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Darkest Hour - We Shall Fight on the Beaches: Churchill (Gary Oldman) delivers his historic speech to Parliament following the success of Operation Dynamo.
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The fate of Western Europe hangs on Winston Churchill in the early days of World War II. The newly appointed British prime minister must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight on against incredible odds. During the next four weeks in 1940, Churchill cements his legacy as his courageous decisions and leadership help change the course of world history.
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Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup
Screewriter: Anthony McCarten
Director: Joe Wright
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[@pietrow138]

"He mobilized the English language and sent it into the battle."

[@dinomra7771]

And won.

[@RandomStuff-jf7wd]

@@dinomra7771 hahahahahha

[@gettysb19]

Great line, shame about that “z” though...

[@peterdarnell7627]

and then some

[@DaveMorgansMartian]

@@gettysb19 Why? It's the preferred spelling in the Oxford English Dictionary.

[@oliverb2501]

You have enemies? Good, that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill

[@benmonk6495]

churchill also killed thousands of Indians but there we go

[@Raphix]

That's one great KD ratio then

[@v_lour1473]

Raphix HAHAAHAHAHA

[@likeablechuck1448]

@@benmonk6495 but you could say he had a large part in the saviour of the entire free world so there we go

[@benmonk6495]

@@likeablechuck1448 still doesn't justify the killings of innocents does it?

[@randomstories7609]

I almost cried when he said "if necessary, for years, if necessary, alone" Being able to turn fear into courage in the face the most hopeless odds is the purest form of love for your country. For your homeland and your people, your family and your children's future. This speech is better delivered than the original. Gary Oldman deserves an award for this.

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

Uhm, he won the Oscar for best male lead for his portrayal of Churchill.

[@randomstories7609]

@@BrutusMaximusAurelius it's great to hear I didn't know

[@stianhelldiver3819]

He did won, Academy would be damned if they don't give him the Oscar.

[@mrsimonsays]

UK: if necessary, for years, if necessary, alone USA: you’re not alone 🫡

[@randomstories7609]

@@mrsimonsays they were never alone. They have colonies

[@maxmel1778]

This man was unbelievable. I guarantee that 99 out of 100 people in that position would have chosen to surrender, thank God Winston Churchill was there at that time.

[@thehound9638]

Take it up with God who decided in his ultimate wisdom to preserve his favoured sons with the defence of a moat!

[@dignifieddan.4198]

God sent him there, as he places us all on this earth to do something

[@davidpryle3935]

Why surrender. How would Germany get it’s forces across the channel with the mighty Royal Navy literally in the way.

[@maxmel1778]

@@davidpryle3935 they had a massive air force which could assist

[@davidpryle3935]

@@maxmel1778 They had indeed. But I don’t think an invasion of Britain was ever feasible because of the massive superiority of the Royal Navy. Any invasion force would have met absolute mayhem in the channel. Even if the invasion force succeeded in landing, imagine the problems of re-supplying them.

[@thedailyhazelnut1709]

Me: I promise I won't get all Political 3 drinks later:

[@billysmith6177]

Hahaha, imagine waking up with a hangover only to see that you somehow declared war on Germany last night.

[@petsan97]

Considering Churchill drank more alcohol for breakfast than most of us do in a week, I'm gonna say that's a historically accurate description. I'm convinced his slurring manner of speech was because his blood counted as 80-proof wine.

[@danlefter5778]

This is too acuratte

[@j2isers]

Hitler quit rage the plan .

[@j2isers]

Good job mates .

[@alejandroangeles8587]

"If necessary for years... if necessary... alone."

[@RikologyGaming]

The EU has a short memory... When Europe fell the UK stood to defend it

[@espi371]

My favourite part. It's so well delivered.

[@majormoolah5056]

@@RikologyGaming Hey EU did not leave UK, UK left EU

[@memecrusader456]

@@majormoolah5056 it was the fact that the EU didn't allow Britain to become part of the EU at first

[@FallenCorp]

​@@memecrusader456 What? "We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked but not combined. We are interested and associated but not absorbed. If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea." - Winston Churchill

[@theonkelneico6995]

"we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be!" - that was truely the most heartwarming sentence of his speech!

[@cccccccc135]

Yeah defend it from the one who offered peace 19 july 1940. Nonsense. England's "victory" resulted in losing all its empire...

[@caelincoolz5814]

The way he said "Our Island!" gave me chills. It is their island because they have given it a thousand years of British blood, sweat, and tears. One of my favorite movies

[@theonkelneico6995]

@@cccccccc135 you do know who is and WHY "the one" offered peace to britain?

[@cccccccc135]

@@theonkelneico6995 Hitler, of course. Offered it because he never saw Britain as an enemy, the opposite is true. He wanted to take back east german territories and in the middle run expected an inevitable war against communist Russia. Britain fought a war that had nothing to do with her, finally to loose all its empire and give Poland and half Europe to Stalin...

[@raidenj1295]

Taiwan

[@B_Sandman]

I'm not even British but i learned this speech at 14 years of age and it makes me PROUD to be a fellow red, white and blue!!! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@jordanvater2547]

We love you brother

[@michaelram3411]

That fatty ,called churchill, was a bloodthristy r@cist,zi@nist rabid dog that killed tens of millions of innocent people and the main responsible for ww2.Learn!!!

[@B_Sandman]

@Jordan Vater Hell yeah! Our two nations have shed blood, sweat and tears together! And of course we love to trash talk each other 🤣 It's truly like being brothers lol!

[@user-nl3fj1nq9n]

the white and reds are here as well. as we always have been.

[@ahir87389]

We love you mate

[@rylandmalcolm3825]

"And if necessary... alone" Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, swimming across the sea: WE'RE COMING MUM

[@thegeneralmitch]

I heard my country calling, away across the sea, Across the waste of waters, she calls and calls to me. Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head, And around her feet are lying the dying and the dead; I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns; I haste to thee, my mother, a son among thy sons.

[@connoroneill9406]

@@thegeneralmitch where is that from?

[@thegeneralmitch]

@@connoroneill9406 its from a verse in "i vow to thee my country" that has been dropped in years past. No idea why, i think it gives a great nod to the commonwealths sacrifices.

[@connoroneill9406]

@@thegeneralmitch ah, that makes more sense. I knew I knew it 😂

[@schweizer93]

USA: Hold my beer, Dad.

[@jackgreergolf]

“If you’re going through hell, keep going” Sir winston Churchill

[@crocodile1313]

Jack the certified G-- I love that quote. I think of it often lately.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. -Edmund Burke

[@mrbuck5059]

Rodney Aitkins- Country singer.

[@Kpob03]

Jack the certified G my mom told me that and it got me through five years in a mental hospital. Out now for two years and not looking back

[@straightifn4752]

“I am facist” Mosley

[@shredtildeath777]

As an American, it is this speech that will always give me strength. English, Welch, Scottish, or irish..... a nation United against true evil. Steadfast against the worst of humanity in a time where utmost evil is ready to claim its jaws on the world and at the time, it was one nation united that showed the world it would fight. May Churchill live on.

[@VetrixOfficial]

Except Ireland is and wasn’t a part of the UK

[@shredtildeath777]

@@VetrixOfficial oh, so people from Northern Ireland are not Irish ?

[@jamesg9468]

​@@VetrixOfficial The few small insignificant men within Southern Ireland's local executive may not be part of the UK, but many within Southern Ireland's populace volunteered to join the British Armed Forces to fight against tyranny. At a time when De Valera, the head of Southern Ireland, wanted to appease and submit to Nazism. And the Northern Irish? The people of Ulster are some of the most patriotic in the world. Their pride is proven and warranted.

