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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Churchill has a hard time accepting fast-moving armoured vehicles being the new way of warfare, insisting they are harmless without supporting infantry. He apparently thinks [=WW2=] will be exactly like [=WW1=].
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** Churchill has a hard time accepting fast-moving armoured vehicles being the new way of warfare, insisting they are harmless without supporting infantry. He apparently thinks [=WW2=] will be exactly like[=WW1=].[=WW1=].
** Before his first live radio address, Churchill keeps making last-minute revisions to his speech, while the BBC representative nervously asks him to be ready to start speaking the instant the "on-air" light comes on. In the event, it is a good ten seconds after the light comes on that Churchill begins.
*** In RealLife (according to one of Churchill's biographers, William Manchester, as recounted by screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] in his companion book), Churchill was so accustomed to swiveling his head from side to side while delivering speeches in Parliament that the representative had to hold him by both ears to force him to speak directly into the microphone.
** Churchill has a hard time accepting fast-moving armoured vehicles being the new way of warfare, insisting they are harmless without supporting infantry. He apparently thinks [=WW2=] will be exactly like
** Before his first live radio address, Churchill keeps making last-minute revisions to his speech, while the BBC representative nervously asks him to be ready to start speaking the instant the "on-air" light comes on. In the event, it is a good ten seconds after the light comes on that Churchill begins.
*** In RealLife (according to one of Churchill's biographers, William Manchester, as recounted by screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] in his companion book), Churchill was so accustomed to swiveling his head from side to side while delivering speeches in Parliament that the representative had to hold him by both ears to force him to speak directly into the microphone.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The "Little Ships" on their way to Dunkirk, explored in depth in ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' and the subject of the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Film]] in ''Film/TheirFinest''.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: HeroOfAnotherStory:
** The "Little Ships" on their way to Dunkirk, explored in depth in ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' and the subject of the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Film]] in''Film/TheirFinest''.''Film/TheirFinest''.
** Clement Atlee, DemotedToExtra in the film, succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister and is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest, for his efforts to reform and rebuild the U.K.'s economy, treasury, and infrastructure, all of which were devastated by the war.
** The "Little Ships" on their way to Dunkirk, explored in depth in ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'' and the subject of the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Film]] in
** Clement Atlee, DemotedToExtra in the film, succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister and is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest, for his efforts to reform and rebuild the U.K.'s economy, treasury, and infrastructure, all of which were devastated by the war.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Churchill, of all people, gets this advice, first from Clemmie and then from the King:
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** Clemmie proves herself more than a match for him on a few occasions:
--->'''Winston''': [The first time I saw you] I was rendered speechless.\\
'''Clemmie''': Well, I must have been very beautiful indeed to achieve that miraculous effect.\\
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'''Clemmie''': You have a visitor.\\
'''Winston''': Who?\\
'''Clemmie''': The King.\\
'''Winston''': Which king? Ours?\\
'''Clemmie''': Well, if it isn't him, it's a marvelous impersonation.
--->'''Winston''': [The first time I saw you] I was rendered speechless.\\
'''Clemmie''': Well, I must have been very beautiful indeed to achieve that miraculous effect.\\
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'''Clemmie''': You have a visitor.\\
'''Winston''': Who?\\
'''Clemmie''': The King.\\
'''Winston''': Which king? Ours?\\
'''Clemmie''': Well, if it isn't him, it's a marvelous impersonation.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: In private conversation with the King, Churchill admits this.
-->'''Churchill''': On certain matters, I-I have very few people with whom I can talk frankly.\\
'''George''': [[TheOnlyOneITrust Perhaps now we have each other.]]\\
'''Churchill''': And I no longer scare you?\\
'''George''': A little. But I can cope.
-->'''Churchill''': On certain matters, I-I have very few people with whom I can talk frankly.\\
'''George''': [[TheOnlyOneITrust Perhaps now we have each other.]]\\
'''Churchill''': And I no longer scare you?\\
'''George''': A little. But I can cope.
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* ActorAllusion: General Ironside briefs the War Cabinet about the possibility of the Germans landing their invasion force on multiple beaches. Once again, Creator/MalcolmStorry is [[Film/ThePrincessBride in charge of holding the gates against the enemy, and isn't sure he'll be able to do it.]]
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Over an awkward luncheon with the King, Churchill confides that he didn't have the closest relationship with either of his parents, and the King starts to soften, seeing similarity with his own rocky childhood.
-->'''Churchill''': My mother was glamorous, but perhaps too widely loved. My father was... like God. Busy elsewhere.
-->'''Churchill''': My mother was glamorous, but perhaps too widely loved. My father was... like God. Busy elsewhere.
