Darkest Hour (2017) - We Shall Fight on the Beaches Scene (10/10) | Movieclips

[@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

[@杰不是失败]

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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Simone_Maresca]

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

[@randomstories7609]

@@Simone_Maresca they were never alone. They have colonies

[@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

[@Abdu_1306]

“I am facist” Mosley

[@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.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

@@letsgoblue9596 how? he had alzheimers

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@AOSMAKAKMS 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.

[@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.

[@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

[@XCHDragox115]

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

[@kimchinatorz]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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 !

[@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".

[@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!!!

[@MarcinStolarz-j2v]

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

[@ahir87389]

We love you mate

[@energyben]

As a Brit, I have nothing but love for and loyalty to America. God bless you, bro!

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@mrblack888]

It didn't take any guts. He had been a war mongering adventurer his entire political life, costing the lives of people involved and achieving nothing, his record was one of failing upwards. If Britain had been defeated 6 months later he had plans to flee to Canada.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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!.

[@Матеј-в2м]

no fear is stupid

[@coitze8704]

Rest easy Theon.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

A stannis reference might have been more fitting

[@Theuselessguitarist]

@@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.

[@ecofilm100]

He should have made peace with Germany. WW2 could have been avoided.

[@essexginge9167]

@@ecofilm100 COWARD

[@quandangle9397]

@@ecofilm100 ??? No? That is completely false

[@RafitoOoO]

@@ecofilm100 it was unavoidable. Hitler would never stop eating countries, Britain drew the line on Poland and Hitler attacked nonetheless. Appeasement made him overconfident, he didn't believe Britain would actually go to war again, he was wrong.

[@mrblack888]

He was a drunk and a buffoon, making grand speeches about lofty goals that he had no ability to achieve. He condemned Europe to 5 more years of war instead of negotiating a peace after the fall of France.

[@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?

[@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

[@RichARock]

Well looking at present France he was correct

[@RichARock]

@Sasuke Uchiha not really Germany is quite powerful right now

[@thehaloscrolls391]

That’s Germany in Russia and a nutshell

[@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]

😂

[@AmanThakur-zc2es]

When he said "if necessary, for year's and if necessary, Alone" that is courage

[@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.

[@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!

[@YorkusPorkus757]

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.

[@Spookybozo]

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

[@rudifeichtinger1042]

"Here, here!"

[@thenorthstarsamurai]

These comments tho

[@nr1NPC]

@@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]

@@nr1NPC 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.

[@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

[@Vulcanus3231]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@alejandrovizcarra7717]

“Then, our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet” this fragment, undoubtedly, is the fire that turned the spark on. Touching the strings of the purest British pride. Such a grandest orator who put the English language in motion into war.

[@ClosetMountaineer]

Battered, bloodly, and nearly broken, the British people in all their pride entrenched themselves and sent a message to Mr Hitler, stating "we can do this all day".

[@ladywaffle2210]

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

[@speakingofreality4886]

Random fact: it wasn't coined the "Battle of the Atlantic" until Admiral Donitz first radioed the line "The Battle of the Atlantic has begun" to his U-boats following Canada's declaration of war (Canada which, despite then-numbering only eleven million people, would be one of only three nations directly responsible for D-Day landings and would field the third largest navy in the world by the end of the war).

[@tallgoofyb]

@@speakingofreality4886 O Canada which would later freeze bank accounts of brave truckers and their single mother supporters

[@aslaksockcraft]

It's also extremely correct. Germany actually never stood a chance they just got lucky in the start. Churchill is just reminding everyone.

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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*

[@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.

[@ecofilm100]

He should have made peace with Germany. WW2 could have been avoided.

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@ecofilm100No. Just no

[@arfgrogue5735]

​@@ecofilm100You degenerate. May I remind you that PM Chamberlain went to Munich to sign a peace agreement w hitler along with France and Italy. Shortly after, Hitler broke one of the agreements by invading Czechoslovakia. At first, the allies let it slide. However Poland is a different story. Just before the war started, the UK, France and Poland signed a mutual defence pact, if one of the countries were attacked by a foreign power, the others would declare war on that country and aid one another. Kind of like what NATO is today. So you and ur snarky comment can piss off.

[@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 .

[@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!"

