that's really Churchills word or just the movie writer but it's really well done.
A number of the lines in what he says come from contemporary sources e.g. diaries of those present. So yes, mainly Churchill's own words.
When Churchill gave this speech , it was estimated that only 45,000 solders could be evacuated from Dunkirk .
Fortunately, he was able to convince the 25 member outer cabinet to keep fighting .
Its actually, one of the defining moments of the 20th century .
Some historians have speculated that Churchill was buying for time to see how the Dunkirk
evacuation would go - Churchill knew how good the Royal Navy was .
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To add , Churchill gave this speech on May 28th , 1940 - but the movie added the words
from citizens in the underground .
For more info : suggest looking up British War Cabinet Crisis May 26th - 28th , 1940
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The world needs more men like this! One of the best moments in the movie! Loved it.
Those in the assembly who were working with Churchill wanted to surrender to the Nazis, but as Mexican President Benito Juarez once said, "I do not know another bridge of power more than the opinion of the people."
That is false. Churchill made his opinion and backed it through meetings with his ministers in Westminster. Do not be fooled by the theatric liberty that comes with the thought of it being as you say it is.
Ugh, Juarez
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.”
-Winston Churchill 👏🏼🔥
I love of how Churchill kept telling them what would happen if they decided to give up. What a pure Brit
I went to his laying in state as a kid with my brother and my dad who received a commemorative medal for his guard duty at his funeral. I was eleven at the time but knew we had lost a great man I miss my Dad and I long for a strong leader again, at my age of sixty eight how sad it is we do not seem to have one, not only in the UK but in the whole western world.
That’s a surprise. The thought of the swastika flying over Buckingham, Windsor, and Westminster put a dreadful taste in my mouth. Damn good scene.
This is my favourite speech. For me, it's better than the famous one at the end
I saw this in the cinema and it's so powerful and he gave in my mind the definitive portrayal of our brave leader Sir Winston Churchill! I felt like I was there in a part of our history!
2:08 The response from the citizens on the train and the outer war cabinet was the same. “NEVER” very inspiring considering England Was the last man standing and on its last legs. The fire in them never burned out
That scene sadly was entirely fictional but the inspiration for it was drawn from people like my Grandparents who lived in East London during the Blitz and made it clear to Churchill when he visited bombed out areas that they would rather be dead than surrender.
What a man. He literally saved the world.
Telling the British to disarm their naval is like telling them not to have tea until the rest of their lives
The use of the common man to make the argument was ingenious.
Appeasement never works. Give ground, and a bully will simply take more. This is a lesson people need to remember, especially now. Some fates are worse than death, like the complete erasure of a nation and its identity. A man walks into your house, to kill your wife and child; will you just let him do it?
A man of great courage and intellect. That was Winston Churchill.
I have trouble remembering that this is Gary Oldman. Brilliant actor.
My word this scene never ceases to stun me, as a 32 year old I have no right really to be so moved as I could never imagine the poignancy and reality of such an event but I still am. An amazing scene, imagine what it must have actually been like...80 years have passed...and yet when I hear this there is a small part of me that still feels....Yes! Damn right! So inspiring. What a fabulous movie
"Where would we be" followed by utter silence
He definitely did save the Western Hemisphere. Greatest Statesman of the 20th Century.
Brilliant clip. Gary Oldman is perfect in this role. Great movie
“Jessie Sutton, speaking ... for many...” love that part.
He was not a perfect man by any means but he was the right man and the best leader for the time
You know he starved Indians and bombed German civilians right?
He was very intelligent and a brilliant strategist, but as a human being? Despicable
@@grandcanyon-fu9zt he was not a despicable human as you put it. He was very much a product of his time. Your blind hatred is concerning
He took the view of the common person on the street whos lives it would effect the most.
And not the last time he did that either.
Details are sketchy, but sometimes Churchill would wander off on his own and was later found talking with pedestrians on the streets of London.
As man who love history I would love to have a time machine to here this great man of history gave these words
"a government under Mosley" - all HOI4 players
fighting to the death may set you at fearful odds but it gives a great clarity of direction and purpose
This is such an epic scene, I was unsure going into the cinema but I came out in awe and remain so for this scene and the following scene
every time i watch any part of this movie
it just gives me goosebumps---just a well played actor with him stuttering and gasping for air as a old unhealthy man -- and this is all bases on reality
One of the greatest speeches ever given.
I never tire of this movie. Gary Oldman is superb. The other similarly brilliant movie is 'The Iron Lady' with Meryl Streep playing Mrs Thatcher. Her accent and mannerisms are awesome.
