Dunkirk Darkest Hour Fan Edit - "We Shall Fight" (Finest Hour)

[@BoldOne8760]

Imagine this. War broke out a year ago, in that timeframe you have lost seven of your allies to one country, you are the last one standing against a superpower while you sit on your island. You could surrender, or give them the middle finger.

[@graysonguinn1943]

Imagine owning 1/4th of the world and saying you’re “the last one”

[@glosterjavelin2111]

Grayson Guinn in Europe we were alone, by the time allies arrived we’d a have been invaded

[@callumw1597]

@@glosterjavelin2111 UK would never have been invaded, Germany didnt have the abilities

[@glosterjavelin2111]

Callum W I know, sea lion wouldn’t be a success due to the home fleet and RAF they could starve us thiugh and then invade

[@taraithran1386]

Or two fingers

[@cameron120587]

"What just happened?" "He just mobilized the English language--and sent it into battle."

[@connorross4571]

Yes, yes he did.

[@gordonroy7860]

You're God damn right my friend

[@heatmyzer9]

@@gordonroy7860 best line of the movie…save, Churchill’s speech. That speech is an oratorical ‘David’.

[@_Woody_]

Never has anyone spoken truer words about Churchill.

[@sgtdanny69148]

Meanwhile in the present day, Zelensky has mobilised Churchill’s speech and sent it into battle.

[@itsblitz4437]

It's kind of surprising that two films set around this time period all released in 2017. It's kind of impressive, coincidental but impressive.

[@whatrnames]

There were a few very popular books regarding Churchill and these days of WW2 specifically around 2012-2015. Its probable that they both got interested in the era and focus from that.

[@bryndentully981]

What you mean two films were made about 1940? One of the most famous years of history? Wow, what a complete and utter surprise /s

[@stianberg5645]

@@bryndentully981 His point is that there were two blockbusters that complemented each other so perfectly it was almost like with Letters From Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers (which indeed were related productions). Give another example of this happening, I'd be interested in watching those movies.

[@achtungbaby91u26]

@@bryndentully981 how often do ww2 movies come out, not very often

[@2headedtasman200]

They also had Churchill release that year, so there must have been a great interest in wartime Britain when they first started making these movies.

[@RiderSousa]

I'm not even British, and suddenly I was so proud of being one. Greetings from your oldest allies, Portugal.

[@stevenlovejoy6838]

Ally? Where was Britain's "ally" when all this was happening

[@RiderSousa]

@@stevenlovejoy6838 well, we were ruled by a fascist dictator back them, so I suppose that it wasn't possible to aid you. We forgave you about the pink map in 1890, it's time to retribute ahahah.

[@agentpyro2350]

Portugal joining the British would have done more bad than good anyways. Could have triggered Spain. Wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the war, but it probably would have been longer.

[@RiderSousa]

@@agentpyro2350 indeed.

[@okano.638]

@@agentpyro2350 Franco even said once:If Portugal is not joining against the Axis im not joining against the Allies.

[@TheWhiteWolf_bf2lm1]

My dad said many times after watching The Darkest Hour "Imagine if this movie and Dunkirk were put together?" He'd have liked this montage... Miss him

[@Rale117]

Im sorry for your loss, may God bless you! ❤️

[@TheWhiteWolf_bf2lm1]

@@Rale117 Thank you!

[@hawkz1271]

So sorry for your loss

[@illilllliiii8398]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Your dad had a very good taste in movie genres!

[@america1776gmail]

Huzzah!

[@booksrule0240]

I like how the officer remained behind for the French soldiers still fighting

[@cfcblue8]

I actually find that a bit ironic given how about a month later, the Royal Navy would attack the French fleet at Mers el Kebir.

[@drmaulana2600]

@@cfcblue8 well, its bad frenchie, not good one

[@eruantien9932]

​@@cfcblue8 It would have helped if Darlan hadn't managed to alienate everyone who'd trusted him previously by flip flopping back and forth on policy. By the time he got to "assuring" that French ships would scuttle themselves rather than be absorbed into the German or Italian fleets no one, in any country, trusted anything he said. Until a few months before Operation Catapult, Darlan had been well regarded by the Royal Navy and by the British government. At Mers el Kebir itself, Admiral Gensoul got in a huff because Somerville sent someone who actually spoke French to deliver the ultimatum instead of a senior officer; so Gensoul decided not to tell the French government that the British ultimatum allowed him to take his ships to the US, which was part of his standing orders if a foreign power attempted to seize his ships, instead only telling them the terms of internment of the ships, or their destruction. People want to blame Churchill for Mers el Kebir, and he did indeed authorize the operation knowing full well what could happen. But it wasn't his idea, the plan had been formulated by the War Department when it became apparent that Petain was about to strike an armistice with Germany. And the fighting *should never have happened*. Even with Darlan's apparent unreliability it should never have happened. Look at Alexandria, no one got hurt, operational objectives were achieved. But because Gensoul couldn't get his head out of his arse for 5 minutes, 1306 men were killed.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

cfcblue8 France was virtually at civil war at that point between the Vichy regime and those that joined the allies. “French fleet” - yes, but that’s not the whole story.

[@itsblitz4437]

@@cfcblue8 where Is that?

[@L.J.Kommer]

A united America was unstoppable, but a united Britain was undefeatable.

[@reverie314]

this guy!

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

United patriotism is undefeatable.