[@jackstorme3575]

I am a German and I can say to hear and see this most patriotic, famous speech from Churchill gives me every time again goose bumbs

[@rocknrollmania5242]

It certainly have hitler those goosebumps.

[@Silver_633]

Ironic

[@jimmyhillschin9987]

That's a remarkable thing Jack. The German experience after WWII is something I find fascinating and impressive in so many ways. I just wonder if this political self-negation of this most intelligent of peoples has gone too far.

[@silverkitty2503]

@@jimmyhillschin9987 they are not most intelligent of peoples they are ordinary peoples and peoples are mostly dumb in general

[@rajjabbal]

you are an inspiration to so many with this statement

[@armanhadi777]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@drummerhere]

God damn he was perfect in this role. I had goosebumps

[@jjcondado]

drummerhere when is he never perfect for a role?

[@bluemarshall6180]

drummerhere What about the Real Churchill?

[@TransformedSoul466]

Who is this?

[@keeperofthecheese]

Strongly disagree. Oldman, while an excellent actor, butchered this delicate speech.

[@turismo9877]

The best Churchill I've seen is Brendan Gleeson in Into The Storm.

[@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.

[@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

[@achyuthansanal]

The World needs a man like this right now, more than ever before in the past seven decades!

[@kevinwong3551]

Yes we definitely need or else the old ones would have sacrificed for nothing in ww2

[@hernanlope2475]

You are absolutely right. The west has become a cartoon of its previous self. It seems like it no longer has the courage to do what is necessary, to stand for what is right, and to spill blood when needed.

[@biwnzixebrxb4786]

You are right, I hope Velensky is something like Churchill.

[@RozzDarkly]

exactly! here here

[@msmilano7091]

Without starting WW3, sadly, there isn’t much anyone can do. WW3 wouldn’t end like like WW2. It would be a nuclear war, and that isn’t in the interest of any country

[@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.

[@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"

[@Brandon-du6ov]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@ffjdogg3438]

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

[@fredbeach2085]

I`m 63 and English, for the first 8 years of my life I was privileged to live at the same time as this truly great man I can remember watching his funeral on TV and as his coffin sailed passed on the Thames the dockers lowering their cranes jibs in salute. I`m biased of course but to me he was the greatest man of the 20th century.

[@dinerouk]

I'm 73 and remember, too.

[@calebdouglas2512]

I'm only 17, and thus have a much more restricted perspective on events, but I have a great respect for him and his achievements. He certainly wasnt perfect, but as far as I can make out, he was exactly what Britain needed at the time

[@yikes5790]

Yes he was a great Man seeing not only threat of fascist regimes but communist regimes also I'm sure he viewed the fall of USSR. God bless men of vision. " Britannia rules the waves. "

[@Ragnarswe]

Im not even english and I feel the same way good sir - This man was a giant, a perfect knight in a time when darkness took its hold on Europe.

[@fredbeach2085]

@@Ragnarswe Thank you Ragnar.

[@bobesponja7791]

"national spirit increases 100%"

[@BanterCrab123]

"War Support 100%"

[@arturo0727]

Stability 100%

[@frityet2840]

PP 2000

[@1truthbegettingtold275]

Immigration 100%

[@benavide2003]

PP Hard

[@CharlesVeitch]

Schopenhauer wrote a book called "Will and Representation" Churchill said the exact right words , in the exact right order, with the exact right willpower. Sacred words right there. In the darkest hour the nation came together like a Roman Phalanx, impenetrable, indefatigable. We have so much to be proud of.

[@jamesfordham251]

Yeah we really “won” that war

[@memeteam2016]

>Roman phalanx

[@regular_being]

Yea sorry abt that Hope yall can forgive us

[@sanjaysriram7294]

churchill was a nonsense fellow who starved millions of people in india and africa for his stupid war...of course understandable why the west hails him

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@@sanjaysriram7294 “Starved people in India and Africa” *Wrong* - You mean the Bengal famine in India? That was mass disease, his policies merely enhanced it. He was partly to blame, but he didn’t starve them. Especially considering he sent hundreds upon thousands of tons of resources after he found out the situation’s depth. Stop making lies about him. Enough with that left wing BS.