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* IronicJuxtaposition: Churchill and Halifax are both firm believers in ThePowerOfLanguage, but while Halifax believes that diplomacy - ''"words, Winston, words alone"'' - will be of any use in preventing Hitler from invading England, Churchill uses the power of his oratory to mobilize Parliament, and the country, behind his resolve to resist the Nazis at any cost.
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** The companion book by screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] elaborates that it was easy for Churchill's contemporaries to dismiss his advice because he was ''"on the wrong side of history"'' so many times. In conversation with Chamberlain, the King complains about Churchill's previous bad calls: he opposed Indian independence; supported Prince Edward's right to marry Wallis Simpson and still retain the throne; and insisted that Britain adhere to the gold standard. He was overruled on all these occasions. Gallipoli was one of the few times he did get his way, and the outcome was disastrous.
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** The companion book by screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] elaborates that it was easy for Churchill's contemporaries to dismiss his advice because he was ''"on the wrong side of history"'' so many times. In conversation with Chamberlain, the King complains about Churchill's previous bad calls: he opposed Indian independence; supported Prince Edward's right to marry Wallis Simpson and still retain the throne; and insisted that Britain adhere to the gold standard.Gold Standard. He was overruled on all these occasions. Gallipoli was one of the few times he did get his way, and the outcome was disastrous. Likewise, he bears his share of responsibility for the British Army's rout by the German forces in Norway.
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* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German Germans have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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-->'''King George VI''': I confess I had some reservations about you at-at first, but while some in this country dreaded your appointment, ''none'' dreaded it like-like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all our trust.
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-->'''King George VI''': I confess I had some reservations about you at-at at first, but while some in this country dreaded your appointment, none, ''none'' dreaded it like-like like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all of our trust.
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'''King George VI''': You have my support. I must confess, I had some reservations about you at-at first. And while some in this country might have dreaded your appointment, none dreaded it like-like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all our trust. We shall work together. You shall have my support. At any hour. ''Beat the buggers''.
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'''King George VI''': You have my support. I must confess, I had some reservations about you at-at at first. And while some in this country might have dreaded your appointment, none none, ''none'' dreaded it like-like like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all of our trust. We shall work together. You shall have my support. At any hour. ''Beat the buggers''.
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* LieToSpareTheirFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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* LieToSpareTheirFeelings: LyingToProtectYourFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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* LyingToSpareTheirFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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* LyingToSpareTheirFeelings: LieToSpareTheirFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
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* LyingToSpareTheirFeelings: During his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister, Churchill admits that the German have broken through the French defenses, but he has ''"invincible confidence"'' in the French, and has the gall to say that the combined French and British forces are currently ''"advancing"'' to counterattack.
-->'''Churchill''': The last ten years, I was the only one to tell them the truth... until tonight.
-->'''Churchill''': The last ten years, I was the only one to tell them the truth... until tonight.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: At one moment, Clemmie laments what a trial it is to be the wife of a "great man", and has plenty of headaches dealing with the family finances, which are a mess. While reminiscing, Winston reminds her that she had no shortage of young nobleman who would have cut off their arms to marry her, but for some inexplicable reason she chose him.
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** There is very little evidence, other than a few scattered remarks in the letters or diaries of people hostile to Halifax, that Halifax actually wanted to be prime minister ''at all''.
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** There is very little evidence, other than a few scattered remarks in the letters or diaries of people hostile to Halifax, that Halifax actually wanted to be prime minister ''at all''. In his companion book, screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] explained that, despite his accomplishments as a diplomat and statesman, he has no military background, which means that as Prime Minister he'd be a figurehead and Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, would be essentially running the war. He reasoned that he would best serve his country by acting as Foreign Secretary within the war cabinet and being TheManBehindTheMan who could convince Churchill to seek a diplomatic settlement.
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* OnlySaneMan: History has cast Churchill as this, while in the events of the film Halifax considers himself this.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Halifax thinks he's back in the 20's when he got the better of Churchill over the issue of Indian independence and history proved him right, and will do so now as he steers Churchill away from his catastrophic ''"fight to the bitter end"'' policy. As Anthony [=McCarten=] notes, according to Halifax's biographer Andrew Roberts, the great tragedy of Halifax's life was that he mistakenly believed that the tools which he used so deftly as Viceroy of India - diplomacy, negotiation, and political give-and-take - would be just as effective in dealing with an OmnicidalManiac like Hitler.
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->''"When will the lesson be learned?! You cannot reason with a tiger WHEN YOUR HEAD IS IN ITS MOUTH!!"''