[@Yo-ji1gn]

Angela just cos youre a patriot doesn’t mean you’re a bad person

[@calebbarrick1983]

@@strawberrysoup1 A nation isn't just lines on a map. It is the people who live there and the cause that they are collectively striving for, in the case of the United States it can be boiled down to the quote from the Declaration of Independence "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The main cause of the United States (however imperfectly it has gone about it) has been to secure and uphold those rights for all of its citizens. That central idea/goal and the people that make up that nation is what a person takes pride in and it is the same for all other countries. Simply labeling something as "propaganda" or a "social construct" is not an argument, its a cheap writing off of something you have a fundamental misunderstanding of.

[@MNZGamin]

you just said the same thing twice ?

[@josiahscarrmusic6750]

"I'm staying... for the French" you'd never think you'd hear that considering all those hundreds of years of fighting against France we had,.

[@sabo55]

Not so remarkable the British and the French fought the Russians during the Crimean war. Less than 50 years after waterloo.

[@malcolmanon4762]

Too add, then there's the shared sacrifice of WW I

[@stuglord149]

Too bad his effort was wasted, most of them chose to go home afterwards, only a small number chose to stay and fight

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@stuglord149 You... do know that the French Army was the only reason that Dunkirk was able to be evacuated, right?

[@stuglord149]

@@ladywaffle2210 yup, but im referring to those french troops who were evacuated, mostnof them chose to go home rather than stay and fight under charles degaule (spelt wrong probably)

[@J_C_CH]

The world's darkest hour would become Britain's finest.

[@ladywaffle2210]

"And if this Island shall last for one thousand years, men will still look back and say, this was their finest hour." -Winston Churchill

[@kainoctis7724]

@@ladywaffle2210 This aint America bro, we've been around since before the romans. This island will never fall, unless the sea consumes it.

[@KingCrofty]

@@kainoctis7724 Well the English, not being Celtic/Gaelic are actually descended from the Angles and Saxons of Central Germany, which means we'd have arrived on the island during the great migration, when Rome fell around 400AD.

[@sanguinemde5031]

@@KingCrofty There were people here dating back to the Neolithic. They found artifacts recently in my town in the North-West dating back to the Stone Age.

[@neeyobuild]

Dunkirk is a beautiful film but which forgets the French who sacrificed themselves to save the British expeditionary force

[@SomeGunNerd]

Winston Churchill's "Fight on the Beaches" speech is one of very few speeches throughout history that really gets to me. Most people, regardless of how noble or important their goals are, just kinda end up saying words. It ends up as a snore fest. Churchill's speech is different. It stirs something inside. It's such a masterful work that draws on the emotions of the listener and makes you wish you were there. It makes me wish I could join them in their fight, to defend Britain from German aggression, whatever the cost may be. I think the only other speeches I've heard that have this kind of effect would be Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" and Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream."

[@emmaherron5121]

And I’ve heard ppl say that the best speech ever was the one from the great dictator. It is a good speech however Churchill’s and Martin Luther King’s hit differently.

[@sniperj9]

And Churchill legit plagiarized that speech from the Chinese Generalisimo who said it like 2 years earlier

[@gearyt2355]

@@sniperj9 alot of people say similar things during similar events purely coincidence

[@sniperj9]

GearyT 23 bruh it was legit a Melania Trump with Michelle Obama’s speech

[@gearyt2355]

@@sniperj9 you might have had a point if they were pre-churchill

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

As much as I love Gary Oldman’s dramatic delivery of such a famous speech, there is something poignant about one soldier reading it from the paper to another. That would have been how most men heard it, how most of them would have experience those famous and courageous words, in a decidedly less dramatic fashion than is commonly invoked in our minds eye.

[@NugsSlugsBugs]

I would imagine most households would have heard it on the radio as well

[@animatheanimationarchive7577]

Agreed. That’s why it’s pretty nice as a fan edit, but not so much as an alternate ending to a feature length mashup of the two films, like many in the comments section are suggesting.

[@therevolvingmonk]

Only those present when Churchill gave the speech to the House of Commons actually heard it. The audio recording of Churchill reading the speech is from 1949 so virtually everyone in Britain heard excerpts read over the radio by newscasters on BBC when the speech was originally made.

[@judeisurufernando674]

It doesn't matter how anyone heard it. This is the power of film. You can use the audio from Churchill's speech against the picture of the battle. The leader and the soldier, working together. And what the hell wrong is with a bit of drama? IMO, Nolan's Dunkirk could have used a bit more of that instead of a bombardment of sound and spectacle.

[@Trazynn]

@@therevolvingmonk I love that recording. It's very solemn, not at all rousing like Gary Oldman's take on it.

[@joekaput747]

There's a way to edit these together to make one movie. A very, very good movie, I think.

[@MapleFilms]

Absolutely, and I already did it! Check out the link in the description :)

[@joekaput747]

@sol walker it might add something

[@hetecks1385]

And the movie is called "WORLD WAR QUE" (Ha got ya there did you really think it was going to be two!?)

[@mraramayo]

Agree

[@SlyWolf5]

@@MapleFilms Oh you beautiful person you! Love it

[@Captainkebbles1392]

I know he was referring to the British empire, but there is something about the end making me think of the Empire, Canada, Free French, and Americans, their landing craft ramps dropping into the surf, storming into Italy and France. To liberate the old world. *Edit* Quotes I've come across since posting this feels fitting "Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy" -Eisenhower, the day the war in Europe began "Who kind of people do they think we are?" Churchill on learning of the Pearl harbor attack

[@creepermaster3436]

here is the thing though with that speech, that final part, wasn't just about the british empire, but also was a discreet way of implying that if in case of the defeat of Britain, the british would send the fleet to Australia, Canada, South Africa and other parts of the empire, and the US (who Roosevelt wanted Churchill to include this part in the speech and promised that American Intervention would come quickly) would quickly intervene and come to the aid of the British Empire

[@joshuablack1358]

No your right the new world is the americas.

