Winston Churchill: In the Darkest Hour
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- We imagine Winston Churchill with his signature cane, drinking scotch whiskey, and puffing on a Cuban cigar. His mouth is downturned, and his voice is gruff and his words pointed. This is the image Hollywood portrays but it is a mere caricature of the flesh and blood version. Who was Winston Churchill? In Britain’s “darkest hour,” Churchill led his country from the brink of Nazi conquest by forging an alliance with the U.S. and Russia. He had many critics, and made mistakes on a grand scale. Yet, above it all, possessed an unwavering belief in his own power. To his beloved country he offered his “blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
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How do I get her autograph?
Churchill was responsible for death of millions of Indians and called Indians as dogs. He might be a great leader but "his hand bear the blood of millions of Indians." This was not mentioned in the video
Mr Maverick The underlying causes of the famine include inefficient agricultural practices, over-population, and de-peasantisation through debt bondage and land grabbing. how was a man fighting a war of survival responsible for people breeding themselves into starvation?
Biographics my granddad whom was the danish ambassador in london was the person who brought churchill's elephants order back to copenhagen shortly after he passed PS the elephants order in Denmark is the highest order you can get and almost only the royals own them PPS you the danish government requires you to give back your orders after you pass away. FuN sTorIE RIIiiiiiGht
Can u do one on Suleiman the magnificent ( the Lawgiver ) ? please??
Imagine being 14 when Jack The Ripper killed his victims in london and living up to hear The Beatles
jack the ripper lived in the late victorian British island
around 60 years apart from the beatles
it's not long ago
😂😂😂
@@gutsjoestar7450 70* and churchill was already 14 so it's still interesting for me.
Watched a video of an old man on an American tv show from the 50s who was the last living witness to the assassination of President Lincoln which I found astounding
While smoking cigars and drinking whisky
my favorite quote from Churchill:
“I cannot live without champagne. In Victory I deserve it, in defeat I need it”.
My kind of person....
Hear ! Hear !
And to ignore the harsh reality of Bengal famine
@@tuskular yes at that time french were ruling india
@@tuskular then why he shifted supplies of food grains to army even though there was surplus food for army and bengal famine was the intention of britishers your nation hasn't achieved anything on its own its just you looted india and you became superpower even today British museum is full of stolen indian arts!
"You have enemies? Good! That means you've stood up for something in your life." -Sir Winston Churchill
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn!
That quote is Victor Hugo. SOE supremo Colin Gubbins coined the "Keep Calm" phrase. Absolutely terrifies me to think you probably paid to be educated.
Lol ...he killed millions of my ancestors.. Through starvation(The Great Bengal Famine).
Tirthankar Pandit nobody cares
@@smokedoofman4763 i know but i will not let u forget..may god bless you and get well soon
@@tirthankarpandit7009 yeah he was kind of a racist asshole when you look back on it, but he was a strong leader and a major player in taking out the Nazis.
Churchill jumping off a bridge and taking the injury instead of surrendering to defeat is so true of his character
Yea that sounds like him so much
_"I never ‘worry’ about action, but only about inaction."_
-Winston Churchill
*Laughs in Calvin Coolidge*
“We proceeded systematically, village by village, and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the great shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.” - Churchill on how the British carried on in Afghanistan, and he was only too happy to be part of it.
@@riohenry1455 yeah, we get it. Stfu.
Yeah actions that killed millions..
@@riohenry1455 it was propaganda written by him. Theres a thing called war propaganda
14:17 "...Holland, Belgium, and the Netherlands." Hitler invaded the Netherlands so hard that he invaded them twice
Yeah and he tried to invade England and the UK.🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@@PetriDishB I think you missed the joke. Maybe you should study history before you comment. Like I did, I am a history teacher. An awfull lot of Brits got killed at Dunkirk and further up the coast. Trying to draw German fire of the main group. If Churchill hadn't had the brilliant idea to send the fleet of pleasure vessels a lot more Brits would have been killed. Hitler definitly planned to invade England the RAF stopped him.
