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Winston Churchill is a name that was firmly cemented into my mind during my American education but I am a bit embarrassed to admit that to this day I could not tell you the first thing about him. I am very interested in reacting and learning about Winston Churchill from an American's point of view because I have been made aware that he was an incredibly important figure in UK history. If you enjoy my reaction feel free to leave a like, comment, or subscribe for more videos like this!
he was possibly the most important and influential figure of the 20th century, to say we would be living in a profoundly different world without this wonderful statemen would be an understatement.
Without any doubt at all.
Or ever
Absolutely.
As an example of how the world works: Hitlers parents met on a train only because Churchill had taken the last seat on the previous train. Had Churchill never been born, Hitler wouldnt have either.
Absolutely! For me, the greatest Briton of all time!!
I haven't even watched this video yet. I'm an older American and it's sad that the younger generation doesn't know who Winston Churchill is!
Damn right scary... we are to repeat histories mistakes if this doesn't change.
you'd think in the information age that people would know a lot more but Im only 19 and I know that almost nobody my age knows anything about the mistakes of the past
A failure of the education system in the US and of parents, to be honest. Parents should be teaching their children important things too.
but young people could name all the Kardashians ... :D
@@rorymilsom1491 I visited the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, and it's a very sobering experience. There's a large sign there that says "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". Also a sobering thought.
Churchill’s ww2 “we will never surrender” speech gives me goosebumps.
What do yean who was Churchill.the greatest British person of all.time and the stupid woke are trying to discredit him
@@tenniskinsella7768 think you got the wrong comment.
@@tenniskinsella7768 wait what ? 🤣😂
Did you read his comment ?
Which was read by an actor, and written by someone else.
@@tenniskinsella7768 you mean people are telling the historical, factual truth about the man rather than a whitewashed myth? Would you want to belive a lie, or the truth? He was complex, he was flawed, he was a psychopath. He also lead the UK to victory over the Nazis. We are surely mature enough to accept both these things are true?
He is THE reason that you are able to do what you’re doing!
If Germany had had peace or victory over Britain, we would be their aircraft carrier, America wouldnt have had rocketry or nuclear weapons, and you'd all be speaking Japanese.
@@neuralwarp or German.
He is the reason we English are not speaking German today and not just us, but all of Europe !
When the British were trapped on the French beaches at Dunkirk, Churchill's decision to order every civilian boat across the English Channel to pick up as many soldiers as possible, saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
One of the biggest disappointments of Cameron's movie Dunkirk was the total lack of any wide shot showing those thousands upon thousands of civilian etc watercraft that engaged in that amazing mission. I was waiting to see that very emotionally, and there was nothing. Such a let down. It showed the editors and producers had no appreciation of that amazing historic event. One of the greatest moments of Brit solidarity and grit that the world held the English up to in the highest regard.
@@nedrasellayah9314 There wasn't thousands and thousands; the great majority of troops were taken off by the Royal Navy. However it was a patriotic morale boost for the country. It was the best that could be made of a severe defeat which left all the Army's equipment and heavy weapons abandoned in France or Belgium.
@@joyfulzero853 Correct. I mis wrote. About 845 private boats recued about 36,000 british and allied troops. That's still a huge number sent in because Churchill could send in more Royal Navy as they had to be stationed for possible invasion and on guard. Many driven by Navy personnel though some fisherman etc used their own boats.
@@joyfulzero853 However, the movie didn't show enough of it.. very disappointing.
Churchill didn't order the fishing boats to go. They just went.
The greatest ever Britton.
May he rest in eternal peace.
As a Canadian, I agree, Winston Churchill was the greatest man of his age. Hearing his speeches, while gathered around the radio, brought chills throughout your entire body. He could coax blood from a stone. He put such steel into the hearts of the Brits, they would never back down. My Mum was a Londoner and her family had their share of the horrors of the blitz. He was able to rally, and lift the spirits of his people at their darkest time.