[@arcanetactician8997]

That ending was amazing. Not only was it a rally cry, but a plea for help. It could not have been said better.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

WW2, no matter the politics of Britain at the time they all just came together. Right wing, left wing, liberals and conservatives all came together to win the war. Churchill had his flaws like any man but he was without any doubt the perfect man for the job

[@stuartcolwell5045]

Would the liberals, conservatives, and socialists come together today to fight a common enemy? No chance. This country hasn't never been this divided since the English Civil War.

[@hagamapama]

@@stuartcolwell5045 Always feels that way, until the moment of crisis comes. I think you'd be surprised what your nation is still capable of, if it was asked to do it.

[@lawrencefoster5855]

@@stuartcolwell5045 In reality, when cornered, the British unite and fight intelligently (radar, Battle of Britain) and with terrible vengeance (Dresden firestorms). Then as soon as the peril has passed, resume bickering amongst themselves. Think about a brother reacts if you attack the sibling he constantly quarrels with.

[@CH-wg1bh]

@Sassysim Not like he requested that the princely states give any food they have in surplus to the Bengal region, which they all refused to do so, or anything,

[@MahiTanMazy]

Humans are tribal, they'll find ways to create division in a group of 10, until they find a bigger common enemy to unite against. If aliens invaded tomorrow, the world would unite together as one, if not then we'll likely declare whatever foreign power is enemy number one for xyz reasons and go on merrily on our way to world war 3.

[@ashlysorenson9750]

This is still one of the most moving and profound speeches in all of recorded human history.

[@bernabelebrave8429]

Churchill is inspired by the speech of George Clemenceau, whom he respected a lot. Clemenceau pronounced this during the 1st World War: "The Germans can take Paris, but that will not stop me from continuing the war.We will fight on the Loire, we will fight on the Garonne, we will fight even in the Pyrenees.And if, in the end, we are pushed back outside the Pyrenees, we will continue the war at sea " Two great man of the same temper!

[@waltertaljaard1488]

Nicknamed ''Le Tigre''

[@bernabelebrave8429]

The political leader who most positively influenced his country during the war, and who gained the most prestige from it, is unquestionably Clemenceau. One can not imagine the prestige he has acquired at the end of this world conflict. In France we call it even "Père la Victoire" in English : Father of Victory . Churchill was admiring this extraordinary man, and to return to the famous speech, Churchill was present during the speech. And for real, Churchill loses World War I politically speaking. The battle of the Dardanelles is a disaster and it is the main craftsman. His political credit and almost ruined after his. But it makes her heroic return during the "dark hours" even more magnificent. We do not make any more of her ...

[@Sawrattan]

@Rosida Andriyana Churchill has an advantage because today we speak English more than French. But Hitler's rise to power was a direct consequence of Clemenceau's ferocious jingoism against the Germans. Nobody in WW2 came close (and that's not a criticism of Churchill, but realistically it was harder to convince the public to support a new war after their memory of WW1)

[@nicolas.p331]

@@Sawrattan No, if Clemenceau was allowed to do as he wished by the other allies, Germany would have been splitted into several small states, unable to do any harm.

[@nietname2468]

@@nicolas.p331 because that would've worked right? Hint, no it wouldn't, it would've ended in the same situation you have seen as the Entente tried to split up turkey.

[@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!

[@cacampbell3654]

I’m a Canadian, a woman, born after WWII ended. I want to (and plan to) memorize this speech so well that I can put great passion into it. Then I’ll try teaching it to my granddaughters! 🤗🥰 My grandfather was in vaudeville. My Dad in the Canadian navy during WWII. My mother born, raised and living in Canada til 1941, worked for British Intelligence in the US til the end of the war.

[@copferthat]

Let me tell you something, Britain could not have survived without her Canadian family.

[@physiquedsage7670]

The ''We shall never surrender'' gave me goosebumps

[@brucetucker4847]

The interesting thing about that passage: in that paragraph "surrender" was the only word he used that was of Norman French derivation (though there were a few words like "ocean" and "subjugated" that came from Greek or Latin by other routes).

[@ladywaffle2210]

As it was intended to, I'd assume

[@OsweebMosley]

It gave me globalism. Sigh.

[@Englishman_and_mountains]

@@brucetucker4847 i wouldn't call that interesting

[@vincenzofranchelli2201]

Everyone says we shall never surrender until they surrender.