[@VetrixOfficial]

@@shredtildeath777 they are, but saying Irish would include all of Ireland

[@VetrixOfficial]

@@jamesg9468 I get your point, and although many joined the British armed forces, that doesn’t make us British. The easiest way to trigger an Irishman is to call them British. My great grandfather served in the British army in WW2 so I know many left to join

[@ifragisk]

Gary Oldeman brings this speech to life. Other actors and even Winston himself give a dry delivery.

[@Spartan265]

To be fair the one from Winston himself was recorded years after the speech was given.

[@user-kvartz-a8]

I couldn't agree more. I prefer to listen to this version instead of the original.

[@ms-terious]

@@user-kvartz-a8 the 'original'....isn't the original. It was recorded in 1949 for posterity. The speech he gave in the commons was far more impassioned by all accounts and more importantly. It was NOT broadcast.

[@yeeticus7206]

The original wasn’t dry. It wasn’t recorded, the recorded “original” by Churchill was apparently much less passionate than he was in the commons

[@topbanana4013]

How would you know how Winston sounded. What you here and all here is a recording. The real speech was never recorded for security reasons. All films are over dramatic or no 1 would watch them. The train scene did not happen for example.

[@raind4658]

What made this speech even more impressive is the fact that it was before the German invasion of the Soviet Union and America's entry into the war. Britain was alone against the most powerful army in the world at that time.

[@welshboi2228]

Like a mighty old lion taking a last stand.

[@andrewcooper1046]

this is what boris meant when he said Britain and Ukraine are one!

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@andrewcooper1046 hoppe ukraine can make the tsars armies bleed enough to send ripples back to his palace and give the oppressed natives breathing room to start rip his regime apart from the inside.... and avoid any worse or larger scale war being needed.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@welshboi2228 aye....or a old wolf defending its den and cubs to the last breath.... perhaps not as quick like in its youth ,but on the other hand experienced and skills to draw on. hmm...reminds me of that story where a guy that made himself famous genociding predators in the us , hade a encounter with a wolf pair who's sdisplay of bonding changed his view and if i recall correctly where part of why alaska was kept semi wild rather then being 'tamed'

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

to live is to endure ,to endure is simply to survive longer then others... shame the scale of current technology means anything larger then proxy or 'small states' war when the theater is limited to a single planet would mean the death of the garden in the process :/ for i bet a lot of people wish right now they hade some 'direct dmocracy' to smack down more directly then through sanctions on the current tsars despotism.

[@varrickace465]

Churchill: Why do I hear boss music...oh wait, it's mine

[@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij]

Dude this seriously made me lol But that just makes me wonder: if Churchhill had his own boss theme, what would it sound like?

[@AVGyerra22]

@@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij Pure testosterone.

[@stratigangames508]

@@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij Rule Britannia

[@ethanguest3438]

@@FirstNameLastName-oz5ij probably god save the queen

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

@@stratigangames508 *Bass Boosted*

[@Adriano66867]

The decision to keep fighting alone with no victory in sight is what made him extraordinary. Cant imagine the guts it took to not sue for peace.

[@ahir87389]

The British will rather die than surrender

[@machrisr2000]

As an American, it is strange that one of the proudest feelings I have for my own nation is not by speech by an American, but by a Brit, saying with prophetic understanding and insight, the last line of this speech: "Until in God's god time the New World, with all its power and might steps forth to the rescue of the Old". This was so true, so necessary, yet we over here did not see it until it was almost too late. Thank God that we did! God bless Britain, and God Bless the United States! Allies and friends forever!

[@woosh_hunter]

😂

[@mo7798]

Yes, but what Churchill didn't understand was that we Germans were or are absolutely not interested in the UK. The UK died in its anti-German hatred, which the English had harboured long before 1914. A nation that ran a genocidal empire for centuries, covered up all its crimes and could only be stopped in two wars. Today, the British are where they belong. At the bottom and only just beginning to come to terms with their many crimes.

[@spnhm34]

Well, better late than never

[@paulallen2680]

@@spnhm34we were helping before we got involved directly. The destroyers for bases act gave the British 50 naval ships

[@MuddyYorkWalkingTours]

Canada was also supplying Britain, even before the Americans "officially" entered the war. Canadian destroyers guarded the lifeline of ships crossing the Atlantic. They carried Canadian food, Canadian munitions, and Canadian troops. And many of the pilots who defended the skies during the Battle of Britain were Canadian. And yes, we had help from the United States, even when the US was officially neutral. American pilots drove their planes across the border (drove, not flew) and left them for the Royal Canadian Air Force. And many American servicemen enlisted with the Canadian military before the United States offically declared war.

[@CyberGlock1]

Hitler: “I’m going to conquer Great Britain :)” Churchill: “And I took that personally”

[@rudifeichtinger1042]

"Here, here!"

[@thenorthstarsamurai]

These comments tho

[@vipr1142]

@@manchesterunited4619 Which Tyrant did he defeat? And because a tyrant defeats another tyrant, doesnt mean he is some kind of a hero. He just defeated another tyrant. Simple as that. I notice you are biased, but thats okay, biased goes hand in hand with poor education.

[@janesgems7]

@@vipr1142 No my friend. He had many faults but not as a war leader. He inspired this country to fight against the worst form of tyranny this present generation will ever know.

[@christianlong811]

Churchill gave him 60.

[@patroclus8163]

"Are you afraid?" *_looks at his shaking hand_* "I must be." "Good." "Why is it good?" "Means you're not stupid."

[@astranaithes6818]

King of the North!.

[@user-xg8hp3qv1p]

no fear is stupid

[@coitze8704]

Rest easy Theon.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

A stannis reference might have been more fitting

[@Karlstan03]

@@hamzamahmood9565 ”Fewer”

[@Killabear-en2xq]

Very few people in the world have had a speech like this...where you announced the fact that it was you, your nation alone against the "End of the World". He was incredible, not without flaws but still incredible.

[@Lords1997]

Crying, and I’m an American. Much love and solidarity to our closest ally❤

[@WE_WUZ]

Heartbreaking that in 20 years if we call upon them for solidarity, we will be responded to in not English, but Arabic. England as we remember them has fallen

[@swordarmstudios6052]

This speech is awesome. This movie was awesome. Also American. I think we like Churchill more than the Brits do as a general rule haha. But he had such a command of the English Language. I read a lot and still to this day, after hundreds of books by the best writers in the world, it's the words of Churchill that have the most power.

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@WE_WUZStop listening to FOX. It's toxic .

[@redwall1521]

grow up then, and stop crying. This is overdramatized, go listen to the actual speech, it's nothing like this. Jeez

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@redwall1521The orginal was never recorded . The " orginal " was many years after The recorded one would never have got Parliament cheering which is what happend

[@mrwri]

This wasn't an address to Parliament. It was a promise to the world.

[@faded_ink3545]

Meester Writer beautifully said.

[@ssssSTopmotion]

Nice pfp

[@MichaelJ44]

Meester Writer I mean... it was an address to Parliament. But okay

[@mrwri]

@@MichaelJ44 Of course I forgot radios hadn't been invented and speeches weren't re-read later on. My bad.

[@kevinlynott309]

British parliament was not broadcast until the 1980s on radio only and TV later.

[@sambarton4470]

“We shall never surrender.” A quote that will never leave me.

[@xelallih]

From the siege of Londonderry 1689 and repeated at The Battle of The Somme (36 Ulster Division) in 1916 'No Surrender'

[@tomben6180]

No surrender is edged into the British psyche.