Well said
Let's just forget about the bengal famine, the partition of india, supporting apartheid and gallipoli then. Greatest man absolutely not.
That's supposed to say furious
@@Anna-ou7or exactly, never mind his role in Ireland before ww11 and threatened to destroy it during the war plus he & Roosevelt tried to destroy the reputation of that country after the war. He was so great the ordinary brit got rid of him as soon as possible afterwards.
@@karenblackadder1183 Sorry, what was supposed to say furious?
The V "peace sign" Churchill used was actually a V for Victory back in those days. The hippies got hold of that in the 60's and made it something completely different.
It's like the chicken iam not sure what came first his V sign or the BBC morse code dot dot dash for the letter V which they played before and after the news and also after the resistance code sentences which were read after the news these told resistance fighter what was going to happen and in what areas regarding themselfs like Mary had a little lamb would mean nothing to everyone apart from the group who's code would let them know a new agent would be landing in there drp area or landed so if they had someone to get taken out of the country to have them there
Yes something better.
He actually did it the wrong way round the first time he used it and had to be corrected by a girl in his office, he was obviously not familiar with the history of it as an insult to the French by English Archers. The present day F*** Off meaning stems from this.
Peace would have meant a nazi owned Europe with a distinct lack of Jews or other minorities, victory however saved millions of lives and ways of life… ✌️ victory is why most nations are still around today.
@@connoryoung8951 and would have set his sights on America
Hadn't heard of such a famous man ,I thought everyone in the western world new Sir Winston Churchill and what he did for the world .
Oh but Tyler no doubt received the bog standard American education ! A very insular education!
I can't speak for all the countries in the west, but I would assume yes with the exception of the US. When they learn about history in school, they are even taught the wrong facts that always puts US in favorable light. The brain washing propaganda in the US is strong!
Tyler, here are a couple of points about Winston.
When Winston addressed congress he started by thanking the leader of the house for allowing him to be there. And then he said, "My mother was American and my father English, if it had been the other way round I might have made it here on my own." The house loved that.
It was he who coined the phrase "The Iron Curtain", after WW2.
He was directly descended from the first Duke of Marlborough who has a claim to being our greatest ever military general with the Duke of Wellington.
The two finger signal you saw was not a peace sign it meant "V For Victory".
There are quite a few books with Winston's quotes. I'm sure you would enjoy them. Example "A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject but short enough to create interest"
Churchill as an author and wrote numerous books on his experiences around the world, and his history of the English speaking people .. he remarked that history would be kind to him because he was going to write it.
Duke of Malborough being connected to the Royal Family by his wife, who was Queen Anne's bestie.
The thing I love about your videos and you is how publically honest you are about what you know and don't know.
As a British person, I watch your videos to see my country's history and culture from a different angle, and I always learn something from the questions you ask yourself while you watch the videos. Keep up the great work! Thanks.
He also won a Nobel prize for literature and was an accomplished artist; his art work now fetches high prices. I remember his funeral in 1965.
I do too, I remember being annoyed that it replaced the Bugs Bunny show, of course, I now realise the significance.
I remember his funeral very well too. We were temporarily living with my maternal grandparents when he died, and we three kids had to be as quiet as mice, whilst my grandad watched the whole thing on television. I later asked my grandad to tell me why he was so important, and he told me he was one of the greatest men who had ever lived in our country.
Was also a very accomplished bricklayer
It skipped him becoming Prime Minister, because is SO obvious that he was. Saying he had a big influence on WWII for the UK is ridiculously obvious and an understatement. He had a profound influence on WWII for the world. He kept Britain opposed to Hitler (NO defeats or deals) throughout the entire war, even when it stood alone in Europe against Germany (1940-41). This was the only reason that D-Day in 1944 was remotely possible because it launched its invasion of Nazi-occupied France from a Britain that had not been successfully invaded or broken by Germany.
Not to Tyler!!! He blames it on being a naive American but no he’s just thick.
