Halifax and Chamberlain continue to push to use Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Bastianini as an intermediary with Germany.

Churchill draws ire from his cabinet and advisers for delivering a radio address in which he falsely implies the Allies to be advancing in France - as a refugee column is heavily bombed - earning him a rebuke from the King. President Roosevelt is sympathetic to Churchill's plight, his actions are limited by an isolationist Congress and the Neutrality Acts. Chamberlain and Halifax are appalled by Churchill's refusal to negotiate for peace, and begin to plan to resign from the government to force a vote of no confidencecreating a situation in which Halifax would become the Prime Minister.Д¬hurchill visits French Prime Minister Paul Reynaudwho thinks Churchill delusional for not admitting that the Allies are losing the Battle of Francewhile Churchill becomes furious that the French do not have a plan to counterattack.ДЄlthough U. Parliament reacts coolly to Churchill's first speech promising ' Blood, toil, tears and sweat '. Churchill has a poor reputation in Parliament because of his record in the Admiralty, his role in the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World Warhis views on IndiaRussian civil war and his past defection to the Liberal Party. That day, Germany invades Belgium and the Netherlands. Churchill tries to dismiss his new secretary Elizabeth Layton for mishearing him, which earns him a rebuke from his wife Clementine.

Chamberlain is forced to choose the only man whom the opposition parties will accept: Winston Churchillthe First Lord of the Admiraltywho had correctly predicted the danger from Adolf Hitler before the war. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September and it was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.Д¬hamberlain tells Conservative Party colleagues that he wants Lord Halifax as his successor, but Halifax does not feel the time is right. The German advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Adolf Hitlerand Churchill, who refused.

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