[@muhammadtaufiqhailkhairila2790]

Immune system in your body during covid be like 3:01

[@DanielVerberne]

It's interesting that we hold up 'never surrender' as a good thing, when in reality the logical extension of such a position is that a leader is willing for an entire nation, men women and children to be fodder in a war. I get the 'gut' feel that such statements can give to bolster troops.

[@tomben6180]

@@DanielVerberne It works when you don’t start the war and aren’t the aggressor, for sure, it was totally apt in the case of Sir Winston using it.

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Sir Winston Churchill (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965), aged 90 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@ladywaffle2210]

Winston Churchill wil not be remembered as a "good" man. Nor will he be remembered as a "bad" man. Men like Churchill are too complex for these labels. But he will certainly be remembered as the right man. After all, he was the man that turned the world's darkest hour into Britain's finest.

[@mo7798]

In peace as a war criminal. Together with Stalin and Hitler in hell.

[@JohnGavin-hi3rt]

@@ladywaffle2210very well put

[@coolcat1022]

A truly iconic speech will never be forgotten in Britain. That man had courage, grit and fight to change Britain's fortunes in WW2

[@mo7798]

Remarkable when you consider that at the same time Churchill kept half the world oppressed and committed unimaginable crimes. British genocidal empire, some American scholars say.

[@stevenwillett4136]

Showed this to my kitten. He’s now a lion.

[@stephenbarnett1394]

Love it🐱🦁!

[@neilsmith6092]

Loved that well done 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@cha0tr0pic]

Genius

[@bruno13532]

Showed it to my dog, now he's a wolf

[@CEOkiller]

Showed this to my piper cub. Now it’s a spitfire

[@letsgoblue9596]

My Grandfather never forgot that speech. It was one that stuck with him, even through Alzheimer’s. He fough on the beaches, he fought on the landing grounds, in the streets, and the hills.

[@RealD8]

That is powerful, made me tear up, respect

[@unscentednapalm8547]

Well, not exactly on the beaches, landing grounds, streets or hills Churchill refers to.

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@unscentednapalm8547 but he did fight, in streets, ion landing grounds, and and the hills.

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

@@letsgoblue9596 how? he had alzheimers

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@Aduysvmncmkouyf Thats what we don’t know, he had Alzheimer’s, forgot almost everything. The almost being the war, er, both wars. He did forget most things about them, but the songs stuck with him. Whenever I would visit by him he would always sing God Save the Queen on some days, and Deutschland Hymn on the others. The last song he ever sang was It’s a Long Way to Tipperary. It did and always will bring me to tears.

[@climax050]

One of the greatest speeches of all time, given in one of the darkest hours. A true hero not only of the commonwealth and the english speaking parts of the world, but to the whole world itself.

[@mo7798]

That's "great" that the British won WW2 with the help of the US and then continued to commit crimes in their colonial empire.

[@legolars5122]

"I need amunition, not a ride!" has the same vibe

[@laozi7584]

Today it would be like: Churchill: "We shall fight on the.." Bercow: "Ordeeeeeeeeer!"

[@bosnia7429]

Bercow is gone

[@shubs.]

LMAO true

[@wushiwushigander1959]

More like... oooodaaaaa!!!

[@RichieDee123]

Where have you been? Bercow has been replaced. 😂🤣

[@dean1039]

Bercow: "I might remind the Prime Minister that any insult towards Europe will not be tolerated on my watch!" Churchill: *pulls revolver out and shoots Bercow* "Now, where was I.. Oh yes, the beaches!"

[@RebelRenegade76]

“We shall never surrender!” *[Everyone liked that]*

[@elias5871]

Belgium, France, Netherlands, west Germany, Italy and some other countries

[@CBRN-115]

"Hope rises"

[@oliverelliott2956]

Apart from the axis...

[@jimschneider3490]

A few short years after the war Britain surrendered to the 3rd world when HMS Windrush arrived with a load of immigrants from Jamaica. And they have yet to realize the full extent of their lose.

[@fredjackson9925]

What’s your problem with immigrants you obviously have no idea what you’re talking about 😂

[@swordarmstudios6052]

I love his line about The New World stepping for to the rescue and the liberation of the old. IT was both a rallying cry to his people, and open invite, full of praise and respect, for the US - who was ambivalent about the war at the time, to come in on the side of right. To do the right thing. To help old friends, and build a new world together. It's powerful stuff. And we should remember something really important. It worked.

[@GiladPellaeon]

To be fair: public opinion was beginning to swing in May 1940 in favor of supporting the allies against the german threat. Opinions were of course still diverse, but you could see that the events in France and Britain slowly started to make their mark on public opinion and FDR worked hard with his administration to swing the public opinion even further, without loosing approval. It took another year, but in May 1941 public opinion was mostly for supporting the allies with lethal aid (e.g. Lend-Lease Act) even though only a minority was willing to send troops to Europe.

[@caelincoolz5814]

I think part of the reason that his speech works so well is because it includes a lot of parts of the British Empire. He acknowledges the British Navy, the "Empire beyond the seas," the island and their proud heritage, etc.

[@MrSuperpiff4]

Ambivalent? The Roosevelt administration was pushing hard for our entry.

[@ryanmurphy2588]

OMG...Gary Goldman disappears as Sir Winston Churchill. His most famous speech has me in tears still. Churchill's Speech in Parliament can inspire all people who aspire to liberty from now until kingdom come. We will forever fight on the beaches.... As an American, I Love this!

[@mo7798]

At the same time, the UK held hald the globe oppressed.

[@mrfafaa96]

Churchill was not a perfect man, but he was what the western world needed.

[@WorldWar2freak94]

Mr Fafaa Right you are. No one in history is perfect and even those who did great things also did some questionable ones too. We have to take the bad with the good.

[@billsamuls7620]

there is only two in this world you and me

[@TheTris147]

No one is perfect, Winston was what he needed to be to win us the war against an even worse man, and in doing so gave us all the right to judge and cast blame and fault.

[@paulgarrett1622]

You mean like we need cancer, he was a terrorist, he commited Genocide, shall I continue.

[@gamezdude5544]

@@paulgarrett1622 Is there such a thing as redemption?

[@wanderingkernel5002]

The British The only people who can make waving bits of paper look intense.

[@legionofmetal9968]

i must try this with some paper in my spare time while cheering to see if this is true or not. But first a cup of tea as encouragement. maybe listen to Primeminister Churchill's speech as well.

[@benmcgill2018]

Those are handkerchiefs.

[@mrandrews3616]

Basically there's a rule or a convention that says you're not allowed to clap your hands in the house of Commons so they have to wave papers

[@dunchie747]

i want you to look up the flag at iwo jima

[@racl1954]

Yes..............No other people could make it look that intense.....but at the end of the day we meant it.............and fought with such determination and ferocity, even the Japanese honoured us with the name "Muteki"."invincible warrior".

[@armanhadi777]

I come back to this often as it is so uplifting and inspiring. The movie is a masterpiece like almost every Churchill movie.

[@bobesponja7791]

"national spirit increases 100%"

[@BanterCrab123]

"War Support 100%"

[@arturo0727]

Stability 100%

[@frityet2840]

PP 2000

[@1truthbegettingtold275]

Immigration 100%

[@benavide2003]

PP Hard

[@dnzswithwombats]

“When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” The Bulldog, -Winston Churchill

[@pilazpilaz]

That's not a quote from Winston Churchill, but from Victor Hugo (from the 1845 essay "Villemain").

[@GrayNeko]

Words to live by!

