The Cynical Historian

Darkest Hour | Based on a True Story (2018x13)

Air date: Apr 06, 2018

Darkest Hour (2017) is an interesting movie. It messes up almost everything pretty badly to the point of being irksome, but it is also somewhat endearing. Churchill was quite a character, but they took some liberties that are a little too much to handle. But at least I get to talk about the guy - He was a bit of a historian afterall, so consider this a “historians who changed history” episode as well. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: British War Cabinet Conclusions: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C9025075/prev/C9025075 YouTube channel devoted to recordings of Churchill’s speeches https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fzzbr4smERslSB1G2Jdbg Winston Churchill, Their Finest Hour (1949; New York: Rosetta Books, 2002) ebook, 87-150/788. https://amzn.to/2u8xH8v Paul Johnson, Churchill (New York: Penguin Group, 2009). https://amzn.to/2N2LowK http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/darkest-hour/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/12/08/what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction_in_darkest_hour.html http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/26/fact-check-darkest-hour-movie-winston-churchill/ https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/903832/Darkest-Hour-historical-accuracy-Winston-Churchill-grandson-Nicholas-Soames-Gary-Oldman http://time.com/5031642/winston-churchill-darkest-hour/ https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1731500/did-that-pivotal-darkest-hour-scene-really-happen-joe-wright-fills-us-in ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History -------------------------------------------------