[@jamesmason8436]

He's referring exclusively to America with that comment. He's saying that if Britain falls then it will fall entirely upon America to lead a war to liberate Europe. Canada and the rest of the The Empire and Commonwealth were already fighting all over the world at this point. In fact, British and commonwealth troops were kicking Italian ass in North Africa around the time he delivered this very speech.

[@bombasticgamin8447]

Paul deTorch I bet you’re the same person who complains the United States is involved in everything nowadays. Choose one: either we help and protect you in both of Europe’s wars or we mind our own business and leave you vulnerable to rival nations.

[@bombasticgamin8447]

Paul deTorch And you should thank us for even helping you at all. Before we actually joined the war, we were feeding and supplying you with every type of war machine. We saved you, and we’ll gladly help our allies again, but not when schmucks like you are ungrateful and put less money than required in NATO and the UN.

[@pilotgeorge2000]

Fun fact: the character 'Mr. Dawson' was based heavily on Charles Lightoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, who rescued over 100 men at Dunkirk :)

[@outrageousgamer315]

Pile Of George He was second in charge of the Titanic

[@jcskits1377]

Pile Of George he also took down a Zeppelin

[@jcskits1377]

GansterCat yeah let’s just forget about that

[@kn6706]

@@outrageousgamer315 He was the Second Officer but technically fourth in command. The line of command went Captain Smith, Chief Officer Henry Wilde, First Officer William Murdoch, then Second Officer Charles Lightoller

[@ladywaffle2210]

You didn't mention that he got trapped in the Titanic as it was sinking, then only got free when part of the ship blew up and he was able to swim out.

[@olivergooding8512]

Churchill definitely made mistakes in his life but theres a reason the cranes saluted his funeral barge.

[@dobimarniebelschuetz9213]

They were paid.

[@olivergooding8512]

@@dobimarniebelschuetz9213 who, the cranes? 😂 it was there day off

[@dobimarniebelschuetz9213]

@@olivergooding8512 Yes I know, there was a documentary on his funeral, and I was flabbergasted by this news. They had to pay the workers as they did not like Churchill for his working law changes.

[@olivergooding8512]

@@dobimarniebelschuetz9213 they also said it was there day off.

[@lekal6247]

@@dobimarniebelschuetz9213 do you have a link?

[@Alex_Gorell]

Watch the King’s Speech, then the Darkest Hour up to the Dunkirk part, then Dunkirk, then finish the darkest hour.

[@iwritestoriesinmyfreetime]

Then watch Inglourious Basterds for the dramatic conclusion

[@sunsetman22]

@Anthony Roic ever heard of alternate history?

[@sr7129]

Anthony Roic Aren’t you just a ray of sunshine?

[@highground7923]

@Anthony Roic AM?

[@emmaherron5121]

And than I’d watch the Crown 😂

[@wabbitlord9564]

My Great Grand uncle died to help evacuate the British from the shores of Dunkirk, it is through masterpieces like these two films that I can see what he died for, for hundreds of thousands of troops to go home and kiss their wives and children, and then liberate my home, the British didn't need to come to France to liberate us, they could have stayed home with their Roast Beef and tea and surrender to Hitler, that was the easy way out. But nevermore shall we find such resolve in a people, country or man as found in Churchill. God bless England, Dieu sauve la France.

[@briandaws9186]

T0 wabbit lord, Thankyou, don't usually get positive comments about Britain, usually always negative. The British are proud, they don't like losing, they should have wrote in the sand ,, I,ll Be Back ,,

[@notoriouszig]

American here; Let's not forget that the French Resistance had some BALLS. They fought the good fight until England could round everybody else and stomp that fascist nazi horde into the ground. Anybody who wants to tear this man's statue down is a fascist themselves. Never surrender.

[@LorraineMcFly]

Some troops were hugging their mothers and fathers.

[@aldoditommaso9505]

Thanks to all allies for our freedom and liberty, I am Italian but if I had been in ww2 I would have fought for allies and resistance because I hate fascism and in general socialists regimes.

[@jesterconeyoung6868]

bien dit

[@TiagoVoltaire]

Churchill was a hero. Some idiots can cry out, can hate us, but, like him, we will never surrender our past.

[@TiagoVoltaire]

@Aragorn Elessar If Germany wanted to save the world, she wouldn't invade Poland and Czech Republic, she wouldn't killed many Europeans and she wouldn't committed genocide against Russian people, the most populous white people in entiry Europe.

[@wabbitlord9564]

@Aragorn Elessar Nice german radicalism, I suppose a united world government where only the capital profited would be a pretty good idea wouldn't it? And the rest of the world lived in poverty? That's basically what you're saying.

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

Churchill was part of the Thule Society movement. Very evil, ignorant man. Him and FDR both were 33rd degree Scottish Rite Freemason/Golden Dawn members. Both had been communicating off the cable wires in private exchange to help initiate ww2 with the Pearl Harbor false flag. For all the men and women who've lost their lives due this banking elite with lies, they should be rewarded more than Mr. V who followed Crowley, and adopted, the V symbolism, which does not mean victory. I will let you figure what THAT means .