[@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.

[@legolars5122]

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

[@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?

[@WednesdayAddamsMW]

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.

[@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

[@Able141]

Today is the 75th anniversary of the victory in Europe. Let us remember the soldiers, the tankers, the pilots, the sailors, the medical personnel and the men who lead them, lest we forget.

[@Soulsphere001]

Unfortunately, people seem to be forgetting quite easily.

[@Able141]

Soulsphere001 And such a shame it is, to forget people we owe so much to.

[@empress_alex]

@@Able141 "Never in the field of human history has so much been owed by so many to so few." - Sir Winston Churchill

[@Temerald51]

To all those who served and to those who gave their lives for our freedom, thank you. Lest we forget.

[@mattwordsworth9825]

We shall remember The soldiers of the British Empire The soldiers of the Republic of France The soldiers of the United States The soldiers of the Netherlands The soldiers of Poland The soldiers of the Soviet Union The soldiers of China The soldiers of Italy that turned against Mussolini during the Italian Campaign And the people who fought in various resistance groups

[@comesahorseman]

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

[@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!

[@Soonerfrk11]

It’s sad that people have forgotten just how important this speech was. Now people want to persecute this example of longevity and utmost confidence. Screw the b.s politics, this is what we rally behind.

[@stephenburgess5109]

to right to many key board warriors spouting garbage you cant use todays Pc logic on a man brought up in the time of Queen Victoria

[@tomarnold4009]

Yes. It is.

[@trevormilford5065]

I bet they want to remove him from history because he exerted white privilege

[@vcab6875]

England's greatest wartime leader. Only Churchill could have pulled it off. He was born for that moment in time.

[@BK01012]

No

[@lonedemonofdeath666]

Damn right he was born for that moment in time

[@olle6727]

@@BK01012 yes

[@BK01012]

@@olle6727 No

[@olle6727]

@@BK01012 yes

[@dylandavis8644]

The one stood up and said no to Hitler. We have our fantasy films and super hero movies. This was a real man and a real people who finally said no to the greatest evil and stood up.

[@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.....

[@Mediumal]

This was arguably one of the most important speeches by any British politician ever. I love the line by Lord Halifax at the end (not in this clip). Winnie has just mobilised the English language and sent it into battle. When watching this film in the cinema there was an elderly lady sitting a few seats behind me reciting this speech word for word. She was of that generation, whose "finest hour" saved our nation. Winston's great oratory has now become the stuff of history and legend. He was indeed a Titan, shaped by events and shaper of them also. We owe this man a debt of gratitude that is beyond ordinary measure. His memory and honoured place in our island story is assured. We will never see his like again. God bless this man and all he did for our country and the cause of freedom. (By the way, I'm not even a Tory)...

[@jackwilliamthorne8377]

In such a time, political parties in Britain were not important.

[@DarkMatterX1]

You should be

[@thomassmart4088]

well said

[@Mediumal]

@@DarkMatterX1 No. Because I also recognise that for all Winston's achievements, he and I would have some serious political differences as to how best to run a free and independent country. My point of agreement with him was that we should be in fact be free in the first place to make those choices. I cite you one other example of this man's greatness. When the WW2 was over and we had an election in which the Labour Party won a resounding victory Winston was asked by a somewhat perplexed American reporter how he felt about being rejected by the British People and did he feel they were showing somewhat how ungrateful they were - to which his perfect reply was. Not at all. That's why we fought the war. Brilliant response. Only a true and sincere patriot and democrat could have replied thus. What a statesman? What a man? Wish we had more like him today on all sides of the political divide.

[@phillymanpete]

@@williambodin5359 Wrong War, Dude. An "A" for effort though!

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

- What shall we do now Mr. Churchill? - Bring me everyone. - What do you mean everyone? - Eeeeeeveeeeeeryooooooone!!!

[@elekliszkai8814]

i like these calm little moments before the storm

[@andypurugganan2352]

@Elek They remind me of Beethoven...

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Commonwealth Assemble!

[@sce2aux464]

"Errrrbody!"

[@jerryu8166]

You have just sent a audio😄

[@noellecox3952]

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

[@MrCHALKIE187]

He saved us, without a doubt. This is British fury all over, still to this day, we would fight to the bitter end.