@@PetriDishB "Never wanted to". Completely wrong. Hitler very much wanted to conquer the British Isles and force them to sue for peace allowing a one front war against the USSR. He build invasion craft and the Luftwaffe's' job was to gain air supremacy to allow for the invasion.
@@PetriDishB ever heard of the battle of Britain?
VIC RATTLEHEAD \,,/
My favourite Churchill quote. The second-worst thing in the history of Russia was the birth of Lenin. The worst thing in her history was the death of Lenin.
Churchill will be cry this
@Chiranth Anand It's not contradictory. He means that while Lenin and his actions were pretty bad, him dying made everything worse because his successor (Stalin) was allowed into power.
@@sirdiesalot2975 wouldn’t that mean starlin being born was worst
@@thelegendthemyththeman4772 no because stalin wasnt the major man behind the revolution... don't get me wrong he was also important but lenin and trotsky were the much bigger driving force behind the revolution
so thus no lenin = no stalin
which in the end makes the Statement valid again
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
But you missed one of his best quotes "I may be drunk but you are ugly I will be sober in the morning, you will still be ugly" Winston Churchill
Also, in spite of the mild speech impediment, he was a brilliant speaker and a rapier wit. One of my favorite quotes of his, in reference to his support of Stalin against the Nazis despite his being a fervent anticommunist: "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons".
Churchill was bribed to destroy Europe and the Bitish Empire by Strakosch.
@marksneddon Yes , he was a staunch anti-communist , how does that in any way imply regret for doing everything in his power to defeat the Nazis ? what are you talking about ?
also honestly a good comparison, and makes it pretty obvious just how much he hated Stalin, Hitler was the greater threat at that point and he knew it
17:37 Being a teenager myself, my brain genuinely hurts after hearing that. I have no idea how people thought that my boi Winston Churchill was a fictional character, i'm outraged!
He means his achievements were so big it didnt fit well in our reality. Or something like that.
Those were the ones who didn’t pay attention in history class.
That 1/5 must have been the youth of London
Bloody bastards forgot about old Winston. After being their prime minister! Oh well we shall hope they will be wiser in our future
Worry not. Less than a score of years is but the beginning of learning, of which there is more and more for each succeeding generation to do. Those same 'illiterates' have much they could teach me I'm sure and I have more than three score to my credit.
His final words " I'm bored with it all".
Truly an amazing life.
He said I'm tired with it all
truly he lived, i suppose that's the line we all ultimately strive for in our lives.
He's a hypocrite
@@UserHandle454 --?
@@UserHandle454 everyone is
My favorite quote from churchill is "when you're going through hell go straight through it".
He was truly fearless and one of a kind
My favourite Churchill quote comes from Yalta. "Comrade Stalins foreign policy is based on peace." Then to Roosevelt out of the interpreters earshot. "A piece of Poland, a piece of Hungary, a piece of Bulgaria."
Learning about Churchill’s personal life just made me admire him a lot more. I would’ve never thought that under the tough man there was a sweet loving father and husband who had such an emotionally rough childhood.
well, he missed the part where churchill coordinated an air assault on a US naval base in hawaii. december 7, 1941 if youre having trouble finding it
@@bigploppa154 what 😂
@@HistoryMadeSimple90 Churchill was the greatest axis general ever. let Coventry fall, let Pearl Harbor get bombed, let Singapore fall, and starved millions of Indians. nevermind the amount of Indian and Australian soldiers he had killed
1:00 - Chapter 1 - Formative years
4:15 - Chapter 2 - Military service & war correspondent
7:20 - Chapter 3 - Early years in parliament
10:15 - Chapter 4 - Personal life
13:05 - Chapter 5 - The darkest hour
16:20 - Chapter 6 - The end of an era
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they’ve tried everything else.”
-my favorite quote
World War 2 was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to Churchill, if it wasn’t for WW2 his legacy probably would have been his botching of the Gallipoli Campaign.
Inquisitor Thomas not just Gallipoli. But he was the right man at the right time when it came to ww2.
Or... did his eminence from the war years simply highlight a chapter in history that juxtaposes his later success? If not for WW2, perhaps the Churchill/Gallipoli connection would only be the stuff of trivia buffs and historic scholars and the name Churchill would be an historic obscurity.