[@davidfitzgerald792]

TWO CARDNIALS AND A PACK of MALBORO REDS shut the fuck up with your conspiracy theory bull shit I’m an Irish man and shouldn’t ever have to defend and English leader but this man saved Europe, my country and every other country on the continent wouldn’ve fallen if it wasn’t for this man I don’t care if he was a free mason or whatever bull shit you’re trying to claim he was he was a great leader in a time where everyone needed a leader and that’s all that matters in my mind and the minds of many so please fuck off

[@wabbitlord9564]

@@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323 Are you a part time conspiracy theorist or just an anti logic?

[@toby885]

As a Korean, Thank you son of Britain and all of our allies in the United Nations to come to our aid when we needed it most in 1950 I can be free and liberal today because your father's fathers shed your blood in our land and fought what was right even if we were just a small country in the Asia When I asked a British Vet who was living in Korea, "Why did you fight in such a foreign land?" he said, "Because everyone deserves to live as a free man from dictatorship, Fascism and Communism, rebelling against those things is worth fighting for" Thank you I hope someday I can repay it. May God's speed be with you all

[@americanloyalist4599]

May the korea one day be United and free once more

[@NicolastheThird-h6m]

You're delusional. The Japanese weren't as bad as you read in British propaganda. History is written by winners. Stop believing in everythin

[@freshnewcungadero]

May the American and Korean romance never die. ❤💙🤍

[@sheriffsushi6317]

Dunkirk portrayed brilliant themes alongside gorgeous visuals and a searing score. It shows both the best and worst of humans, and how we can be both our own saviours and our own destroyers. Gorgeous edit.

[@itsblitz4437]

Hmmm, good theme Analysis but didn't see it like that.

[@ananthshreya]

If i could critique the film harshly for a minute. the 3rd or 4th largest casualty in the war after the Soviets, Germans and Chinese were the Indians. We lost more than 5 million people in that war. A lot of them fighting in Europe, at Dunkirk. it hurts me and my people to see this whitewashed version. The Americans and the British, in comparison, lost about 200,000 people in the entirety of the war. It hurts to see my people get discounted like this. There was not a single person in this movie with brown skin, forget the turban, which was symbolistic of the Sikh regimes. Sure one person's sadness does not discount another but this was very painful for me to see especially in such a good movie.

[@treasuregold9866]

Katana there were black french soldiers

[@ananthshreya]

@@treasuregold9866 ok but where were the brown people?

[@treasuregold9866]

Katana wat

[@tsardzhek9166]

We owe a debt to this man that most of us will never pay in 12 lifetimes.

[@Insperato62]

Don't forget Churchill was the leader of a coalition. Clement Atlee kept the Labour Party in line.

[@etismyname]

Hong kong is forever grateful for being part of the British empire. We owe our spirit, our pursuit for greatness, our hunger for freedom and right to them.

[@BipoIarbear]

I wish we could help more over there😔 I feel like we deserted u😩

[@jamiebaker4668]

@@BipoIarbear here here 😒

[@BipoIarbear]

@Jamie Baker we should go back , half my family came from Hong Kong on my aunties side. Were not a force for good any more , but Australia new Zealand Hong Kong and hundreds more still stay in the commonwealth and our Queen was colonel in chief for the armies , simply because the countries are grateful they were in the empire. Obviously there's countries that wanted independence and now every single one's that were granted independence are now some of the worst run dictatorships or economically screwed

[@jamiebaker4668]

@@BipoIarbear yep sadly we haven’t got the power to change anything anymore sadly.

[@BipoIarbear]

😔

[@Warrior_of_Sparta]

4:08 - ‘We shall go on to the end!’ - Chills!!

[@condor7964]

And the editing with was clever too, showing Tom doing that very thing in his lovely Spit!! 😊👌

[@davidhollins870]

Cannot really see today’s bleeding hearts doing that, can you?

[@Matt-d7p]

From an American, you were the men who held out and kept hope when it was the darkest. You didn’t falter you held out for your people. God bless the king.

[@seandobson499]

As an old British soldier, because of Winston Churchill, we held out long enough for America to enter the war, along with our commonwealth and Empire forces and men and women from all countries under the Nazis who would not give in to the Nazis to fight on to final victory, and it took half the world to beat the Japanese and the Nazis.

[@thomasfenoughty3384]

God bless America. 🙏🏼 thank you for saving us

[@denisescutt1865]

My father survived Dunkirk . He was 19. He never moaned after he said so many of his friends never came home

[@oliverek7]

This gives me chills throughout. I recently went to biggin hill festival of flight a week ago and when the Lancaster and the spitfires flew past I had a lump in the throat moment, proud to be British. This edit though. My god it’s almost as though it was one movie all along.

[@MapleFilms]

Thank you! I have actually made a full length edit that combines both films.

[@Nico-ig1mr]

@@MapleFilms where is it? I really want to see that

[@MapleFilms]

@@Nico-ig1mr Here you go www.maple-films.com/finest-hour-downloads.html

[@Superbl0bby]

I remember I watched Darkest Hour and immediately afterwards I watched Dunkirk, they fit together like bread and butter

[@Nico-ig1mr]

@@MapleFilms thanks!

[@ajcaraballo95]

Dude, words are not enough to describe how perfect this edit was. I nearly cried. No joke. Lol P.S. It's funny to see this since Gary Oldman starred in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

[@KINGJADEX]

And Ben Mendelsohn.

[@itsblitz4437]

Especially Gary Oldman in a fat suit.

[@michaelsaville9985]

So was Tom Hardy. Well one of the movies, anyway.

[@RogueShadows]

“Nearly” nothing, I did cry. I’m not proud.