[@dnzswithwombats]

@@pilazpilaz well, fortunately I'm in the age category such that I don't care.

[@clark5317]

"Sir, I must object to putting you on a plane 'with the bois' headed for Berlin." "I don't care what you think monty just get me on that damn airplane"

[@ryanchurchill4589]

More like Zionist puppet who created the first steps of the great replacement !

[@mikkiedupreez553]

Even in a nation's darkest tide the light shall always burn brighter than the shadows of darkness

[@277mitchell]

I can remember as a child hearing that speech 4 the first time and knowing that at the time the UK was totally alone against the awesome German juggernaut and even though I didn't really understand it I listened to it in school. And when I here it as an adult i site there in awe great Britain was so lucky to have that man at that time leading them most men would have surrender thank God he did not!

[@christiankasadelis9695]

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill

[@laveenr]

How to be a dictator in the name of democracy? "Colonization" -Winston Churchill

[@kerajohnson1922]

@@laveenr you ruined the vibe you pillock. Good quotes are good quotes, I doesn’t really matter if it comes from a colonizer or not. Go touch some grass Laveenr

[@coitze8704]

@@laveenr He was a man of his time mate. Times change.

[@gamereaper3144]

@@laveenr How to be a Dumbass *"Be laveenr"* -laveenr

[@ForTheOmnissiah]

@@laveenr The irony that he was criticizing colonization with that quote and you couldn't wrap your head around it.

[@hantykje3005]

And now some people want to tear down statues of this giant...

[@domenicevangelista5478]

Im from Australia and have more respect for British history then a lot of its current inhabitants

[@Bubbsmaster]

Churchill was 5foot 6. (Please realise that this is a joke and it's sad that I feel I have to clarify before making one but that's the world we live in/the internet)

[@northeast9162]

There's only one Winston Churchill 💪

[@mattb8190]

Exactly.

[@piccikikku1015]

The Defender of Democracy in Europe.... So sad how people rewrite history.....

[@noellecox3952]

Fantastic performance by Gary Oldman he was fantastic as Winston Churchill I glad he got the full Oscar for his performance

[@PrimalElf]

One of the greatest performence's of all time One of the greatest and underrated movies of all time One of the greatest speech's of all time ,,We Shall Fight on the Beaches"

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

I can tell that that's not Winston Churchill because I can understand what he's saying.

[@zackosborn1731]

Agreed, this actor is clearly sober.

[@bynturong]

Zack Osborn ...exactly what I was about to wright

[@frankhyland6333]

We new what he was saying in 1939.

[@aaronjanestrada9484]

The accent just screws it up... But it's still a good crack goddamn it...

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Barely.

[@dank_indian9002]

This is so British, it colonized my computer (Edit) 8.7k likes, nice

[@coolguyx14]

It turned my made in China computer into made in great Britain

[@dandyrevisionist7879]

@@coolguyx14 Let me rephrase your comment " it took my computer that reads: (made in China) and turned it in to: (made in Hong Kong)".

[@markfroman738]

COLONIZER

[@connoroneill9406]

You spelled colonise wrong 😉

[@Mrbimmer11]

@@connoroneill9406 colonize

[@rmfdaily]

That last scene where he was walking out got me in tears 😢

[@ffjdogg3438]

This gives me chills every single time I watch it. Sending love to you proud brits from Houston TX

[@badmatt1466]

The fact that they defaced his statue is an absolute disgrace

[@maryshaffer8474]

Even dead, he has enemies.

[@tristansalagoste4486]

Why?

[@Shawn_Pereira]

Hitler, Churchill, stalin all belong to the same category, "war criminals".

[@dinerouk]

I would say more than a disgrace, but an affront to the whole country of that period and to the freedom we have inherited from his leadership.

[@tristansalagoste4486]

@@thegherkinator an imperfect hero is better because a hero is a human, and humans arent perfect.

[@clearanceflooring]

British MP's are banned from clapping. The paper you see is called the Order Paper which details that days Parliamentary business. In this case it is being waved in appreciation of the speech. No applause allowed so waving the Order Paper is the replacement.

[@pompeygerry]

David Bradley- Thank you, Always wondered about that.

[@jackpirie7382]

@@pompeygerry And it was the Labour MP's who supported him while the Tories sat quiet

[@alexproud4974]

@Alex Churchill was a conservative, conservative are republican, labour democrat in US terms. Labour supporting Churchill is kinda like McConnel supporting Obamacare

[@Adam-sv4xj]

@@alexproud4974 Churchill actually switched parties from labour to Conservative

[@lakshyakumar3629]

@@alexproud4974 no

[@Ecclesia_]

The scene symbolizes the forces of good with their back against the wall, unleashing fury upon the forces of evil in the world. No other choice but to fight for all that is good.

[@onuraliben]

"There is no line of defense, only a plane of defense exists, and that plane is the entire homeland. Every inch of the homeland cannot be abandoned until it is drenched with the blood of its citizens." - Mustafa Kemal, August 22, 1921

[@gooner4179]

A speech that defined one of the greatest moments in British history.

[@yungpo9853]

@@oldtin82 “We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”

[@rlaalswo0725]

@@oldtin82 What was the alternative then? you idiot

[@iyou011]

and the World's

[@Jefffrrry]

This and “This was their finest hour”.

[@TimKuat]

Not just British but world history

[@casper14301]

I don't see enough recognition for Gary Oldman. His performance is spectacular.

[@jamesmason8436]

Thought he won an Oscar for this?

[@casper14301]

@@jamesmason8436 he did indeed, but I was refering to the fact that the comment section doesn't mention his performance at all, except for the ones that criticize his performance.

[@xSCHEF]

Casper Lindberg I’m guilty I thought this was a documentary and this was Winny himself.

[@solezeta1314]

And yet, they admit they did a lot of makeup on Gary here. PS: I love Gary Oldman.

[@xSCHEF]

Soledad Zignago no way... you trying to tell me Oldman doesn’t look like this naturally? 🤓 Ps: Oldman is the best.. he’s a once in a generation talent. Use Alan Rickmans obituary as a benchmark and try to imagine the outcry the world will show when Oldman passes. Knock on wood or whatever we should enjoy Oldman for 2 more decades at least.

[@comesahorseman]

"We shall *never* surrender!" Words to live by. 👏👏

[@fn215]

“We Shall fight in KIEV, We Shall Fight in Kharkiv, We Shall Fight in Mariupol, WE SHALL DEFEND OUR HOME WHATEVER THE COST MAY BE. We Shall Fight over the skies of Ukraine, We Shall Fight on the seas and Oceans, We Shall fight in the Fields and in the Streets, We Shall fight in the Hills. WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER.” Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💙🇸🇻

[@littlemouse7066]

you're right same situation. a crazy deluded man who interprets hystory in his own distorted way and wants to recreate a dead empire. hystory is repeating itself.

[@paulbreakable3302]

slava ukraini!

[@Papashaft]

Adolf hitler: “why do I hear boss music?”

[@roccoemmanuel]

Bruh Lmao

[@jamrocks464]

Dunkirk called and said no

[@bluemobster0023]

@@jamrocks464 the british got away

[@hukama6911]

Polushka polye~

[@jamrocks464]

URAAAAAA

[@XCHDragox115]

“If you are going through hell…keep going.” - Winston Churchill One of my most favourite quotes of all times

[@dillonkim2506]

Love this quote as well, got me through dark times in high school.

[@ozymandias5513]

Although there’s no record of Churchill himself actually saying it

[@vinslungur]

Oda clan?