Not many military leaders achieve fame for high-profile blunders. Some may even argue that Gallipoli wasn't necessarily a tactical blunder if you consider it was a huge risk made in desperation to alleviate the gridlock of the western front. But there is certainly no arguing that where it was a monumental botch, was that of an Empire's arrogance in its cost in human life.
And sending the Black and Tans to Ireland.
ww2 galipolli ????? Try and get your facts right try ww1idiot
He was out classed by Ataturk and the Turkish people at Galipoli. Only difference is, we are taught about Churchill but never Ataturk
A poll was done of the British people a while back, asking who was the greatest Briton that ever lived. The vote was almost unanimously in favor of Winston Churchill.
There was a show about the most important person from the 19c and Alan Turing won
Gaming General well that’s not right considering Turing was born in the 20th century
Luke S my mistake 20c
Cos we all brain washed in school..Churchill was elitist evil through n through..
@marty rac Yes we should blame a man who lived seventy years ago for things that happened in the past fifteen years makes sense.
He essentially attempted suicide to avoid losing a kids game
I wouldn't say suicide - he probably wasn't aiming to kill himself - he just cared more about winning than self preservation, seems.
Because Churchill would NEVER SURRENDER!
Losing was never an option
It's what he calls a pro-gamer move.
This is my new favorite channel. No doubt I'll put off precious sleep clicking on more videos. You're a brilliant man, Simon. I can't commend you enough for your fascinating work. Thank you!
I just found him it's amazing videos
I was wondering when you'd get around to Churchill. He was such a major figure in 20th century history you couldn't avoid covering him at some point. The second World War could have turned out very differently without him as the leader of Britain at that point in history. Great videos on this channel. XD
No it couldn't.
Dsdcain He caused ww2 ye dunmy.
Mark Harrison lmao care to explain or are you pulling a toddler?
The Axis did not have the resources or the economic/industrial/military capacities to carry out a long war against the British Empire.
Had the British not allied with the Russians (Churchill's decision) Nazi Germany may have taken the caucuses complete with the natural resources they needed...
topography isn't mapmaking, topography is the study of the terrain of an area, mapmaking is cartography
*me,an idiot* what
And what is topography used for? Making maps. 😂
Where would the UK or the USA without him? It shows us that even in our imperfections we can do great things.
Likely England would have come under Nazi control, reinstalled Edward as king and attempted to assert control over the commonwealth. The USA would in turn quite likely have invaded Canada to prevent having an enemy at their doorstep. The cold war would have been with a german occupied Europe rather than Stalin’s Russia. Who knows what Europe would look like today, but it’s possible the North America would be a single unified country.
The whole world in fact. Especially Europe
@MartyrX you seem to have forgotten the part of history where his predecessor was ready to capitulate
@MartyrX that’s just ridiculous
@@trevorj79 That was genuinely the US plan, to invade Canada in the event of Germany defeating Britain.
He may have not been the hero they wanted at the time but he's the hero we need. May Churchill never be forgotten.
I got teary when Simon talked about his funeral. You earned it Churchill.
Sure but also did you know that Churchill killed millions of Indians and had racist thoughts?😊
One of his great hobbies was also hating Indians....
I'm American, and this brought a legitimate tear to my eye. Truely, a great man. We could only be so lucky to see more like him in the future.
Ah yes, the great man who caused the Bengal famine which killed up to 3 million people.
@@avinashvaluveri3903 he drew food away from a colony to feed his own country, you'd do the same
@@gearyt2355 ok what about the hit squads and the open racism?
@@ivoxvxi7482 WHAT! A MAN BORN IN THE MID TO LATE 1800'S WAS A RACIST! HOW COULD THIS BE?
@@ivoxvxi7482 also the hit squads were a smart military division that literally all countries, even the less developed ones, took advantage of
Love these videos. Why do you have so many drones though?!
Wait, what? 😂
@@theparadigm8149 , on the left side of the screen, hanging on the wall are drone helicopters and the controls for them. Maybe as someone else pointed out, in his spare time he bombs Iraq, who knows.
@@ndogg20 LOL! 😆
Maybe he does use them for bombings!
