Did much of my undergrad on WWII, plus mom, dad and uncles all served, so try to keep myself restrained on comments. Darkest Hour mostly focused on the early internal Brit politics. Appease or War. It seems laughable now, but entertaining an intermediary from Mussolini seemed reasonable to some at the time, as the film reflects. And then his hanging some years later...you just never know. Careful with the friends you choose, I guess.

The bastards had a non-agression pact with Germany from 1939. They got part of Poland when Germany started the war.

You are thinking like back then. Stalin and Hitler were complete assholes.

The people had to follow. Let’s make sure we don’t have to follow Trump.

*members of parliament often referred to as MPs

Like a lot of Americans like to say...we saved your British asses, they don’t know history.

If it wasn’t for the British we would not have had the cushion of them dying to defeat the axis. Cushion is the wrong word, and it pisses me off when we Americans act like we saved the world. If Britain did not save themselves, alone, except with American cargo, what would have happened? It was the only military in Western Europe left to fight Germans.

We were the allies, and we worked together like nothing else has ever been done to beat the axis.

I by no means want to diminish the sacrifices that many of our faimilies made during WW2. I have a history in photographs from all theatres of war that I and my siblings cherish and reflect on. My parents are buried at Quantico, having both served our country.

My frustration isn’t with our patriotism, but with our general lack of historical accuracy and appreciation of how things really were. I don’t think the unvarnished truth undermines one iota the turning point that occurred with the US entering the war. Yes, the Brits and French lobbied for an earlier US invasion of Europe, but we determined our own course, for the most part. My dad was there from beginning to end w/Patton. He had some interesting observations when he was in the mood.

I can never learn enough.