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@ozymandias5513 At this point, it barely matters if he really did say it. He's credited with it, and it helps people.

[@cb41503]

@G E T R E K T he may have done some less than good things, genocide in East Africa, the Bengal famine, Gallipoli, and so on, but he was the leader the UK needed in the darkest hour

[@giuliomachiavelli3414]

Every free man and woman must listen to this speech, these words are a beacon in the night.

[@Jackaroo.]

"When the signal is given, the whole circle of avenging nations will hurl themselves at the foe and batter out the life of the cruelest tyranny which has ever sought to bar the progress of mankind." - Winston Churchill

[@rizzlebazzle5845]

"We will ride out the storm of war and outlive the menace of tyranny. If necessary for years; if necessary alone"

[@cashcleaner]

RizzleBazzle Britain will never stand alone. - The Commonwealth

[@joeharris4353]

This speech is gold. That line and many others choke me up.. England will never stand alone.. Australia is coming from one way, were coming from the other.. and we're bringing Canada with us.. long live Western democracy. Your American cousins

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@cashcleaner The problem was that, at that time, the Commonwealth could offer very little help.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@HansLandaNaranja Famines were an unfortunate aspect of Indian existence which Britain could never prevent. They were never engineered however.

[@campbellfraser7599]

@@HansLandaNaranja we survived at the cost of 2.1 million people who were still living in the 1300s good deal imo were going forward not backwards it's called the advancement of the human race.

[@glennhoddle10]

*"Nations that go down fighting, rise up again. Those that surrender tamely, are finished. "* _SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL_

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Literally Poland

[@theimperialfistsspacemarin3050]

It’s actually pronounced ser in the way the queen proclaims

[@thatsmadcrazy8953]

Well looking at present France he was correct

[@thatsmadcrazy8953]

@Sasuke Uchiha not really Germany is quite powerful right now

[@thehaloscrolls391]

That’s Germany in Russia and a nutshell

[@janemler5798]

It breaks my heart how this great man is slandered today. (Winston Churchill not Gary Oldman)

[@youknow227]

Such a British man

[@dora1980]

Who slanders Churchill?

[@passthebleach9745]

churchill was a warmonger

[@youknow227]

@@passthebleach9745 No

[@user-td2jw9ze2c]

He was a war monger and a mass murderer

[@ialwtttiywtrar]

To grasp the magnitude of Churchill's words you'd have had to have been there at that time. - The most powerful standing army in the world which has rampaged across the whole of Europe is barely 20 miles away. - You are completely alone (empire nations excepted). Your main ally the French have just been comprehensively out thought and cut to ribbons by the blitzkreig and your army barely got out alive. You have virtually no heavy weapons left. The country is wide open. - Your air force is hugely outnumbered and facing almost overwhelming odds against a battle hardened Luftwaffe. - You have no idea how you are going to defeat the enemy and frankly don't have the capability to even think about it. All you can hope for is to hold out and pray. Victory is a crazy dream. 'Balls of steel' doesn't even begin to do it justice....

[@paxmosley5950]

@Sainte Jeanne d'Arc 1429 elaborate for me moiseur , how is this aggressive patriotism when it is quite literally what happened to the British ?

[@helium-379]

He also mentioned U.S.A. where if the British empiree were to fall then they would carry on the fight.

[@lololol7347]

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc 1429 and for good reason. Who held Europe against the axis. France? Oh wait they were knocked out in the space of a few weeks and surrendered. Half of modern France was ruled by Britain for centuries. Your “country” is somewhat a bit older than the USA, with probably as little culture. Before a few centuries ago you were squabbling duchies and before that some naked tribes running away from the Romans. Agincourt was a joke. So yeah. We have justification.

[@lololol7347]

@Sainte Jeanne d'Arc 1429 You don't seem to deny anything I pointed out. At least we can agree that America is a cultural cesspool- devoid of anything cultural.

[@espnky1]

lol olol the reason you think America doesn’t have culture is because much of our culture has spread to the rest of the western world. We are the biggest producers of entertainment, which made it easy for our culture to spread. Each state, and often the larger cities, in the US has its own culture and history. Our country is set up in a similar way as the Europe Union. You have to think of each state as almost a separate country.

[@reecen819]

That speech without a doubt changed the course of history. Edit - : Wow! 1,000 likes! Cheers!

[@ferrynator15]

Well, yes and no. There are a lot of factors.

[@lennycam1775]

@@ferrynator15 not rlly that was the speech that decided if we was going to surrender he change last minute

[@joc7956]

@Megas Pantelos I would urge you to read more on the subject. I don't want to tell you you are wrong, as everyone should have there own opinion. However, even the earnest of Churchill's critics would easily admit Churchill's individual contribution to the war was rather substantial, if at times damaging. To suggest that the Soviet contribution is 'the only thing that changed history' is to make an incredibly facile statement.

[@paddyhanlon6592]

Lad you haven't heard my scouse mum going mental at me and my brothers. That's what makes you want to run away an join a battle field anywhere away from her an her mouth

[@fredjackson9925]

😂

[@FreoFanTV]

People need to realise that Churchill saved our planet

[@floriannoel362]

As a french, thank you. Churchill is a great man. He, at least fought till the end, he at least recognized that the french were needed and that they played a great role in Dynamo

[@michaelwilliamson4759]