Finally, been waiting for Churchill
I very much enjoy all Biographic videos, but I especially enjoyed the one about Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill: the queens most loyal knight.
King’s* King George VI was ruling when Churchill became prime minister
@@ThatSherbieGuy he also was PM between 1950-1955 and Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1952
I never knew about Churchill as a person. Such a warrior. Always to be free. Thank you so much
In my eyes he’s a depiction of every soul’s fight within itself to conquer itself and launch forward into the world achieving greatness. To call him one of the greatest men to have ever lived is an understatement. Rest In Peace lion, your name will forever inspire.
he's the unofficial mass murderer of Bengal, greatest man my ass
Churchill was a traitor to the Empire, very particularly to Australia when he ordered the Commonwealth to take no part in Australia’s war against Japan. It’s little wonder that in the occupation of Japan and the Korean War that the Americans would only accept the British if they were under Australian command, for they well understood the difference between loyalty and treachery.
Roosevelt and Churchill: the bromance all other bromances try to be
"History is written by winners. And winners lie"
You rather live under the nazis
@@thomasmatthewharris1980 you live under the lie . Bekuf insaan
I love this channel, it is illuminating, and incisive condensed information that helps one to understand the social environment that we have grown up in-- and human behavior in all of its variations! Kudos!!
One of the better biographical videos to date
Winston Churchill's funeral was basically started by British Railways, who used a Bulleid 4-6-2 Pacific numbered 34051 of the Battle of Britain class named "Winston Churchill", (go figure). The engine named after Churchill and the car his coffin was carried in is preserved by the National Railway Museum of York.
One of the most underrated understood figure of history and in his life who reshaped and is still reshaping the destinies of generations who came after him and the ones who have come after his them.
Female Cabinet member to Churchill: Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your Coffee.
Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it!
It is also, sadly, fictional (see Andrew Robert's biography Walking With Destiny). He DID, however, utter the nearly as delicious retort, when being accused of being drunk "and what's more, disgustingly drunk" by Labor MP Bessie Braddock in 1946 (he was not drunk; he was simply very tired. WSC drank alcohol almost continually, but it was almost always very watered-down whiskey and soda), "Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you're disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be disgustingly ugly".
Ha that’s funny
Just finished reading Francois Kersaudy's bio on Churchill, one finds themselves finding it hard to believe it's not a fiction adventure book.
ALSO.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT VIDEO. Many fail to illustrate the whole story of this man, yet this video manages to condensate it into something illustrating enough to inform and interesting enough to look further into matters.
I love these bio videos, I only just discovered and see that I have a lot of good viewing ahead of me. Thank you for making these.
Churchill's mother was a US citizen therefore making him a US Citizen by blood; he had dual citizenship although it might not have been recognized at the time.
Couldn't that mean he could become a president if he somehow wanted to?
Damn,that's pretty cool.
@@bones3439 no
@@presence9745 how so
@@bones3439 You have to born in the U.S. c'mon you know that😔
@@presence9745 Tell that To Ted Cruz!
A deeply flawed and magnificent englishman...a stubborn forthright patriot he was exactly what his country needed...when it needed it most...For that he will always be remembered by a grateful nation...despite his failings...he was the leader who gave our people the courage, perseverance and spirit to endure, resist and fight on.
As always, a very interesting and informative video. Thank you for sharing your amazing video
hitler invaded holland, belgium and the Netherlands....uuuhhmm...holland is a part of the netherlands. its one of its 12 provincines. i love the video's.
TomEnGames probably meant Luxembourg
The pronunciation of Gallipoli was also...interesting.
It's north Holland and south Holland not just holland
Holland is another name for the Netherlands, we do have indeed two (of our 12 provinces) called North-Holland (Amsterdam, Haarlem, Alkmaar etc.) and South-Holland (Rotterdam, Den Haag, Leiden, etc).
Scheer hem
This "Lion" killed 3 million people in 1943 Bengal famine
Always a favorite WW2 character! Great video, Simon!
Yes!!! I love this channel, and one of my favorite men to study is Churchill! Thanks for making this!
