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For Britain, known as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets", what kind of situation is considered the "Darkest Hour"? History has an answer to this question.
- On May 9, 1940, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark and Norway. Chen Bing, 3 million soldiers, was on the Belgian border, and the European continent was at stake.
- Prime Minister Chamberlain lost the confidence of Parliament and was forced to step down. Churchill formed a wartime cabinet.
- On May 9, 1940, the German army invaded Belgium, and Norway and France were on the verge of collapse.
- On May 25, 1940, Germany surrounded 60 divisions in Britain, Belgium and France. British troops prepare to withdraw to Dunkirk on the French coast.
- President Roosevelt rejected Churchill's request for rescue.
- The European continent fell, and 400,000 British and French troops (including all the main British troops) were trapped in Dunkirk, with their lives hanging by a thread.
The whole of the UK slid into the abyss of darkness in just 20 days, and the high-ranking parliamentarians also revealed their true colors before despair, and staged a "meat-eater contempt" drama. At the beginning of the film, the opposition party is in a stormy, aggressive way, targeting Prime Minister Chamberlain. In the face of the impassioned opposition of the opposition, Chamberlain said nothing, only glanced at Halifax upstairs. Chamberlain knew that there was no room for change in his resignation, so he decided to pass the baton to Halifax, who was in the same camp as him.
Later, Chamberlain organized a Conservative Party conference and announced that he would resign. Halifax, whom he sees as his successor, has refused to be prime minister. Halifax's idea is actually a good guess: the German army is invincible on the European battlefield, and the British and French forces are powerless to stop it. If he starts to form a new cabinet at this time, the defeat will be counted on his head. And he advocated peace talks with fascist, standing up the position of prime minister to promote peace talks, whatever the outcome will be let back, "the British traitor" in infamy . The so-called "fitters to Junjie," finds that "Britain will lose" Harry Fake Si naturally impossible to re-form a cabinet. He wants the prime minister to face the storm alone and bear the pressure. He hides behind it and reaps the benefits of the fisherman. In Halifax's plan, if the new cabinet decides to go to war, it will be a disaster. At that time, he who insisted on peace talks would be given the halo of "far-sightedness and foresight". With just a slight push, he would be able to disintegrate the disgraced new cabinet. He can even win the support of the House of Commons and re-form the cabinet. If the new cabinet decides to negotiate, then Halifax, as foreign secretary, will be entrusted with the important task. In fact, he was trying his best to facilitate the peace talks between England and Germany, and even found Mussolini as an intermediary. At that time, the prime minister of the cabinet will be responsible for the infamy of "traitors", and Halifax will preserve its reputation, and there are further possibilities. The wishful thinking decided that Halifax would not accept the appointment to form a cabinet anyway, and he also made some generous words at the meeting.
In this case, the Conservative Party can only push Churchill out, after all, Churchill is the only object that both parties can accept. Since Churchill was ordered to be in danger, and the United Kingdom has reached a critical point, it seems that the new cabinet members should "meet and laugh at each other" and fight against fascism with the same hatred, but the fact is exactly the opposite. Churchill stated in his inaugural speech that he would fight the enemy to the end, and his policy ran counter to the original intention of Chamberlain's "diplomatic negotiations". So Churchill lost the support of Chamberlain in an instant, and Harry Halfax also took the opportunity to propose a mandatory no-confidence vote to let Churchill down.
Halifax and Chamberlain, who represent the big aristocracy and the big bourgeoisie, always talk about peace in the film. They seem to be worried about the country and the people, and they are doing their best for peace and seeking survival for the people, but they are actually just to protect their own interests. . But even for their own sake, they were reluctant to take too many risks, so Halifax once again declined to be prime minister. After that, the situation in the United Kingdom took a turn for the worse. All the troops fell into Dunkirk and could not return home. The German army only needed to advance 50 kilometers to harvest the lives of these people. Halifax was constantly looking for opportunities to negotiate with Germany, and successfully found Mussolini as a bridge. In fact, "appeasers" like Halifax are not uncommon in any era. They are full of benevolence and morality, and they advertise themselves as patriotic patriots who understand everything. However, their hearts are extremely selfish, and everything they do is for themselves. Interests. Halifax is a nobleman and holds the title of Viscount. In terms of political future, Prime Minister Chamberlain and the Conservative Party are taken for granted as successors. He was also a close friend of King George VI. No matter from any point of view, Halifax is more likely to be the prime minister than Churchill. As long as he wants, he can get the support of the House of Commons at any time, win the favor of the people, and be appointed by the king. But he never considered the possibility of declaring war with Germany. Regarding Halifax's choice, analyzing his class seems to make things easier. Halifax is a large nobleman, a member of the House of Lords, and the main leader of the Conservative Party. What he represents is naturally the interests of the nobles, so no matter how hype he says, what he maintains is also a vested interest group. So for vested interests, is it more beneficial to declare war or to negotiate peacefully? For them, the result of the declaration of war is likely to be the fall of the British Isles, and the nobles will be taught by the Nazis to be human beings. In peace negotiations, they can continue to be nobles. It is only the British royal family and the lower class who are injured. As the saying goes, " there are only individuals who betray their interests, no classes who betray their interests ", so we can see that the Conservative Party, headed by Halifax and Chamberlain, has been seeking peace talks from beginning to end to keep one-third of their own land. . In the face of interests, the king's George VI also became a victim. He also expressed support for the re-establishment of the government in Halifax a few days ago, and told Churchill that Halifax was his close friend, and then was slapped in the face by the speed of light.
The so-called "peace talks" amounted to surrender, and naturally the king could not continue to stay in the UK. For the king, there was still a way out of Canada in exile to form a government-in-exile. For the nobles, they can continue to enjoy after the peace talks. But what about the most common people? They did not have the ability to leave the UK to flee to the colonies. For them, a broken country means the loss of their home, and fighting for their home means fighting for their country. No matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, the phenomenon of "the upper class betrays the country and the lower class is patriotic " emerges one after another. After all, the nobles can still save their own interests by betraying the country, and the commoners are destined to become bargaining chips. Isn't that the case with the Donglin party members in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. While they advertised themselves as being loyal to the monarch and patriotism, they refused to die for the country under the pretext of "the water is too cold ". Then he immediately ran to Huang Taiji to become a traitor, and it was precisely these Han people who came up with the idea of shaving their hair and leaving braids . In line with the idea of "I would rather be with friends than slaves ", they helped the Qing soldiers to frantically suppress the Han people, wantonly slaughtered and plundered, flattered and asked for credit, and had ugly faces. In this way, we can also understand why the European continent fell so quickly, almost in the blink of an eye. "Mr. Zhao Haoyang made a poignant comment on the Kuomintang army in the article "April 12: The First Death Knell of the Kuomintang": "The retreat turned into its swiftness, and detoured to outflank its Xu Rulin. Burning, killing, robbing, and aggression are like fire, and friendly forces are like a mountain .” I think this sentence is also suitable for the countries of Europa. Therefore, the historical mission of turning the tide and helping the building to fall is handed over to Churchill’s shoulders. Although he is also an aristocrat who does not know the suffering of the people.
But at least Churchill understood one of the simplest truths: " Seeking peace through war will bring peace to life, and seeking peace through compromise will bring peace to death ." So he never gave up his position in the most desperate times, even when he seemed so weak, helpless and hopeless.
So, it doesn't matter what a person says, what matters is where his butt is, what class he is in, and naturally why his class speaks.
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