[@Boxghost102]

I did cry

[@jonahthejedai4973]

The landing Spitfire sequence is the most brilliant visual metaphor for the British situation at the time. Such a beautiful sequence that easily brings tears to my eyes. It’s impossible to not be moved.

[@oscartoft9490]

The people vandalising this mans statue need to seriously rethink what they’re doing.

[@aussiegod4269]

These people have been set upon destroying the west since the 60s. Hardly think you can change their minds.

[@cosmotopia1950]

Indeed, I don’t get those double minded people who don’t know who they are fighting for.

[@aussiegod4269]

mr muffles correction he was a complete failure in ww1. Just look at Gallipoli

[@borderinginsane1783]

@@aussiegod4269 Gallipoli was actually a good plan to flank around behind the Turkish actually, but it's the execution of it which was the problem. So for example, the navy didn't block off the entry to the Mediterranean sea, and also leaked the attack which lead the Turkish to secure their southern front and make invasion impossible

[@dorkmax7073]

Mm idk. His conduct here was admirable, but he was still a colonizing sod

[@Warhero1171]

Dunkirk moved me to tears. I had never truly comprehended the magnitude of the sacrifice made by Allied forces and civilians during World War II. These men and women, most of whom were simple working class young adults, went on to save the world from the greatest evil ever faced by humanity. So many of us here today wouldn't be here if they hadn't sacrificed so much. While many of them were still flawed, they were still the heroes the world needed.

[@harrisonmorgan7492]

@石川俊也 You still lost tho, stay mad

[@zhongxina7601]

@石川俊也 fuck you’re empire and also stop being die hard fan of Nazi

[@zhongxina7601]

@Guilherme Oliveira yah bro fack BLM they are Far rights facist

[@Muzical-Man]

@Guilherme Oliveira I agree. Screw BLM

[@KingCrofty]

Dunkirk (2017) was the biggest piece of shit I've ever watched. I'm an avid WW2 film fan, A Bridge Too Far, Fury, Saving Private Ryan, Bridge on The River Kwai, Ice Cold in Alex etc. This film was empty, soulless and dull, not to mention overly-fabricated. It wasn't even a patch on the original 1957 Dunkirk film.

[@ellenrochefil8501]

"We shall never surrender". This is you never give up fighting in war

[@lucasballbackup7658]

Anthony Roic what If we didn’t the world would be a German empire right now moron

Nope my friend, it would be Russian. They did lot of works from beginning to the end of the war. As I know, 2/3 of German's army died in the eastern front by red army.

[@SeriesofClu]

Anthony Roic just like how the Americans dragged some Australians onto Vietnam

[@SeriesofClu]

Anthony Roic and also we didn’t drag the country’s like France all the other ones they joined to save Poland we never dragged them they joined even America joined cause of pearl harbour we never forced country’s to join us in war

[@AJadedLizard]

I want someone to make an entire film series like this: an epic covering World War II from all the major players, from the soldier in the trenches to the politician in the capital.

[@maxwest4820]

Yeah a 72 hour long masterpiece the project of a Lifetime

[@user-uu9py7wf9e]

just get some footage of the movies detach the audio cut them and pitch the audio then there you go lol

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

There was no trench warfare in World War 2 mate

[@Medafets]

Check out the Time Ghost KZbin channel. Recounting WW2 week by week.

[@AJadedLizard]

@@Medafets I'll have to take a look at that, thanks.

[@PhoenixT70]

I honestly started crying towards the end. This truly was their finest hour.

[@edwinbags]

@Anthony Roic are you gunna reply ”weak shit" to everyone that's commented? 🤣

[@user-ko3te7oy6d]

@Anthony Roic k

[@stevenguild2707]

Anthony Roic I would pay for you to STFU 😁

[@romanclay1913]

“Courage is the virtue that makes all other virtues possible.”----Winston Churchill

[@jeff32103]

Watched Darkest Hour on the flight to London, then visited the Churchill museum and saw the war room firsthand. Amazing courage and leadership - incredible movie.

[@eschlene]

I did cry. That was beautifully done! Looking at what's going on around the world right now, I want to shout "When WILL the lesson be learned?"

[@FleurvanhH.9954]

Mr Churchill, please come back, we need you.

[@Insperato62]

He was the right man at the right time. As I told a German boyfriend, when you're fighting a bastard, you need your own bastard, we get ours from the aristocracy! But, he was against female suffrage, anti-Welfare State, a racist, and he changed his political party twice. Best not to erect statues at all, as they are depicting humans, and, are, thus, flawed.

[@seamus9232]

@@Insperato62 Yes but many at the time shared his views, it wasn't unpopular to view women as lesser. If he was around today you think he'd share the same views given the contributions women have made to society? He wasn't an idiot, if he saw those things I reckon he'd be very much for the rights of women to vote.

[@AFGuidesHD]

yes, we'll need him to destroy Europe for a 3rd time with the upcoming no deal brexit lol

[@blizzard9890]

@@AFGuidesHD I agree

[@captainpinky8307]

@@Insperato62 I don't have opinion's of my own my "Friends" have all the opinions i need.

[@Shinobi_ninja_clan]

Thank you for making this, as somebody fighting Cancer at a young age I use videos like this for inspiration to keep going, it is one of the best i've seen from hundreds!

[@BritishMf5408]

Best of luck to you mate from the Uk 🇬🇧

[@dank_indian9002]

I feel proud to be from Canada and India, part of the greater British Empire

[@neet319]

Seriously Dude Wtf?