Lenny Fritz only if you knew about bengal famine
@@cardcode8345 he was crazy
@@cardcode8345 he didn’t the Japanese did
This is probably my favorite episode so far and I have been a subscriber since day one. Even my husband knows who I am talking about when we cruise UA-cam in the evening and I say that I want to watch Simon! 😎❄️💜💙💋
Very few people in history I admire as much as I admire Winston Churchill
Not gonna lie Simon, I still get a swell of pride and a lump in my throat watching this. Thank you.
Ps.
"Wouldn't it be nice if the people of Hong Kong had human rights?"
Great video! One of the people I most admire. Churchill was a great man.
Only to racists.
@@markharrison2544 my nan likes Churchill and she voted for aboriginals to become citizens so she is not racist
@@DatsunBloke7357 What were white people doing in Australia in the first place?
“hitler invaded holland, belgium, and the netherlands.”
jokes aside though, great episode!
@nikesback holland is another word people (incorrectly) use to describe the netherlands, so what he basically said was “the netherlands, belgium and the netherlands”. i think he meant to say “luxembourg, belgium and the netherlands”.
My favorite, the last line of the Fight them on the Beaches speech:
"... our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
The Man had a way with words.
Lady Nancy Astor once said to Churchill “ if you were my husband I would poison your tea” Churchill replied “if I was your husband I’d drink it”
Great man... Still enjoy thinking about when a woman came up to him and said, "You are the Prime Minister and you are drunk!" Churchill's response, "I'm drunk and your ugly but I'll be sober in the morning!" I think Id rather have him than "Cham'Berlin" during the war. What do you think Shell/Simon?
My favorite was "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons"
Evan Friend Indeed, that was pretty good as well!
_"I hate Indians!They are a beastly people with a beastly religion!"_- Winston Churchill
Charlie K Feel better that u got the exact wording out?
Luke Zuzga Lady Astor, "If you were my husband, I'd poison your coffee!" Winston Churchill, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it!"
Churchill is most likely the only human that has become a living myth and legend. This man will be remembered for centuries to come and many more.
Except he hasn’t been alive since the late 60s. And a few Caesars would dispute the rest…
Um not really , there have been many leaders and generals who are as famous if not more famous than him. Did you just forget Alexander the great?
Well done Simon and company! Thank you so much for this Biographic on one of my favorite historical figures. Best,
Fantastic Video Simon & team. Great writing by Crystal. With impeccable narration by Simon. Winston is rightly a legend us born Brits should be very proud of.
The people tearing his statue down now would have bent over for the Nazis.
It's still there...
They failed to tear it down because ex royal marines showed up to protect it
They wouldn’t have been alive to bend over for the Nazis……
They should be kissing the feet of Churchill’s statue for that.
A great video, but very obviously done by someone who admires Churchill. No mention of some of the darkest parts of history in which he played a role, the Bengal famine, the Algiers incident, etc... still, good stuff. Keep up the great work.
Christopher Griffin leaving out his crimes is irresponsible.
Between the Panels dude chill my guy
@@dsodragon8152 he has a point though. Why hasn't ghandi died then?
@@Wingo537 he was busy whooping the white asses of the idiots in London. For one old man he really did scare all pale white buttocks in the Buckingham palace.
@@kakyoin9688 I don't think he would have traveled 5000km south just to fight with Indians.
Orson Welles once said that when trying to secure funding from a wealthy patron for a film he stayed at the same resort as Churchill. Churchill and Welles had met previously and Churchill raised his glass when Orson walked by - the patron was so impressed he immediately bankrolled the film. When Orson later thanked Churchill and passed through the dining hall the next morning with the patron Churchill stood up and bowed to Welles - the patron nearly passed out. Great testimony to Churchill’s sense of humour I wanted to share.
The was one of Orson Welles embellished stories!
Say what you want but that man kept England alive during it's darkest times.. he was an incredible person.
"Holland, Belgium and the Netherlands"? isn't Holland part of the Netherlands?
no the Netherlands are Holland
Simon doesn't let facts get in the way of telling a story.
And Belgium is a very beautiful city in the Europian counrty of Brussels... according to Donald Trump
The Netherlands is often referred to as Holland, for reason unknown.....