[@venompede5017]

Then save your goddamned country from your own fascist regime. England use to rule the 3rd world, now the 3rd world rules them.

[@MrCHALKIE187]

@@venompede5017 nobody rules us! We are our own. We chose to give it back, u r miss understood sir.

[@Adeshjadhavv]

@@MrCHALKIE187 yea then return our country's treasure i.e., 45 trillion dollars too..... which your country looted from us

[@MrCHALKIE187]

@@Adeshjadhavv hahahaha

[@coitze8704]

@@Adeshjadhavv What country are you talking about fam? We ruled so many XD.

[@johnhanna3026]

As an American, I LOVE this man more than words can describe. Thank you Brits for standing the line against the ultimate tyranny until we could join in with you 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@tbow6719]

Unstoppable united 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@logandarklighter]

​@@tbow6719 I'm just sorry it took us so long. We had to be goaded into it. But once Roosevelt had his excuse, he opened up ALL the floodgates of industry and might. And - though we were attacked in the Pacific - who did we come to aid FIRST? Our dear friends in the British Isles of course!

[@racl1954]

As a Mad Dog and Englishman............Let me tell you.........We love you American people.............and will always be eternally grateful for the sacrifices that the American people made in being our "Brothers In Arms" in both World Wars........ until our deserved victory.

[@richardhorrocks1460]

@@logandarklighter It wasn't your war to fight. Glad you did in the end, but there was no good reason for young Americans to die because we Europeans couldn't stop warring. Thankfully, it turned out Hitler was more than just another European warlord, and a genuine great evil that transcended continents. Still, it was good of you to step in.

[@cartman1675]

@@richardhorrocks1460 It became our war as well when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and killed 2000 people, and then Germany/Italy declared war on us.

[@ju2nananas577]

Being french i am very grateful of what the british led by winston churchill did for us during ww2. We are today a country because of this man

[@ynamaxa]

Jules De Boni yet you allow invaders wearing sheep’s clothes. They pretend to flee from terror, and yet that is exactly what they bring.

[@RichARock]

@@ynamaxathey ran from Germany since they got ambushed and then they freed France when they were strong enough

[@ynamaxa]

Zxzi Man I’m talking about so called “refugees”

[@RichARock]

@@ynamaxa there is no British refugees The refugees which come to the UK is nothing compared to other countries like Italy

[@ynamaxa]

Zxzi I was responding to the first post- the guy being French and all...

[@ajoebo9095]

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

[@ste4282]

As a Brit and now an American too, this is a reminder that we must always stand against tyranny. I stand with Ukraine.

[@ginoc.9739]

Absolutely!! Ukraine standing up against despotism and tyranny like Britain did in 1940. And like in 1940, Ukraine is doing it practically alone...no other nation will be shouldering arms with them or standing in the trenches with them. Ukraine wil prevail, just like Britain did in 1940. The American people are behind 🇺🇦 .

[@mehdibouti8603]

Talking about tyranny while you are an American and a British 😂😂the irony 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ginoc.9739]

@@mehdibouti8603 America is the most powerful nation on earth.

[@mehdibouti8603]

@@DavyBrando I'm still right though 😁😁

[@DOPEdwarf]

"Brit and American "Stand against tryanny" AHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH

[@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

[@Huskyboi_]

Winston Churchill changed the course of history. England was soo close to being invaded. "We will never surrender" and we didn't. Rest in peace man

[@stayhappy8213]

Here here!

[@Huskyboi_]

@e C good point.

[@Chewy427]

would it have been so bad if we had been invaded, i mean britain has been invaded numerous times before. in fact we'd be better off financially if we had surrendered but russia would be worse off

[@demondoggy1825]

In reality, had germany tried to invade, the royal navy would have sunk the entire invasion force. Germany didnt have the assets to stop them. But the brits didnt know that.