[@tweektp]

@@neet319 so what if he’s proud to be part of it? Bugger off

[@kaihiggins725]

Idc what people say about him as a person...he was a hero Churchill

[@Sonata9405]

Gary old man , what an actor

[@JackpotButtonLewis]

And he got an Oscar for ‘Best Actor’ in ‘Darkest Hour’!

[@c-secofficer123]

Tom Hardy’s eyes do more acting in this movie than half of Hollywood today. And I don’t know why, but every time I see the scene where he’s manually lowering his landing gear, it gets me

[@alejandrowaizel3750]

Because he's accepting his fate. He sacrificed himself so others could escape and live. It's heroism at it's finest.

[@c-secofficer123]

@@alejandrowaizel3750 the look he keeps giving his fuel gauge.. “5 more minutes…”

[@jonathanjaglom]

Without doubt the two best movies describing the events of Dunkirk. Brilliantly edited. Inspiring.

[@min.trusfrated]

I can't share it on facebook, don't know why, but I want to tell you how much I love this edit. This speech always gets me and makes me think. Lots of people, especially young boys, fought and died for everyone's freedom and liberation. I'm a 24 years old girl from Italy. My country's past and present history doesn't make me proud, that's why I truly hope we'll never forget the price of freedom, and I'm proud of every country that stood out against oppression, repression, discrimation, terror and crimes against humanity.

[@MapleFilms]

Thank you very much! Every country has done good things and awful things. It's a shame but that is the world we live in. Glad you enjoyed this!

[@akhtaruzzamanjoy8524]

You should be proud for pax Romania

[@stonedagain5191]

Do you know what is most astonishing today? Reading you American people, and how you all think? It is not only sick, but actually very dangerous. The American people have (knowingly) ignored their governments admitted use of brutal terrorists who have murdered, butchered, raped and slaughtered millions of innocent people, In 2015 Russia exposed the USA to the world for supporting terrorists in Syria, and that forced the USA to admit to the whole world they had recruited - Trained - Armed - Supplied - Protected - Paid - Used brutal terrorists, the Free Syria Army (sorry I forgot, Americans like the term "moderate" head chopping fake rebels, it's only terrorists to the rest of the world, my mistake). And disgustingly we've not seen a single American even condemn it? Let alone protest against their government over this admitted criminal terrorism? Why are the American people not outraged at what they all know their government is doing in Syria? Don't the American people care? Why do we see Americans praising their country? Have I missed something? When did the American people become Nazi's? I know for sure that If my country's government had admitted what the US government has this country would come to a standstill so many would be out protesting against it. As would all other countries! Why not the American people? It is absolutely disgusting. Are you all really this uneducated and stupid? The only society throughout history that we've ever seen do this before, (not even protest against their own country's killing) was Nazi Germany 1933-1945, that's the only time in history the people have done what the American people are today, or rather what they're not doing. What's most disgusting about it is, nobody should need to be told this, it should come naturally to every human being. Morals, ethics, (a clear understanding between right from wrong). The American people have shown the world they lack them all. What do you American people think every country on earth would do if their government had admitted what yours has? Tell me, what would the people of any other country in the world do if their government had admitted the recruitment - Training - Arming - Supporting - Protecting - Paying - and use of brutal terrorists (Americans like the term moderate head chopping rebels) like the US government did? Would they all cheer their leader/government like we watch millions of Americans do? Would they all try to blame any other country like we watch millions of Americans do? Would they all be chanting USA USA USA like we watch millions of Americans do? Would they all sit and watch the terrorism, the murder, the head chopping, the human slave markets, etc, If they all knew as the Americans do, that their country was responsible for the recruitment - Training - Arming - Supporting - Protecting - Paying - Use of brutal terrorists? (Americans like the term moderate head chopping fake rebels, my mistake). What do the American people think every country on earth would do if their government had admitted what the USA has? Here's a clue.... 2018, Terresa May announces strikes on Syria, within 3 hours literally hundreds of thousands of people are stood outside Parliament protesting against it. 2018, Emmanuel Macron announces strikes on Syria, Hundreds of thousands start protesting in Paris. 2015, Russia exposes the US for supplying terrorists forcing the US to admit what they're doing in Syria and still 3 years later not a single American has even condemned it, let alone protested against it.

[@aussiegod4269]

Italy’s history isn’t marred solely by the errors of Mussolini. There is a great richness in Italian culture and history and you should be proud of that. Remember, never forget the errors of those who came before but always follow their examples of goodness and humanity.

[@bolobalaman]

All the lives that lost in world war 2 was totally worth it. As a result we live in the most peaceful time in human history.

[@AjaxG23]

Ironically enough Dunkirk and Darkest hour got me through my darkest hours. I oftentimes think that me finding these movies when I did was not a mere coincidence but an act of fate. That the emotions and message behind said movies inspired me to continue pushing through the harships that I was facing at the time. Thank you for making a mash-up of my two favorite movies.

[@definitelyjustcj4148]

We will forever support Great Britain! Greetings from your good ole allies the United States of America 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@abelmedina5508]

I live in the other side of the world, far away from Britain, however every time I hear that speech, Mr Churchill manages to make me want to join their fight, 80 years later, hearing those words still makes me wanna go back in time and help get the boys home from Dunkirk Amazingly done, beautiful edit

[@malovatnutelu4827]

Czechoslovakia will never forget the heroism of the soldiers at Dunkirk

[@oliverorchard2296]

Please don’t attempt to erase or re write history, we are right now, today, in the most precarious of places and I fear we are about to give in and tear out pages of the history books to serve an agenda. Churchill was a man of integrity, a unifying figure, my dear great grandad Edgar plunkett a captain at Dunkirk, North Africa, Monte cassino respected him hugely, and I believe we owe it to past generations to honour that respect. Not trying to politicise anything but this video is a reminder of what good men stood and how they acted even when they were almost at their knees

[@joshuagodfrey5686]

oliver orchard I agree with you mate, he no matter his flaws was a hero to my home country UK, personally if it wasn’t for him defending my home I probably wouldn’t of been here. I thank you Oliver for saying what needs to be said.