@@Edmonton-of2ec well not entirely unknown......way before the Netherlands was the Netherlands it was actually named holland. like way back when part of Belgium was with the Netherlands. So I guess that must have stuck around or something lol
Thank you Simon, this video gave me chills.
Me and Winston share many of the same failures and draw backs. I used to deal with a lot having a lisp,and I worked on getting rid of it, it worked. I'm a drinker,a smoker, but I promise you'll never find loyalty as great as my own. May the great man rest in ✌.
In the southern Welsh valleys, he's best remembered for the "let them eat lead" quote. A monster.
Love your treatment of Churchill. I’m astounded that so many kids think he was fictional!
Awesome job on this one! I totally forgot about everything else. I was completely emersed in this story.
8:20 ...o.t.o.h. the Gallipoli-disaster showed Churchill and the generals how NOT to do an amphious landing...!
It was a very useful but also very bloody lesson...!
Avoiding the Mistakes from Gallipoli saved thousands of lives later on D-Day...!
I like how the Carol of the Bells was playing in the background in the beginning. Very nice
I remember him as a much loved very frail old man sitting behind a window in his home, acknowledging the crowd outside with a friendly wave. Today's millennials turning him into a person of hate is pathetic and typical of their emptyheadedness. Great video.
Excellent comment. The dragging through the mud of Churchill's good name because his views didn't conform to insane notions of "social justice" is absolutely despicable.
Bob Jackson ..Winnie. Was the man who saved Britain from invasion...FACT !!!! He may not have been a very pleasant chap...Tough and determined people rarely are.
The difference was his ideas where more about culture where hitlers was about race
Hitler did plan to invade Britain. But after the British had crippled the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, they delayed it and eventually canceled it. Just don't forget the London Blitz still happened after the Battle of Britain.
Being a millennial has nothing to do with it. I'm one and i have enormous respect for Winston Churchill. Being a nationalist of one of the post-colonial countries, or a quasi-fascist has everything to do with it regardless of age :)
When someone says Englishman, I see Churchill.
Visualize* know the difference.
When someone says Churchill, I see pig
@@derekweinerttv4163 fair enough
That was beautifully done
He was Britain’s Roosevelt and one of my favorite historical figure.
Mine too😊
Same. I love the man so much🧡
best biographics yet! keep em coming!
The fact that the video is actually 19:15 minutes long is triggering me!
True, they could have added 25 seconds, dammit.
Greatest British Man.
Churchill was a greatly flawed man, but then so are most men worthy of greatness. They are, after all, only human. Well, as far as we know anyway.
Ever since I asked, I have waited. And now I wait no more, I am not disappointed. Thanks guys. One question though, do you think Churchill was a good man?
The best of men.
Depends on who you ask. He did help Britain against the Nazis, though his imperialist mindset caused food shortages in India. He was also fearless but that fearlessness made him almost start a third world war vs the USSR. He was a made for the moment but was not the man after the moment, as he was kicked out of the Prime minister's seat as soon as the war was over and his second run as prime minister was not as popular as his first and soon lost it. As the video says he was a complicated man as all great men are.
What am I not understanding about this guy
Surely if you hate nazis you hate genocide this guy was the most genocidal man in Britain s history
In two world wars and colonial campaigns he caused the death of more innocents than anyone including Hitler
I’m honestly not trying to antagonize you
Tha Barnstormer well I see where your making the mistake. Causing death and commuting Genocide are not the same. Genocide requires purposeful attempts at extermination. And in Golipili he got the blame despite not being entirely at fault
No
Please do sir Ian Fleming Simon, that would be great.
my favorite Churchill quote, ”in wartime, he truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies”
I love your channel.... every time it takes me to an incredibly adventurous voyage. Thanks.
Bully! Hooray! Precise and informative...I love *Biographics*.
''It is fun to be in the same decade with you''
I ship it...
I am from Pretoria, now known as (Tshwane) but I work and live in Cape Town. Its so amazing to know this
This was a really really good one Simon! Thank you!
