Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Darkest Hour - Winston Churchill


What a great movie.  Gary Oldman's performance is sensational as Winston Churchill.

If it weren't for Churchill's leadership, our entire plant would look totally different today. Churchill led Britain to victory during the Second World War. At one point when the survivorship of England looked doomed, he appealed to Franklin Roosevelt to help and was turned down because of our Neutrality Acts.

The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. The acts were largely repealed in 1941, in the face of German submarine attacks on U.S. vessels and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [Wikipedia]

He led the Conservative Party for fifteen years from 1940 to 1955. His spirit, patriotism and vision and going directly to the people who he served reminds me of our president, Donald Trump. 

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