[@oliverorchard2296]

mr muffles thankyou for this, I suppose the operative word for me in this instance is respect. Certainly the moral compass of most going back maybe even just 50 years is questionable against today’s standards and indeed Churchill was a complex man. But I think respecting the leader who took Britain and it’s people through one of its hardest endeavours earns in part our respect for that. Complex issue and I didn’t want to take aim but aspects of all this do concern me

[@willdavis6504]

Abel Strassheim India famine is not true

[@mastermonke1177]

Abel Strassheim they’re English, do you expect them to help the people they oppress?

[@tlightning8383]

Beautifully said, and you’re absolutely correct.

[@WesleyTRVOfficial]

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. *We shall never surrender.*

[@thorongil1065]

i am a german, and i am really, undescribly thankful for the allies for wiping out the nazi-menace from our ground, i can't, and i dont want to imagine, how terrifying the world would be if these bastards had won ww2, so, every blessing on earth for the gods that saved us, and their ancestors 80 years ago.

[@Man-kk3bn]

I hate it when people call all Germans in ww2 nazis, because most werent

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@Man-kk3bn fault of the education system really since its fucking old and is updated well never the world war stuff doesn't really care about not calling them Germans so people just do it

[@agustinhernandez3171]

Cuando los propios nacionales del bando rival odian a su gobierno y ejército y su actuar, sabes bien que ese bando rival es lo peor de lo peor

[@sircharleston2712]

May God bless you man!

[@slaviafoto]

Very nice, very nice. Greetings from the Czechs, who greatly helped to defend the Isles in 1940.

[@JohnLai]

80 years later, the island we are fighting for is called Hong Kong.

[@mpower4208]

Looks like the fight didn’t last long😂 That’s what happens when the entire “army” is made up of teenage cowards.

[@JohnLai]

@@mpower4208 at least they are more courageous than CCP collaborators like you.

[@theredmonkey236]

@@JohnLai amen to that

[@megugu2155]

@@mpower4208 lmfao imagine being on xi jinpings payroll. those teenagers knew what china is and tried to fight for their COUNTRY. they are the modern day patriots our history books has always told us about.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

I have the up most respect for anyone who fought (or still fights) gainst the tyranny of the CCP. Anyone willing to risk their life for their country, for their family and friends and for their rights is a true patriot.

[@davidwilkinson8136]

Two great films seamlessly put together. Bravo, and God Save The King.

[@seanhuds229]

That was so patriotic. Loved every second of it.

[@johnedwards7360]

A real leader and a time that I am so proud of. Britain and the empire standing alone against the axis powers. God bless all the allied veterans who saved our freedoms.

[@adamfull6208]

And some of this young generation don’t get it what this man did this for this country how the world could be so different place if he didn’t take the right actions back then

[@NeonLightning03]

Send some good Canucks, Aussies and Kiwis to give our brave British boys some support! All fighting for king and country!

[@chrisholland7367]

We really could not of done it without them 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇨🇦👍

[@TJBeyonder2814]

It’s incredible to think that these brave young men who were around my age fought and died for the freedom we have today and hopefully we should never have to experience anything like that in mine or anyone’s else’s lifetime

[@stevenbr4612]

get vaccinated.

[@TJBeyonder2814]

@@stevenbr4612 Completed It Mate

[@stevenbr4612]

@@TJBeyonder2814 It does not matter. .

[@DuckandWeaveTunes]

Teared up a bit, from a 32 year old man. Nice job

[@comradekenobi6908]

@Anthony Roic dude, respect

[@joshuagarnham9703]

The part when the soldiers are pulling into the station and the people there give them beers would be a great John Smiths advert.

[@bobmatthews151]

I always have a tear in my eye after watching that Churchill speech... I'm beside myself having just watched this two film combo...

[@Liberator130]

Great edit! Beautifully edited with an absolutely excellent sense of tone and timing.

[@OriginalGazGoose]

I'm from the Philippines and I came to this video to pay respects to one of the greatest men in history. Wilson Churchill, a defender of democracy and a patriot of Great Brittain. Shame on those who vandalized this great man's statue, if Churchill has done any wrong it is heavily outweighed by the good he has done.

[@originalhistory4446]

We love our British brothers! Friends until the end! Love from America! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@bernardoalbacontreras7739]

One of the best fan edits that I have ever seen, congratulations dude, this is the way the films was supposed to be made

[@preuisch8171]

Both of these movies are truly masterpieces.

[@kapothegreat6956]

“... until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old” goddamn if ever a more powerful word was spoken. What an invitation to America to help with the war.

[@quaezi3836]

An invitation unheard and unanswered.

[@LovleyLemonade]

That's the part that really got me as an American. The faith he had in America to curb the Nazis and free Europe in case they couldn't was very moving.

[@coltonwhite2518]

@@quaezi3836 Tell me you don't know history without telling me you don't know history.

[@tweektp]

@@quaezi3836 i hope you’re referring to the amount of time that it took for America to enter the war.. because they literally answered the call.

[@quaezi3836]

@@tweektp it took 4 years and millions of lives

[@matt3144-p7k]

The sort of video one needs to hear during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. God bless you.