Nothing says "You are needed and play a great role" and "we are here to liberate you" better then some pressuring of France (and other nations) to not proceed with peace with Germany after being pushed back to their country after briefly invading Germany via Saar, like some liberating indiscriminate and unrestricted terror bombing campaigns across France/Europe and the civilian populations/cities (such as Paris) that killed more French civilians then British civilians from Germany's bombing in retaliation to Churchill's back to back night bombings against German civilians for three months, or sinking French ships filled with citizens and military personel. Justifying it as "necessary to prevent Germany using their ships to reach Britain." Even though Hitler forced his generals to stand down and let the British at Dunkirk evacuate and return to Britain when Germany could have completely destroyed the trapped soldiers, continued the war by invading a nation that is weakened in strength when they abandoned their equipment at Dunkirk and had to use civilian ships to evacute the British soldiers. Or, captured the stranded and surrounded British troops as POWs and use them to make demands from Britain. Which he never made any demands from Britain or France. The "threatened" people of Britain faced no threat from Germany. Before the war, France also faced no threat from Germany until it invaded Germany. Nor the neutral nations that were used by the Allied powers to launch their invasion of Germany, by invading (in the sense of an unwanted presence of another country's military) those neutral nations. Hitler would have no need to defend his people from invasion by premptively striking and catching them offguard in these countries and pushed them back to their respective countries, if the Allied powers didn't disregard their neutrality and brought the war to their country. "Since the (British) bombardment of Friborg these objectives are open towns, market places and villages, burning houses, hospitals, schools, kindergartens and whatever else may come their way. Until now I have hardly had any reprisals. That does not mean this will be or is my only reply. I know that our answer, which will come some day, will bring upon the people unending suffering and misery. Of course, not upon Mr. Churchill, for he no doubt will already be in Canada where the money and the children of those principally interested in the war already have been sent. For millions of other persons, great suffering will begin. Mr. Churchill, or perhaps others, for once believe me when I predict a great empire will be destroyed, an empire that it was never my intention to destroy or even to harm. I do realize that this struggle, if it continues, can end only with the complete annihilation of one or the other of the two adversaries. Mr. Churchill may believe this will be Germany. I know that it will be Britain. In this hour I feel it to be my duty before my own conscience to appeal once more to reason and common sense in Great Britain as much as elsewhere. I consider myself in a position to make this appeal, since I am not the vanquished, begging favors, but the victor speaking in the name of reason. I can see no reason why this war must go on! I am grieved to think of the sacrifices it will claim. I should like to avert them. As for my own people, I know that millions of German men, young and old alike, are burning with the desire to settle accounts with the enemy who for the second time has declared war upon us for no reason whatever. But I also know that at home there are many women and mothers who, ready as they are to sacrifice all they have in life, yet are bound to it by their heartstrings. Possibly Mr. Churchill again will brush aside this statement of mine by saying that it is merely born of fear and of doubt in our final victory. In that case I shall have relieved my conscience in regard to the things to come." - Hitler. July 19th, 1940. "The blood of every single Englishman is too valuable to shed. Our two people belong together racially and traditonally. That is and always has been my aim, even if our generals can't grasp it." - Hitler. On the evacuation of Dunkirk. "It has come to war. I have done everything within my power here. Everything a man could possibly do, almost to the point of self-abasement to avoid it. I have made offer upon offer to the English. I consulted their diplomats here and pleaded with them to be reasonable. But nothing could be done, they wanted war and they made no effort to disguise it. For 7 years, Churchill has been declaring: "I want war!" I regret that these two peoples must fight with each other, whom I wanted so desperately to bring together. I extended my hand often -- in vain. They wanted this war, now they shall have it! The German Volk will see this fight to the end. The German Volk want to have peace finally. It wants a peace that allows it to be left alone and to work and which does not allow international scroundels to agitate among other peoples against us! These are the same vermin that make their fortune through war. I have no reason to wage war for material considerations. For us, it is but a sad enterprise: it robs us, the German Volk and the whole community of so much time and people. I do not possess any stocks in the armament industry, I do not earn anything in this fight. I would be happy if we could go back to working, like I used to work for my volk. But, these international war scoundrels are at the same time the armament industry's greatest black marketeers! They own the factories! They make the business! They are the same people we had here earlier. I do not desire to wage war but if it is forced onto me, I will wage it till my last breath! I can wage it today because I know the entire volk stand behind me! When this war is over, Germany will begin a great undertaking. A cry of "Arise!" shall echo through the German lands! Then the German volk will abandoned the production of cannons and will begin the labors of peace and rebuilding work for the mass millions! - Hitler. “We ask no favor of the enemy. We seek from them, no compassion. On the contrary, if tonight the people were asked to cast their votes as to whether a convention should be entered to stop the bombing of all cities, an overwhelming majority would reply ‘No, we will meet out to the Germans, the measure and more then the measure.’” - Churchill. While British politicians that demanded peace and stopping the bombing of civilians in Germany were silenced in various ways, while citizens that did the same were jailed, and the German officials that risked their lives to fly West and personally hand Hitler's peace offer just to be arrested and thrown in isolation to be forgotten about. "Imagine the people that say: Oh, in this country there is someone in power who is not to our liking. Therefore, we will just have to wage war against it for the next three years! Naturally, we won't wage it ourselves but we will search the world for someone who will wage it in our stead. We will provide the cannons and grenades to him and he will provide the grenadiers, the soldiers, the men. What recklessness! What would they have said of us had we at one point, stood up and declare: We do not like this regime in power: for instance, let us say France or Britain. Therefore, we will force war upon it now. What utter recklessness! To drive millions of people to their deaths because of that!? There is a conspiracy against the people in this world that knows no scruple in regards to their own people, only selfish desires for themselves and their social class. Let there be no doubt as to one thing: We shall pick up the gauntlets. We shall rid the world of this conspiracy!" - Hitler Churchill was in debt by the millions before being appointed as Prime Minister. He was chosen because he is a warmonger, his favorite past time was to force their non-white compatriots in Africa and the Middle East to submit to Britain's rule by dropping bombs, using concentration camps to place natives of the continent/country in and starve them to death, 20,000 plus Africans dead. After the war, he was a multi millionaire. I imagine his net worth today would be much higher. "I am taking on this battle at last. And I am taking it on with the same determination that which I always take on battle: Fight to the very last! They wanted it, they shall have it! They want to destroy Germany from the air! I shall show them who will be destroyed! The English civilians, for which I only have sympathy for, can thank the common criminal Churchill for this! Mr. Churchill, with this war, has started the greatest military nonsense for which any warlord or leader has ever been responsible! He is fighting a war that will, in one way or another, destroy England!" - Hitler. September of 1940 (Not long after Hitler forced his generals to let the British evacuate) , announcing Germany's retaliation after 3 1/2 months of Hitler pleading for peace with Britain and not retaliating in kind. Dropping leaflets containing English translation of his "A Last Appeal to Reason" speech over London and other Britain cities while the British RAF continued to bomb German civlians at night because they couldn't penetrate Germany's air space, beginning in March of 1940 with the British RAF bombing civilians in Dresden, but picked up significantly in August 1940. Between 1939-1945, the allied powers dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs. Much more greater then Germany’s. Hitler and Chamberlain agreed to no bombing warfare against any civilian population. Hitler was against the use of bombing warfare and detested it. Churchill rejected that agreement upon his appointment to Prime Minister.

[@adosado64]

United Kingdom gains National Spirit: "We Shall Never Surrender!" *_War Support +20%_* *_Political Power Gain +5%_* *_Ideology Drift Defense +50%_* *_Recruitable Population Factor +10%_*

[@harryohrt5255]

What game reference is this ?

[@adosado64]

@@harryohrt5255 Hearts of Iron IV

[@aneesh2115]

@Justinmatthew Perez stability + 100%

[@tankista5885]

Fighter Agility +50%. Fighter Air Attack +50%

[@benv1455]

Harry Ohrt hoi4 my man

[@hiroshiRR]

*"Sir, this is a Wendy's drive thru..."*

[@EdwardVC]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@gooner4179]

AWESOME FUNNY !!!!

[@aangm8681]

@People who Use youtube would you shut up man

[@scrapthatwithmatt9520]

@@aangm8681 this is so unpresidential

[@whateveritis9477]

@People who Use youtube r/woooosh

[@p.morgan4084]

What a powerful speech. Salute from a Frenchman.

[@ajoebo9095]

One of the most magnificent performance by an actor I have ever seen on the screen.

[@robertweissman4850]

Gary Old man’s performance is so outstanding that it feels like Churchill came back to play himself.

[@robertweissman4850]

@@arianbehnami1050 How could you know that? There was no audio recording made at the time. The public knew about the wording from quotes made by BBC announcers in 1940. Churchill made a record of these wartime speeches post-war, in 1949.

[@alansbinnie1446]

@@arianbehnami1050 Recorded later.

[@No1sonuk]

@@arianbehnami1050 There were no microphones in the House of Commons until at least 1950. ALL of the audio recordings you hear were made later.

[@BUMMY105]

The audio for the speech still wasn't the actual main speech Churchill made to The Commons. What's on KZbin is either the Commons recorded archive done in the 1950's, or a saved recording of the same speech broadcasted on British Radio after the meeting. Either way, Churchill didn't have a need to do a fiery speech on sound recording, he just needed to get his point across for scholars and/or his countrymen. Whether the actual speech given to Parliament was as boastful as it was on this recreation is lost to time, but I do imagine a mix of both -- as Churchill was a bit old and pudgy at this time, which could hinder the flavour a bit as he delivers his greatest speech.

[@jimreilly917]

Oldman has played a terrorist, Dracula and Churchill all with utter believability. That’s talent. Regarding Churchill, someone I can’t recall said…Winston marshaled the English language and sent it to war. True.