Gary Oldman deserved that Oscar.
Yep
If we had lost the war, can you imagine what Europe would look like now.
Edith Callaway, thanks to you all for what you did. God bless Britain!
Like the EU with Germany in charge - oh hang on a minute.
Magnus Sandström nope. the British, French and German empires together would’ve defeated the USSR.
It would be the paradise of the world for great parts of the white race.
Unfortunately others would be extinguished.
White?
TODAY (April 9th) is "Winston Churchill Day" in the USA ..... it commemorates the day when President Kennedy signed the Congressional Bill which made Sir Winston an Honorary American Citizen...... In a Rose Garden presentation, President Kennedy said, "by adding his name to our rolls we mean to honor him - but his acceptance honors us far more" (April 9, 1963)
@King Royal how many Anzacs was he responsible for in WWI ?
They would be appalled with the current state of that house
We were never going to loose with him at the helm 👊🏻
0:09 “to consider entering into negotiations with...”
“with Batman.”
It was just unbelievable how Churchill's political enemies tried to stop him from doing what was needed to win the war. They simply could not see that fighting and winning was possible.
As an American it has always been difficult for me to understand Chamberlain until I realized we didn't fight the most deadly battles of WW I. They all happened before we entered the war. The Brits and the French were bled dry in 1916.
Britain had the privilege of paying for it's part in the war too. Took years to pay off it's debt, took years to recover. Poor little island.
But world champs once again. No nation can touch Britains record.
Hell we are still paying for it as part of the 22 trillion dollar national debt.
the acting was very good - let us not forget he is merely an actor, portraying a great man.
LOL Winston is roasting in hell right next to John McCain.
I wonder if the little girl is Margaret Thatcher
too young.
@@an7games59 when did Thatcher have her time? I honestly dont know. Itd been a hell.of a story though
@@joshallen-kz7vv pretty sure it was 1979-1990 .
Couldn't be. That little girl is about five or six years old, and I believe Thatcher would have been about sixteen at that time (correct me if I'm mistaken).
@@valeng7364 she was born in 1925 so that's about right
only gary could depict this hero as such! bravo!!
Churchill : we shall never surrender to Hitler or we'll become slaves!
Parliment : That aint so bad.
Churchill : We will also be puppets under Mosley!
Parliament: Hell no!!
Wow Gary Old man really pulled an amazing Churchill Character..
"if this long island's story of ours is to end at last, then let it end only with each one of us, lives choking in his own blood upon the ground" This must be the resolve of Taiwan to preserve democracy against the tyranny of China.
Winston Churchill,a deeply flawed man who also happened to be the greatest leader of the 20th century.
Churchill was not a man that you like, Churchill was man that you respect
I love the rage and disgust the reply with at the mention of Oswald Mosley. GOOD! They should’ve strung him up on the gates of Buckingham Palace or at Westminster
The subtle image of Christ suffering on the Cross is a beautiful touch in my opinion.
Brilliant brilliant acting! I loved this film
"Out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate...."
William the Conquerer, Henry V, Winston Churchill.
A long line of warriors at the English helm.
Garrett Dalley but William was French
Gabriel he came from France therefore he's French and that's how I'll remember it
@Gabriel He was basically a nord french, that speaked french, acted like french, dressed like french, and when he conquer England, make all the nobility speak french since english was for peasants.
@Gabriel Also Normans, didn't conquer normandy, It was a gift form Charles the simple, king of west Frankia to Hrolf Ganger, more known by his french name that he adopted later Rollon, he was an old viking (raider) that was cornered after some battles to Charles, but instead of finish hin off, he offered a solution to both problems, the king offered him the nort of west frankia, what is now known as Normandy, but he would defend it from northmen raiders and what also means defend the rest of West frankia form Northmen raiders, why?, Rollon was OLD by that moment and Charles know it that he would defend his lands since it would be doubtlly than a old man with money, lands and womens would try something stupid.
@Gabriel that was another west frankia king, Charles the Bald, and was with the original Ragnar lothbrok, however with charles the simple was different. Normans in general whatever the place they ended up, were assimilated to the local culture and served as royal bodyguards beacause of the racial fact that they remained loyal and fullfilled their promise. That's why the other guy say that william the conqueror is basically french. Since the family Plantagenet, his own family, is literally french, his mother, french, his grandmother french, and his own wife is french.
After watching peaky blinders, it’s interesting hearing him mention Mosley
What a film this is!