[@demondoggy1825]

@e C1. the fleet is based on the far side of the island, and we know in general airpower lacks the stopping power needed to stop a large determined fleet. 2. Bismark and Tirpitz barely matched the Treaty 16" battleships. Hood probably would have knocked out Bismark if not for the detonation 3. Even if they had won the battle of britian, nothing stops the british from doing what japan planned to do and just not fight back against air raids, saving all the fighters they build for stopping an invasion And how are they transporting the men? What boats are they using? River Barges that could get swamped if there is mild weather, like they were planning on using? What the RN loses in the process doesnt matter much, as everything will be even worse for the germans. Operation Downfall, the most absurd naval landing ever planed is more realistiv than sealion. Edit, oh yeah, and they didnt have Bismarck till august 1940, and tirpitz till febuary 41

[@FreoFanTV]

People need to realise that Churchill saved our planet

[@The_Honcho]

“We shall fight in the fields and in the streets…we shall fight in the hills, we shall never SURRENDER” 🇺🇦

[@ryanferguson1976]

The world is in horror about Ukraine 🇺🇦 there will be a reckoning ❤️

[@ielapertia1527]

SLAVA UKRAINI✊

[@lloyd9710]

@@ryanferguson1976 dam right there will be and it will come down hard

[@Cristina-rq4fo]

My God, how did we get here again...🇺🇦🗽

[@fastsheep3964]

Support the Ukrainian people. But the The Ukrainian government should go abroad to organise the resistance in safety. You are not alone. ✌️

[@tanksaawk]

As an Austrian, I can only thank Sir Winston Churchill for this history-changing speech

[@Mrcoldy1988]

U dont have to. Your brothers and sisters did it in 38' :D

[@ArcangelGamingEntertainment]

If necessary for years, if necessary, alone. A different time, a different place, for a different people.

[@JonathanToolonie]

AMEN!

[@jayhoon77]

No. The old spirit is still there. It just sleeps.

[@markharrison2544]

We were never alone. The UK was enslaving half the world then.

[@leeboi222]

Mark Harrison oh shut up

[@harrisalexakis9526]

lol

[@qfnoyvoy6353]

He wasn’t a perfect man, no man is but he has a quality I wish we would see in our leaders more often these days... he believed in something, in ideas and believed that where he lived was Great and should be protected. To not bow down to the worst dictator of the 20th century is something to celebrate.

[@Kaplan20]

At last a reasonable comment I think Churchill had many flaws but most people would take the easy way-out but Churchill didn't.

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@Kaplan20 Heroes don't have to be good men. They need only be men who stood up to evil. Better devils have better in their name for a reason, after all.

[@ethancohen12]

Churchill was by far a man who made many mistakes in his life... but in the scope of humanity, his perseverance during the world's darkest hour makes up for it.

[@geraldjensen6831]

The world isn't saved, when it is saved, by perfect men...it's saved, when it is saved, by imperfect men who somehow summon the courage and will to do the right thing. Oskar Schindler is another example...

[@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...

[@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 ***

[@ShadowRider711]

"Until in God's good time the New World, with all its power and might steps forth to the rescue of the Old" -Winston Churchill. When Churchill said that it filled me with pride as an American. Even Churchill knew that Britain was no longer the superpower at the helm of the world, but he knew America would become the next Super Power and he waited for it. While my family may not like British Field Marshal Montgomery, for our own reasons, we highly admire Winston Churchill because of this speech and "Blood, Toil, and Tears". Long Live our Ally and Friend Britain!

[@Delogros]

We all have our issues I have a particular hatred for US General Clarke. Churchill knew that british didn't have the manpower given Germany had a population abot 60% larger then mainland Britain plus the Italians and the material losses at Dunkirk basically meant that Britain only fielded the equivalent of 2 Divisions, Much like Britain in the Napolionic wars who spent the vast majority of it's resources on the Navy and so was unable to challenge napoleon on land the same applies here. however it's worth noting an often forgotten point that in operation compass 36,000 British and Commonwealth trioops took on and obliterated the Italain 10th army of 150,000 men, they inflicted 148,000 casaulties for just 1,900 of there own.

[@TokenFanatic]

"Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks" - Churchill, Thank you fearless leader Winston Churchill.

[@Mike91337]

@Mike signs Information is so readily available now. Then it must have been so deeply terrifying to know you were alone against an army that was stomping everyone they came up against. Regardless of politics we will never see another generation like that.

[@catchgenerics8667]

Greeks are way overrated.

[@skollybob]

@@catchgenerics8667 see battle of thermopylae

[@macped6751]

Sergio Aguero The Persians banned slavery The Greeks supported it

[@macped6751]

TokenFanatic Spartans arent really heroes...