Posted on 12/24/2017 5:49:44 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Unlike "Dunkirk" it was ALL acting. Coming off the Trump victory the timing of it's release is interesting. Too many not-so-subtile similarities. He's gruff, his own party abandons him, his family keeps him going and he has to deal with a bunch of wusses who are too cowardly to see what's going on. He's alone and he get's his inspiration from the common people he meets on the subway. Theater was pretty much filled-matinee. Upon leaving I observed that most everyone was older.
BTW FDR was useless. Chamberlain still thought they could negotiate for peace.
No, brush up on your history. He was rejected BEFORE the war was done.
The election was held July 5, 1945 (it took almost the entire month to finalize the count, but the voters rejected him at the beginning of July.)
At the time, it was contemplated that the war in the Pacific - Asia theaters would continue for an extended time, with the British working on Operation Zipper, and the Americans Operations Olympic and Coronet with a projected final victory in 1947.
It sounds good. Will rent when it gets to streaming on demand.
You might want to re-read that and take another swing at it :)
While true in many of your assessments, the Soviets also had a great fortune for having a superb military command commander in Georgy Zhukov. His very success in defeating the Japanese in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol with very innovative tactics elevated him up the Red Army ranks really fast, and a refinement of those tactics proved to be decisive in defeating the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
Hamilton wasn’t given the troops that he needed (and asked for) and didn’t have adequate air support, particularly in the early phases.
Of course Churchill wasn’t involved in the execution at the operational level, but he was fully involved in the conceptual aspect and approval of it, and in conception, it was a very, very bad concept.
The failure of that should have rested squarely on his shoulders. That he was able to resurrect his career later on is a tribute to him.
There was a very high degree of contempt (and rightfully so in some aspects) for “The Sick Man of Europe”, but to base the entire success on the plan on the judgement that they would just fold on their own land was beyond stupid.
Relatively new book on Churchill’s rise to prominence is “Hero of the Empire.” Mostly his Boer War experience, escape from a Boer prison camp etc. It is an excellent personality sketch of him as a young man.
I doubt that on the whole, anybody, specifically DIRTYSECRET or myself was comparing GHWB to Churchill except in the narrowest of focus.
Sequoyah wrote:
“FDR was pretty much just a socialist political hack but the Greatest and Silent Generations idolized him.”
My dad didn’t idolize FDR either, reason being, he (FDR) knew beforehand that the attack on Pearl Harbor was coming, & didn’t do anything about it.
No empty seat in the house, except that these theaters are small and seating is designed with lounge chair-type seats, so not many in it.
Movie was fabulous, all acting superb, production quality top notch, should take all oscars given out!
Only flaw (untrue or never, ever reported of Winnie taking public transportation) adds to the overall theme of “going down fighting,” “death before dishonor!”
Happens every time, including here!
Did you forget Maggie Thatcher in your piece, or did you not consider her contributions of note?
Very simple ..Socialist Atlee promised free medical for returning soldiers and their families.
After winning...promptly nationalized coal, electricity, railway and implemented the NHS (National Health Service)
Rationing of foodstuffs remained into the early 50's
You are overlooking the Britain Firsters. They are fighting for their country.
Pure Churchillian, thank you!
FDR tried government (Army) building military equipment..
Marshall told him to get the big guys involved or else..
He had enough sense to know that his way was failing..
The first eighteen months of the war the US had crap to fight with..
Should read tossed Churchill aside
> “The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
by Winston Churchill”
A great book for a lot of reasons other than he got it right about Muslims. I read it many, many years ago and the phrase “Follow the biscuit” stuck. It was important many times in my years as a Civil Engineer.
“Chamberlain still thought they could negotiate for peace.”
People forget that Chamberlain became a stalwart ally of Churchill throughout the war. Churchill wept openly at his funeral.
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As long as they keep giving oscars to people like Meryl “let em eat Harvey” Streep, oscars are meaningless.
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