It's incomprehensible to me that US schools are not teaching the origins of WWII in depth?
@@main3182 WWII is the reason behind the US's current status. The US-aligned world (as well as the former USSR-aligned world) splits modern history into prewar and postwar. It made the US as we contemporarily know them to be. They fought on multiple fronts in WWII to 'save the world', which in the process made them into a military superpower. They had to fight and win across two oceans and they still have the same presence and control over those two oceans and their coasts to this day
On the other side of the ledger he angered many in my country in both world wars and drove us into the embrace of the US in the 2nd. Name a bigger sin that THAT.
@@neddyladdy I’m glad you’re free enough to make that comment in English rather than in Deutsch.
Royalty and nobility are not the same thing. Royalty is the immediate royal family. Nobility is the aristocracy. Not the same
Winston Churchill was of the same family as Diana, the Princess of Wales.The Spencers.
Not quite. Anyone can be noble, it's not just the domain of plumby mouthed privileged buffoons.
And then there's the knights, the gentry, and the serfs.
My father joined the army at 14 as an apprentice mechanical and electrical engineer (he had become an orphan). He survived the WW11 and retired from the army as a major. The only time I saw my father cry, was the death of Churchill.
Your father would cried in good company then, bless him. 👍
@@MrPercy112 Thank you. Yes I'm sure he wasn't the only one
I get emotional now, and I wasn't around until 1949.
Come to think of it, I'm more effected by this ingrained affection for Winston, than I am for the loss of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
Now that is curious, inexplicable perhaps!
@@GrafindeKlevemark one my mums cousins joined the merchant marines at 16 as a cabin boy and was a captain by the end of the war. He was supposed to go on the Murmansk Run but his ship got sent elsewhere
Churchill and my maternal grandfather died on the same day. I wept for 2 heroes.
As a child, my parents took me up to London to pay our respects after Churchill died. We spent hours and hours queuing, walking slowly across bridges and down roads. My parents had both fought in WWII and they regarded him as the greatest, having saved our nation from Hitler. You ask if he was a great orator - you should listen to his speech "we will fight them on the beaches".
Churchill also won the Nobel Prize for literature for writing the three volume work " A History of the English Speaking Peoples.' He had a very deep love of country.
Also an artist and bricklayer as well as war leader and Statesman, a courageous soldier who participated in one of the last ever cavalry charges in war, journalist, historian and one of the greatest orators in the history of mankind.
My favourite story was when in conversation with, I believe Lady Astor, she commented. "If you were my husband, I would poison your tea." He replied, " If you were my wife, I would drink it."
@@barrywilliams5515 yes indeed. His tolerance for alcohol was also legendary.
@@simondobbs4480 and was a better PM drunk than most are sober.
@@simondobbs4480 I also love his remark when a lady at a dinner party said to him in disgust, Winston you are drunk, his reply, and you Madam, are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober!
Winston Churchill made it possible for you to live your life without knowing or caring what he did for you.
Wish I had said that!
Yes please most Americans know who Sir Winston Churchill was and the family line along with the Spencer family line. 🙄😔🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤦🤦🤦🤦
Well said!
And don't forget that his mother was American!
Hear Hear!!!!!
He saved Britain and the world because he enabled the allies to launch D Day in 1944 which would not have been possible had we not won the Battle of Britain 1940. He was a huge world figure.
It seems to me that Americans only learn about the American War of Independence and do not seem to know about world history at all.
The world is not saved. We are on the threshold of global f@scism aka the new world order.
@@seansmith445 I said the world was saved in the 1940's against the Nazis. Not now!!
Yeah it should be taught in American schools more they use our language learn our history in school I respect the people who learn about our history now cause they choose to and not made to in school
Most Americans believe that they won WW2 on their own.
I am so embarrassed for America ! Churchill was so important in maintaining a "free world", that did not only
effect the United Kingdom ! Is Tyler typical of the current generation !!!!
