[beaversmom]

Photo: Great-grandson Randolph Churchill with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat at the unveiling of an Oscar Nemon bronze bust of Winston Churchill at Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, 4 November 2012; Photograph: Abir Sultan, EPA

Side note:

I saw Darkest Hour (Gary Oldman as Churchill on Christmas Eve. I LOVED it. I don't go to see many movies to put it mildly, but I had to go see that one.

Darkest Hour Trailer

And I rented Dunkirk on Amazon last night. Christopher Nolan made a most excellent movie. I will definitely watch this one again. It was not overdone. Unique in its style. No fluff. And best of all, no silly love stories about the worried girl back home...thank you Mr. Nolan! Hans Zimmer did the score...he created quite eerie music to go along with the style of the film. Excellent per usual.

Dunkirk Trailer

If you have NetFlix, try to watch this documentary on Churchill. I watched it again last night with my daughter. It's really, really good.

Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny Trailer

Also, not directly related to the subject at hand, during the previews of the Churchill movie, I was excited to see a movie about Entebbe will be released in March of 2018.

7 Days in Entebbe

[beaversmom]

Sorry admin moderator, but would you mind making the source as “Martin Gilbert”? I always forget something.

[beaversmom]

Ping.

[beaversmom]

https://melmagazine.com/fdr-and-churchill-had-the-worlds-sincerest-bromance-618042a4818e

Despite Churchill’s bad jokes, Roosevelt was unabashed in his adoration of the Prime Minister. He once told Churchill’s closest Royal Navy commander, Charles Thompson, to take care of his friend: “He’s about the greatest man in the world. In fact he may very likely be the greatest.”

[Engedi]

Hubby and I rented Dunkirk last night. I was not all that impressed. Found it confusing in the beginning, thought the soldier was dreaming on the beach. We both thought the main soldier in the story was a bit of a coward; he was thinking of ways to survive, pushing past others carrying a wounded soldier to get on board the ship that was leaving. I also found it hard to understand what they were saying with the Brits.

[ncfool]

I took my 93 year old Father to see Darkest hour last week and he really enjoyed it. He is a WW2 vet who fortunately made it to France / Germany in late 1944 so he safely made there and back.

He has always been a Churchill fan. We also watched Dunnkirk on Christmas eve.

[NutsOnYew]

For the first half of this century

First half of "last" century?