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->''"When will the lesson be learned?! learned?! How many more dictators must be wooed, appeased--Good God, given immense privileges!--before we learn?! You cannot reason with a tiger WHEN YOUR HEAD IS IN ITS MOUTH!!"''
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-->'''King George VI''': I confess I had some reservations about you at first, but while some in this country dreaded your appointment, ''none'' dreaded it like Adolf Hitler. Whoever can strike fear into that brute's heart is worthy of all our trust.
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-->'''King George VI''': I confess I had some reservations about you at at-at first, but while some in this country dreaded your appointment, ''none'' dreaded it like like-like Adolf Hitler. Whoever Whomever can strike fear into that brute's brute heart is worthy of all our trust.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: The Royal Navy cannot approach Dunkirk to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force without getting chewed to pieces by the Germans' air power, so what to do? Recruit a flotilla of fishing boats! Some members of the Admiralty look at Churchill as if he's lost his mind when he proposes this.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: The Royal Navy cannot approach Dunkirk to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force without getting chewed to pieces by the Germans' air power, so what to do? Recruit a flotilla of fishing boats! Some members of the Admiralty look at Admiral Ramsay, roused from sleep to hear Churchill as propose this, wonders if he's dreaming or if Churchill has lost his mind when he proposes this.mind.
* TranquilFury: King George VI, asking his equerry whether it makes good sense for him to evacuate his family to Canada and rule Britain from overseas, stops and then starts to question the very situation that has forced such a dilemma upon him:
-->'''King George VI''': You know what? I feel angry. In this moment I'm aware of feeling--bloody angry.
-->'''King George VI''': You know what? I feel angry. In this moment I'm aware of feeling--bloody angry.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Churchill, of all people, gets this advice, first from Clemmie and then from the King:
-->'''Clementine Churchill''': You are strong ''because'' you are imperfect. You are wise ''because'' you have doubts. From this uncertainty the wisest words will come.\\
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'''King George VI''': And are you not afraid? At all?\\
'''Winston Churchill''': I am, most terribly.\\
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'''King George VI''': You have my support. I must confess, I had some reservations about you at-at first. And while some in this country might have dreaded your appointment, none dreaded it like-like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all our trust. We shall work together. You shall have my support. At any hour. ''Beat the buggers''.
-->'''Clementine Churchill''': You are strong ''because'' you are imperfect. You are wise ''because'' you have doubts. From this uncertainty the wisest words will come.\\
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'''King George VI''': And are you not afraid? At all?\\
'''Winston Churchill''': I am, most terribly.\\
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'''King George VI''': You have my support. I must confess, I had some reservations about you at-at first. And while some in this country might have dreaded your appointment, none dreaded it like-like Adolf Hitler. Whomever can strike fear into that brute heart is worthy of all our trust. We shall work together. You shall have my support. At any hour. ''Beat the buggers''.
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-->'''Churchill''': I'm sorry, did you say... horses?\\
'''Roosevelt''': Well, they do have wheels, you know.
'''Roosevelt''': Well, they do have wheels, you know.
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-->'''Churchill''': I'm sorry, You did you say... horses?\\
'''Roosevelt''': Well,they do you could always push the darn things yourself. They have wheels, you know.wheels.
'''Roosevelt''': Well,
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** During the evacuation, priority has to be given to those soldiers who are unwounded and can fight another day, rather than the wounded who would normally go first.
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** The companion book by screenwriter Anthony [=McCarten=] elaborates that it was easy for Churchill's contemporaries to dismiss his advice because he was ''"on the wrong side of history"'' so many times. He opposed Indian independence and supported Prince Edward's right to marry Wallis Simpson and still retain the throne, and was overruled on both occasions. Gallipoli was one of the few times he did get his way, and the outcome was disastrous.
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* KeepingTheEnemyClose: Churchill fills his war cabinet with his political enemies, particularly Chamberlain and Halifax. One of his aides even namesdrops the trope.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Halifax refuses to be considered as Prime Minister because a) the Opposition in Parliament won't have him, and b) despite his acclaim as a diplomat and statesman, he has no military background, which means that as Prime Minister he'd be a figurehead and Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, would be essentially running the war, and thus the country. He reasons that it is better to let Churchill become Prime Minister and for Halifax to steer policy from the Cabinet; or, better yet, for Churchill to immolate himself with some spectacular failure, after which the Opposition will be much more amenable to having Halifax as Prime Minister. All of this makes good political sense, but it backfires on him humiliatingly.
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* SnipeHunt: Churchill ruefully greets his appointment as Prime Minister as this:
-->''I'm getting the job only because the ship is sinking. It's not a gift, it's revenge.''
-->''I'm getting the job only because the ship is sinking. It's not a gift, it's revenge.''
