Our Darkest Hours

When Britain faced extinction in June 1940, it mounted a covert psyops campaign here to rally America against the fascists. Who's going to do it this time?

In 1940, Britain had its back to the wall. The Nazis had flown over and around France’s supposedly impregnable Maginot Line and seemed poised for an invasion of the island fortress, delayed only by heroic Spitfire and Hurricane pilots. Prime Minister Winston Churchill was desperate to get America into the fight, but his friend President Franklin Rooseve…