[@enriquehernandez650]

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" . Winston Churchill

[@billsamuls7620]

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE AIRFORCE

[@kahlesskronos2721]

Adolf Hitler: "We will conquer the world" Winston Churchill: "Pour me a large glass of Brandy"

[@kahlesskronos2721]

let me guess you saw my comment on the ERB video

[@emilianosalamone2778]

I might be battling you even tho i’m toasted

[@hank780]

@Max Smith my parents died when they were young and it was morbid, but at least they didn't ditch me while they were alive like yours did

[@miniatureben3558]

@@hank780 Oh **** world war 2 soon we'll teddys dropping so you best go hide in your tube

[@hank780]

@@miniatureben3558 you should be ashamed of your military honor. Everybody knows you're back at home like "thank god for pearl harbor". Don't worry. The US will give you a pass. Just change you poster to keep calm and kiss my cousin's ***

[@paulgeorge3915]

I could have sat in a casting meeting for a month and not thought of Gary Oldman for this role. Imagine the conversation: "Who shall we get to play Churchill?" "Hey, how about that guy who played the villain in Air Force One? He'd be perfect!" It's a superb performance from an extraordinary actor.

[@LakerChava63]

Churchill is as much an American hero as he is a British one. We honor and remember you sir. Thank you Mr. Churchill; thank you for your leadership during a dark time. God bless England....

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

Well also his mother was an American lady

[@LakerChava63]

@@archivesoffantasy5560 ...of course, he had the best from both...

[@ottovonbismarck5007]

Wiston Churchill was not a good man. Some may even say that he is a bad man. But, no one can ever deny that he was a Great man.

[@richardroberson2564]

I wouldn't say he was bad. He saved Britan and possibly the free world. Edit:he was to complicated of a man do simply pin down to "good" or "bad".

[@SamyTessier]

@@richardroberson2564 Certainly. He's also responsible for the death by starvation of 3 million Indians.

[@richardroberson2564]

@@SamyTessier It has been disproven a million times that he caused that.

[@richardroberson2564]

@Lang Hansen bad food system built up over generations and the fact thag Japan was invading Bengal, destroying infrastructure.

[@shonewarrior2178]

@Lang Hansen Because its real, they were and are still breeding too much

[@falatsky7170]

The US named one of their ships ‘USS Winston Churchill’. You can really see this mans influence on the world

[@jkutnink87]

And the navigation officer MUST always be British.

[@CaptainM792]

And in the future, we shall name one of our human spaceships “Winston Churchill”. In the event of an alien invasion, it shall defend our planet, whatever the cost maybe.

[@jgonascar]

Well his mother was American so in a way he’s an honorary American

[@Gotobar]

Rosida Andriyana Pardon?

[@archdornan6053]

In response to the original comment, that's correct. USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) is an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer in commission with the United States Navy.

[@davidaraujo2049]

Can't watch this video without crying! The love for freedom and justice, and the willingness to die for what we belive, is what makes great people lead our world and write our history

[@artistryinglass943]

Churchill was like a classic actor in a crucial historical play: the stage was a great European capital, the lighting effects were searchlights & incendiaries, the sound effects were bombs and anti-aircraft guns and the audience was posterity (and FDR).

[@carlwuenstel8557]

I'm American and I'm crying. One of the most patriotic and inspiring speeches in human history. We love Churchill here in the USA, and we love the United Kingdom! ❤️

[@danieldevito6380]

As a fellow American, I agree 1000%

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

Great Britain is our brother

[@AimBitX]

thats cap

[@adamdriver1016]

Don't forget Carl, Winston Churchill was half American.

[@mar10ssj1]

@@adamdriver1016 Wut? No way?

[@lukeprouduniversityselftap3992]

Neville chamberlain's speech fills people with dread. Winston's fills people with determination and hope

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Proud Portfolio And Trumpius' drivel?

[@stevenguild2707]

Macsen Wledig So Hitler didn’t start WWII, but Tyler Kent did? 🤣😂🤣

[@jimschneider3490]

Ironically many think Churchill saved Britain but he may have actually destroyed it. Had Neville Chamberlain simply surrendered, the British would have needed to swallow their pride and make a few adjustments but now they would be much better off (with no immigrants).

[@Tom_The_Cat]

Chamberlain is sitting there like, "You win, Winston. I give up."

[@BFDroid22]

Chamberlain in retrospect did alot behind the scenes to prepare for war. He effectively stalled as long as possible to get industry ready for war. He was well liked on the domestic front that Churchill appointed him (and trusted him) to run home affairs whilst he dealt with foreign policy and the war cabinet.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

The Cinematography and camera work in this series is wonderful to watch. Close ups, with a pallet of the surroundings. Beautifully made.

[@ayakasalih4189]

Nothing is permanent in this world. Enemies yesterday. Friends today. UK ❤ France

[@bigkev73]

If necessary for years, if necessary alone. As an Englishman, those words mean so much.

[@jsherman1503]

impressive.

[@welshed]

Same as a Welshman. Once again, I’m assuming that an English person actually means British.

[@bigkev73]

Welsh Ed Yes!

[@Nova-cg5su]

bigkev73 how so?

[@treaty92]

I’m not English but American , his words bring tears to my eyes. I know what the United Kingdom was going through at that time. Thank God Great Britain and the free world had such a leader as Winston Churchill. He was truly the greatest man of the 20th Century.

[@dennisheuchler7137]

You dont have to be British to be proud hearing these words. You have to be human.

[@ashutoshkumar1960]

Lol...proud for what...he starved 3 million Bengalis to death...but it don't matter as Majid killed 1 million Jews who were Europeans....we it's due to Majid that all of our countries are now free... Take a bow.... desrespect from India

[@christianpopo8321]

@@ashutoshkumar1960 as if India actually matters. Hahahaha

[@joshm3257]

@@ashutoshkumar1960 if it wasent for churchill the uk would never have survived and germaney would never have been defeated and the Americans and russians would stand alone with all of the uk and her colonels gone

[@joshm3257]

@@ashutoshkumar1960 if it wasn't for churchill you would under the control of germaney

[@BK01012]

He killed 2.1 million Bengalis ... doesn't sound human to me...

[@friknobrekt7398]

WE WILL NEVER SURRENDERRRR

[@tomcanterbury7139]

It was amazing how he was almost without any support and how the king himself was wary of him. That visit by the king the night before in which he gave him his full support was a good prelude to meeting the people and, ultimately, this speech. I almost cried when I watched this part. Seeing him garner the full support of Parliament after being almost fully alone was amazing. What a great story in our world’s history. Oh, to have men (and women) of that caliber in leadership today…

[@tedcurrently6092]

People want to tear down his statues. He chose to continue the fight against Hitler even after he was offered peace because he understood the evil he faced. One of the heroes of the free world

[@theascendunt9960]

haha a hero is a bit of a stretch. He wasn't so heroic for people on some parts of the world. But I don't condone this rabid "cancel culture" that's tearing down statues and all.

[@aryaaswale7316]

yeah the hero who hoped Mahatma Gandhi died in the british policy induced bengal famine that killed 3 million people. did not allow grain to be unloaded cause he wanted to create reserve stockpiles in Britain.never really paid back war debt owed to India.

[@DutchGuyMike]

The main reason he did not want to surrender was because he was bankrupt and was put back into stature by bankers on the one condition that he would never surrender, you oaf. Churchill was a severe sell-out, just like the empire was.. claiming they represented "peace" whilst killing millions simultaneously in their colonial dominions.