When I think of the great men & women who have lived in my lifetime -- Churchill, JFK, Eisenhower, De Galle, Truman, RFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., I am in awe. I was very young, granted, but I'm still in awe. And when I think of the vile and despicable things who are supposed to be leading us now, trump and boris johnson to name the two worst excuses for human beings, my heart breaks. How very far we have fallen.
Truman? You mean the guy that destroyed the economy? And was a terrible president? Replace him with regan and you have a good list
@@Delta2-4Gaming Reagan started this country on its road to ruin. I've seen it in real-time. I call him "The Happy Horror." Look at income inequality over the last 35 years. It started with Reagan. Look at the rise of the Religious Right in politics. Started with Reagan. Union busting, the death of the Fairness Doctrine, the 3rd most corrupt administration in the last 100 years. (Interesting they are all Republican.) He made us "feel good about ourselves" while picking our pockets and destroying the middle class. He was one of the most destructive presidents of the 20th Century.
Wake up! liberalism is the death of empires just ask the Roman, Greeks, etc. Liberalism= hate, division, and ultimately death, no conservative is rioting in Minnesota, no conservative is stroking racial tensions it's only liberals, liberalism is a cancer in a civilization.
Republican = fairness for everyone = all men are created equal
Liberal= I hate white people, people with money, people that don't agree with my opinion, people who say curse words, people who smoke, people that eat meat, people that use straws, etc. Liberals are full of hate
I belive you wouldn't consider FDR as great man, man who saved humanity as we know it, come on without him you would have to speak Japanese or German, the man who single handedly made US as super power unlike any superpower the world has seen before not even 18 th century Brits
Frequency illusion; I was just thinking about Churchill and this film!
Churchill was a great man for his time and changed world history for the better. He saved England at a critical time with his leadership.
I think that Winston Churchill's greatest stroke of luck was that Neville Chamberlain did not survive WWII and left no memoir. Churchill vowed to "write the history books," and in large measure, he did. Moreover, he did it without either Chamberlain or Halifax arguing with him.
Churchill really was larger than life itself. I wish the U.K. had a prime minister like him now.
It would be a total disaster in just about every way. Feel free to vote for the EDL next election though.
He would be an excellent statesman and a boon to Britain in every way. There is no politician anywhere in the world who is anywhere near his quality today. The best PM you've had since him was Margaret Thatcher, and since the Iron Lady, you've had...nobody worth mentioning. At least that lunatic Corbyn isn't PM. May isn't great by any means, but considering the alternative...
I don't see anything wrong with that, except possibly that nowadays poison gas isn't considered acceptable. As for the rest, yeah, what he said about American Indians and Australian aboriginals is pretty much dead on. The fact that he said it in terms that aren't PC doesn't make it any less true. What he says about the Irish is also absolutely correct. Ireland has been under the British Crown since Henry II. The refusal of the Irish to behave in a civilized manner and admit that they're British has been one of the worst problems in the Western World. As for his opinions on Indians, so what? The fact remains he was arguably the greatest man of the 20th century, whatever your foolish ethnic quibbles about him.
First, I'm American. Second, you have been British since the 12th century, your language is English, Gaelic is a dead language that has been artificially preserved for some reason or other, you are ethnically and culturally virtually identical (except for the part where the British can behave themselves and manage not to riot or bomb people for having slightly different religious beliefs). So Most of Ireland didn't go along with the reformation. So what? The Scots admit they're British, and they're Presbyterians. You can be Catholic and British just as easily as you can be Presbyterian and British, there's no Guy Fawkes running around or whatever nonsense from centuries ago. Pretending that Ireland is some separate country is ridiculous, and the British never should have given in to the IRA terrorist thugs.
OH HELL NO. we indians aren't gonna be filled with starving famines again.
"Holland, Belgium, and The Netherlands"
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Thank you Simon. A great tribute to a great man and may history always appreciate what he did for us all.
Hero to West Villian to East
Churchill started the Land Battleship project which resulted in the invention of the Tank in WW1, the Landing ship tank in WWII, and advocated the Escort carrier. All Major War winning technical innovations .
Simon I love your videos! great work!
Very touching one Simon good job dude
Great job Simon
Surprising that his role in great bengal famine is ignored. For Indians, he was a mass murderer but it seems that he has written the history himself!.