After watching the movie, I went home and reread the second volume of Churchill's memoirs of World War II, and found that there are several historical facts in the movie:
1. Churchill asked Roosevelt for 40 or 50 destroyers in a telegram on the 15th. He did not ask the aircraft carrier to send planes. He communicated with Roosevelt mainly by telegram.
2. Said that the German tanks will stop and wait for resupply. It was said when talking to the French Prime Minister on the phone, and they were in English at first. The meeting in France was not at the airport, but at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Everyone was standing and talking. Churchill only asked a question in French, and the French commander-in-chief answered.
3. The order to call in the civilian ships was given several days before the British withdrawal to Dunkirk, rather than improvised.
4. Churchill's book mentioned that he used to have a good relationship with Mussolini. He wrote a letter to Mussolini within six days of taking office, wanting to bring Italy here. Later, the two sides communicated to keep their intentions neutral.
In addition, the title of the second volume is the most glorious moment.
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