[@joesmith5095]

@@e-dating He offered india and other places independence, he just wanted india to help us because they were the only thing in the way of japan meeting germany from the east and west of them. But any and all country's apart of the empire chose to join the war of their own accord, nobody was forced.

[@Leviwosc]

@@aryaaswale7316 I'm a Dutch guy. I hope India will never receive a penny. You do not deserve it. India is not a hair better than the old British Empire. You killed perhaps even more people. Besides that, the people who did this and the people who suffered are all dead. You just want easy money!

[@seventhfirestephanie8740]

I'm an American and this scene gives me goosebumps because in this moment Churchill & his countrymen vowed to fight win or lose. That's something to be proud of. Long live our best friend, England.

[@janesgems7]

We have blood ties, my friend as we fought together against a force that would have crushed society. So did people in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia and dozens of other countries across the world.

[@subakushelly2599]

Thanks mate.

[@stephenvince9994]

Best wishes Stephanie.

[@nukni4225]

If I were American it would give me goosebumps too. Hail the moment when the traitor Churchill decided to turn over the British Empire to the USA without a fight and deviate its formidable military and industrial capacity against an enemy who had never been nor intended to become a threat to it. Well done, Sir Winston.

[@comradestalin9444]

@@nukni4225 Churchill isn’t a traitor comrade, he sacrificed the empire for a greater good. Either a Brit rules the empire or the empire shall fall all together.

[@lukemendoza4263]

Such powerful acting. Gary Oldman commands an audience at once!

[@doctorxyoracle5523]

this speech never fails to make me cry

[@charles-olivierdenis6633]

He mobilised the English language and sent it to battle.

[@lycangypsypriest3190]

Charles-Olivier Denis poetic..beautiful..

[@TheMeanConservative]

well said.

[@Sam-no8tt]

We didn't have anything else to be honest

[@patrickkelly7085]

he despised the working class

[@patrickkelly7085]

he sent thousands of working class men into certain death and yet because of he had a good command of the English language he has some how become a hero, if he was a hero why did the British public deny him a place in government.

[@SupremeNoob3231]

As an American I get very proud at the end when he calls on the new world to rescue and liberate the old. We have fallen very far from the days when we would unite and mobilize as a people to defend the ideals we were built on. I sincerely hope one day we can find our way back.

[@edwardoliver7610]

Please take it from an Englishman, that no matter the circumstance or cause, no mater the cost in lives lost or power amassed remember that the Brittan is behind you and with her comes her sons your brothers and we a family that has stood against the tyranny's of the world twice, will gladly raise our spears and bend our body's to the task of defense from any tyranny that would seek to drive us apart. God save the Queen!

[@jerad248]

God help us... we’re doing a great injustice to our forefathers who have so much to establish these beautiful lands.

[@Kaptain13Gonzo]

From the words of the King: "Go to the people, they will tell you their mind". So it has always been. Churchill understood that. Too many now fail to listen to the people. The people are the strength of the nation. To subvert it always leads to downfall and failure. History is a relentless and uncaring teacher, one ignores her at dire peril. Churchill studied and understood history as it was. That was his strength.

[@bobhutton1409]

God bless, you sir, and God bless America. Our 2 nations have been through so much together; truly, we are not exaggerating when we speak of "the special relationship".

[@jamesjimotheius8275]

it's too late. democracy has failed us

[@bauer9101]

When I feel low or feel like something cannot be done I listen to this clip. It lifts me up every time without fail.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Churchill was not a saint and he made some big mistakes, but he was just the man Britain needed in this darkest of hours.

[@mrbrooks256]

This is probably the most balls of steel moment of the last century. If you just look at how badly positioned UK was in 1940 you get shoked. The decision to stand up even when the allies were in their knees literally shaped everything since them. Saved the western civilization as we know and shaped the eastern as it would be. The Balls of Steel Award goes to Winston and to the RAF.

[@nukni4225]

Sacrificed half a million British lives, the whole British Empire and all of Britain's gold, so that Germans could get rid of fascism and prosper under the blessings of American style democracy. What a generous man Sir Winston was.

[@RemAllenSenpai]

Other empire's fall due to war, revolutions, famines, plague and ect. The british empire fall to save the world from the fascist.

[@VITARTE265]

Nahhh…Israel at the beginning of the 6th day war was…

[@ursosexmachina]

The allies weren't really on their kness though.. Realistically a German invasion was never possible, and they knew that. It was Germany that was the underdog here, the UK had a whole Empire, and plenty of Allies they could call in. Germany had only what they have taken, and the few allies that pledged their loyalty, and very finite resources. Compared to the allies, this speech would make far more sense given by the Reich chancellery, and it was. It was just forgotten. Because they lost.

[@ursosexmachina]

@@nukni4225 That is the MOST propagandic British Statement I have ever heard lmao! This was absolutely not about Fascism. It was still just another power struggle. The UK and France have always fought against German hegemony with all their strength. For as long as they have existed as a nation.

[@barriereader9116]

This is the finest example of the English language at war. Heart stirring.

[@schofieldefc6511]

This physically gave me goosebumps. hahaha

[@LeroyJ12]

He mobilized the English language and sent it to war.

[@simon5045]

Mosley was the superior orator and not a sIave of the bankers like this drunkard.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Not the "St. Crispin's Day" speech in Henry V?

[@barriereader9116]

Was that actually said during the conflict, or is it Shakespeare's genius after the effect?

[@archiebegley8187]

I don't know all of the speeches of all of history, however I know a lot, and I can be sure to say, this speech is the most emotive,most motivating and in my opinion the most important speech of all time. Thankyou for everyone who fought in the war for what we have today. And thankyou for everything 🇬🇧❤️

[@bekr3814]

You Brit's made one of the most badass 'Last Stands' in bloody history. I married a brit. Y'all are stubborn, rugged and tough. 'What do we have in reserve? Nothing, it's all up' The world owes you whatever freedom it has.

[@bonkerslez91]

Sheer grit and determination their generation are a different breed

[@Lolm3ist3r]

And now his monuments lie defaced and vandalized in the streets, destroyed by the very people he saved from enslavement and extermination. This world we live in is a poetic tragedy.

[@Redaku418]

Except the Bengal famine. Look at that. 2.1 to 3 million people died of malnuririton and disease under his leadership.

[@red2932]

@@Redaku418 am seriously concerned about the food situation in India….Last year we had a grievous famine in Bengal through which at least 700,000 people died. This year there is a good crop of rice, but we are faced with an acute shortage of wheat, aggravated by unprecedented storms….By cutting down military shipments and other means, I have been able to arrange for 350,000 tons of wheat to be shipped to India from Australia during the first nine months of 1944. This is the shortest haul. I cannot see how to do more. I have had much hesitation in asking you to add to the great assistance you are giving us with shipping but a satisfactory situation in India is of such vital importance to the success of our joint plans against the Japanese that I am impelled to ask you to consider a special allocation of ships to carry wheat to India from Australia….We have the wheat (in Australia) but we lack the ships. I have resisted for some time the Viceroy’s request that I should ask you for your help, but… I am no longer justified in not asking for your help.20

[@red2932]

@@Redaku418 20 Winston S. Churchill to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 29 April 1944. Prime Minister’s Personal Telegram T.996/4 (Churchill papers, 20/163

[@red2932]

@@Redaku418 really sounds like the writing of a man who has no cares about the people effected. Reality there was a war on, food was in short supply, shipments liable to be blown up on high seas. 20 to 25 million died global of famine in ww2. Tragic but not down to one man.

[@Redaku418]

@@red2932 damn if that's true then I take it back. Will have to do more research did not know all of that