Most of the time, the pressure of decision-making is directly proportional to the importance of the decision-making matter.
"Never surrender, fight to the end" was written by British WarTime Prime Minister Winston. Churchill made a choice in the face of the following situation.
Under the German blitzkrieg offensive, Belgium, Poland and other countries fell one after another, and France on the other side of the strait had no fighting spirit; if the Dunkirk evacuation was unsuccessful, 300,000 British troops would be completely annihilated; the cabinet was not unanimous, and the "appeasement" side openly opposed it, advocating peace talks with the Nazis...
Wartime leaders need an iron will. Resist internal and external pressures, spread ideas, make decisions, and then bear the consequences of decisions.
Churchill himself spoke
"The most valuable quality of a person is fearlessness"
"To succeed is to keep failing without losing enthusiasm."
That's how it was done.
No one is inherently determined, and the film recreates the impeachment of former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Churchill's assumption of office in a time of crisis, because the king, the people, and both parties know that only this man, who warned of the dangers of war at the beginning and insisted on confronting Hitler, had the ability to see the enemy and bring peace.
Churchill was truly extraordinary, having worked as a journalist, written novels, and even won the Nobel Prize in Literature for Memoirs of World War II, reportedly one of the largest number of English words in history, and was listed by the American magazine People as one of the eight most convincing orators in the world in the past hundred years.
But the movie does not blindly mythologize, but more realistic portrayal of his nervousness, confusion, powerlessness, anger, and even neuroticism, there is a scene of god, in a small room to call the President of the United States for help was rejected, the space is tight, a light cold light poured on him, the end of the road lonely, moving.
There are two wonderful lines, I don't know if it is the truth of history.
One is that Churchill, confused about whether he should obey his political enemies or not, goes into the subway to negotiate peace with the Nazis and asks the people for advice.
"What would you say if I told you that we might be at peace and now we would negotiate peace with Hitler and win favorable terms from him?"
"Never compromise."
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"Never."
"Never, will you never give up?"
"Yes, never give up."
"Thus, the gatekeeper of the gates, Heratis, said that for all the creatures of the world, death will come sooner or later, and it will be a temple to guard the bones of the ancestors and the faith..."
"Go face the enemy and fight to the death."
One is Churchill's generous speech to the members of the Outer Cabinet, showing his determination to fight to the end.
"If our long history in England is bound to come to an end, let it end once and for all with the sacrifices of our predecessors in our own land!"