[@matt3144-p7k]

What we need as we stare the storm of Omicron in the face. God bless you.

[@acheesylasagna8636]

"The new world with all its power and might steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old!"

[@nahiantaha7171]

Excellent edit. We could all Use lots of inspiration in these trying times. Let us all make this war against our invisible enemy our finest hour.

[@hansostlund4626]

This nothing short of epic… Brings tears to your eyes

[@JM-dy4ty]

"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories." -Michel de Montaigne.

[@floppytheflapyyt5046]

there is about 1+ million words in the English language and none can describe how good the edit was

[@MapleFilms]

Wow thank you, I hope you take the time to watch the full edit too www.maple-films.com/finest-hour---a-dunkirkdarkest-hour-supercut

[@DavidWilliams-ol3vp]

That Spitfire pilot staying over the beaches to give cover,even when out of fuel was the best part of the movie.He knew he would never make itback to England,his presence over the beach did much for the morale of the soldiers.He is what heroes are made of

[@ivangomez123]

I see many perspectives of the evacuation of Dunkerque in both movies: the soldiers, the pilots, the civilians, the navy and army officers, The politicians and the Prime Minister. As an future historian, I'm feeling intriguing by this chapter of the history of World War II.

[@krishm16]

God Save the Queen. From Canada with love.

[@Aeoline]

It's wonderful to hear Elgar's Nimrod, but so gently and slowly in the background that it's hardly noticeable. Nimrod is forever England.

[@matthewlilley574]

And this is how 2 + 2 = 5. Separately, these two films are masterpieces. Mashed together, they become even better. Excellent work!

[@therevolvingmonk]

Have watched it numerous times and this fan edit is beyond words. Combines both movies without sacrificing the immense quality of either. I've seen em' when it comes to war movies and Finest Hour sits up there with the best of the best. Thank you so much for this.

[@bazkrekkerirl]

It’s really cool to watch both films back to back, I highly recommend

[@outrageousgamer315]

One of the greatest speeches of all time!

[@boas7742]

My great grandfather was part of the BEF he fought against the germans in france and was evacuated by a local fisherman from dunkirk years later my grandad and i watched dunkirk he loved the film it said it made him proud to be related to a brave soldier who fought in this conflict he he was later redeployed in north africa and fought at el al amein until shortly after the defet of rommel and his panzer divisions while recovering from a bullet wound contracted malaria and went home

[@riot_crossfire8454]

This made me cry. I don't know why this fits together so much but its courageous and heart touching

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

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

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

You know what I did with this edit? I downloaded the film, send it to the Anticinema, gather my friends for the Birthday party, and we all watched it with Pizzas and Cake. It was one hell of an experience all thanks to you my friend. Thank you so much for this wonderful Edit.

[@MapleFilms]

Wow that's cool, I've never heard of Anticinema...what is it?

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

@@MapleFilms It is a place where you can rent a room with a projector for some time period and watch any movie or series the place provides or you can bring your own.

[@MapleFilms]

@@daniyarsadykov3385 Very cool!

[@johannesnicolaas]

Perfect combination. Quite emotional to see it. Greetings from a sunny Holland.

[@Nmax]

I say this from India (which was a part of the empire at the time) The British people exemplified the very best quality possible of a people in standing up to such monstrous tyranny against all odds. Alone. But the British kept keeping the chin up, firm and fighting on against all odds. Winston Churchill was the exemplary leader who has such strength of character to stand and fight when the odds were the bleakest and in spite of his own party had lost hope and wanted to negotiate for peace. Whatever Churchill felt about India I dont hold against him. he was a loyal subject and minister of British Empire and such was its policy. He is to be admired for his leadership and knowledge and courage and conviction. He saved western civilization. The brave British lads on land air and sea who fought against all odds and fought with tenacity and courage...I salute them all. Bless them. I am proud my ancestors fought as part of the British empire world wide in its finest hour.

[@EWR3y34y3]

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.

[@CountingCarp_uK]

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

[@JoaoGuilherme-or5cf]

Congratulations mate, I'm not even british but I really felt the emotions and danger in this short video, funny how both movies came in the same year.

[@harrietharlow9929]

This is a beautuful job. The melding of scenes from two great movies to make a memorable fan trailer.

[@MapleFilms]

Thank you! You can learn about the full edit I did of the two movies by clicking the link in the description!

[@ishangaikwad8181]

the world's darkest hour ,but Britain's finest .

[@CarolinaSanctos88]

Now THIS is a positive show of National Pride for Britain. This is the spirit I love about Dunkirk. We’ll keep fighting to be on the right side of history ❤

[@ladyydelee7078]

imagine it's the one movie, so much impact.

[@900xwb_]

that part when churchill say "we shall go on TO THE END" combined with the music is just....ah...i cant even describe what i feel abt that

[@MapleFilms]

I bumped up the volume on the soundtrack at that point so it hits even harder :)

[@900xwb_]

@@MapleFilms .__. Nice

[@benwhite8157]

One time, through no planning on my part, I watched Dunkirk and then Darkest Hour a couple days later. That is now my preferred viewing order as they go quite well together. First you see the perspective of the gents trapped, then you see the restless statecraft of Churchill.

[@MrJosealfonsoperez]

A nice combination of two amazing films

[@brucemarshall3446]

The way the energetic end title music by Zimmer starts as WC walks triumphantly down the isle, is just perfect!☺😊

[@americascrewchief2004]

Thank you Britian and your allies for following us into battles.

[@chiao_0540]

It was your 'Finest Hour'. Truly. Britannia! Be proud of yourselves!