2nd world war for Britan started in 1939 the UK and Northern Irland hated the nazis .Without Churchil we would all be living very different lives today around the world . The Brits were totally behind Churchil and we still are he is very beloved. A good vid is Churchils Funeral he was given a full state funeral with full honours .He was also our Queens advisor till his death .
Tyler, look up Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Churchill, A fantastic place, open to the public these days.
Would be a great video for those w ho wish to know more about this great man.
Great Churchill quote."If you're going through Hell.....keep going".
Not a peace sign. It was 'V' for victory
My favourite quote from Winston was about Clement Attlee.
“Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.”
Brilliant.
All ways makes me laugh out loud, a very dry sense of humour
In reality they had a profound respect for each other but I do love Churchill’s dry wit. He and Lady Astor sparred verbally. She calling him a drunk. He replied. “Tomorrow I shall wake up sober, but you will still wake up ugly”. Or words to that effect.
I believe she also said (paraphrasing) "Mr Churchill, if I were your wife, I would put poison in your tea". and he replied "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it. "
That was during an election campaign. The fact is that he was deputy to Churchill in the Coalition Government and Churchill was very fortunate to have him, and knew it. He was the perfect foil to Churchill, being a detail person, organising things to free up Churchill for what he was good at.
There is a case for saying that Atlee was the most effective P.M since the war
He wasn't Royalty he was from Nobility. Two separate things. He was HM'S first prime minister and her favourite. HM has only attended 2 funerals of her previous. Winston Churchill's and Margaret Thatcher's.
I want to apologize to my British friends on behalf of a significant number of informed Americans.
I get a kick out of watching YT-ers educating themselves, but his guy seems to be a bit of a goof-ball...
Thank you ! I find myself wanting to throw something at the computer
One of the greatest Statesmen, War Leader of all time ! What DO they teach about history in American schools ? Not for one moment do I think that all Americans are equally horrendously uninformed.
Well, everybody has to start somewhere. Better late than never. After 15 minutes of cringe inducing pain ( for us ) he will be better informed. Respect to him for that.
@@stirlingmoss4621 he also pauses it far to much to the point where you can’t enjoy the video.
@@JamieB-kt8sr yes, it's an unfortunate trait
Churchill was not responsible for events that led to the retreat to Dunkirk, the British Army had been run down in the inter war period and, whilst it was a professional core ‘Expeditionary’ force, the British have historically also invested more in the Navy. The Germans had outflanked the allied front and parts of it collapsed, there are some incredible stories of bravery on the fighting retreat to delay the German army. The order 'Fight to the last man and the last round’ gives an idea of just how crucial getting the core of the army back was. We forget just how close we came to a Nazi dominated future in Europe. This was a fight for the existence and future of the UK. So vital that the Coldstream Guards 'restored order by shooting some of the fleeing troops and turning others around at bayonet point’. This determination to fight on to protect the retreating troops, both British and French, along with Hitler deciding to halt operations, gave us a chance to regroup. The British Army weren’t always the most innovative or the best at offensives, but they were known for their determined and stubborn defence of positions. a mention also to the 51st Highlanders, who had to fight on.
It's funny that you end with saying English are stubborn in defence as it's a something I've often noticed.
I'll give a few examples.
Firstly, football. Watch them play and notice how they'll pass the ball all the way to opposition's box, then turn back and pass the ball back to the keeper. It happens almost every play. If the attacking pass isn't on..it's back to defence. Because you only attack when everything lines up perfectly
But it's even more deep rooted than that.
Even as far back as jousting!
In the UK, they'd ride on the left. So opponent would be on their right coming towards them. So.. their right hand (the stronger hand for most) would hold the shield! Defence was primary. The aim was to 'survive another round'. The joust was held in the left. Because you only attack when everything lines up.
In Europe the did the opposite. Ride on the right. So shield in the weak-hand. Joust in the dominant hand. Because attack was the name of the game
It's even reflected in cricket! You only ever lean back and smash it out of bounds when the bowl is perfect. Otherwise you lean forward and defend the wickets almost every time.
If you survive to fight another day then you will still be in the game when the perfect opportunity arises
Britain's success in WW2 is the same. Defend and resist until the perfect opportunity then wham! Operation Overlord!
@@jgreen2015 that’s fascinating about the jousting etc, it seems to be deep in culture. Films about war tend to be about fighting against the odds, particularly the old war films. It’s like a celebration of backs against the wall overcoming of a situation. The idea of supporting the underdog is another example. I think it’s been in the psyche and in literature, films and stories for a very long time and has rooted itself in attitudes.
@@widsof7862 well the traditional Hero's Journey which dates back as far as ancient Greeks (that we know of!) Is usually an underdog story
Normal person living a comfortable enough normal life
Gets a call to action
Resists at first
But then rising to the challenge.
From an evolutionary stand point - that tribe member that is DEFINITELY going to get eaten by that predator outsmarts the predator and survives. That's vital information for your survival next time. It makes sense that we would be Instinctively attuned to pay attention to such events!
There does seem to have been a lot of influence of strands of Greek philosophy for eg Stoicism, and also stories and ideals due to the emphasis on Classics for the upper classes who would tend to be the ones in positions of leadership. Then you would have the sort of national heroes and stories that would be known to most other people. Then i think each regiment would also have it’s own examples and history too.
If you you want a brilliant movie portrayal of Churchill, watch "Our Darkest Hour" and that will give you an idea of where we were at in 1940.
Def! That was a great movie and really encapsulates him and his place in history
Churchill was not "part of Royalty". His grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough (nobility but not royality) but his father was the younger son so did not inherit a title. His father rose to become Chanchellot of the Exchequer - the second most important post in the UK government, However he had caught syphilis and that drove him mad and then killed him.
Winston became an officer in Queen Victoria's army, before becoming a journalist.
He became a conservative MP, switched to the Liberals, became Home Secretary and introduce the first state pension. The he became First Lord of the Admiralty and was in charge as the Navy switched from coal to oil .
He took flying lessons before WW1, but his wife persuaded him not to go solo.
At the start of WW1 he was in charge of by far the most powerful navy in the world. He sponsored the Gallipoli campaign, took the blame, went to serve on the Western front, but was cleared by the inquiry and returned to government. He was a major before the war and became a lieutenant-colonel when he went to the front.
He switched back to the Conservatives and gained his father's old position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, not very successfully.
After the war he won the Nobel Prize for Literature - for him a minor achievement. He became Prime Minister again and was Queen Elizabeth the Second's first PM.
He was granted a state funeral. - ua-cam.com/video/GC1WEdgXKEI/v-deo.html
It was common for wealthy American women to travel to England in hopes of picking up a husband with a title, a tradition carried on in modern times by Megan Markle. Many English men with titles were broke and therefore also pretty keen to hook up with American heiresses. Winston's parents were introduced by the Prince of Wales and got engaged three days later.
Gallipoli was a monumental stuff up. The anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April, 1915, is still observed in solemn ceremonies in Australia and New Zealand on Anzac Day every year.
You need to understand that after Germany overran Europe, Britain stood alone against Hitler. If Britain had capitulated, there would have been no base from which the USA could launch the D Day invasion when they eventually turned up.
The sign Churchill is giving is not the peace sign, it is the V for Victory.
You might like the movies Dunkirk, The Darkest Hour and The King's Speech.
And as meghan can attest, it's still going on!
There's videos on the so called "Dollar Princesses", which explains this quite well.
However, those American ladies generally came from ‘Polite Society’ - albeit the American version. I don’t think we can accuse the Meagre Markle of being any such thing, right?
@@MrPercy112 Or an heiress either.
@@mikeantonio3163 except she didn’t have the Benjamins. 😂
I cannot believe you don't know who Churchill was. I suppose it was 80 odd years ago he really was famous for being the greatest Prime Minister of all time. My mother was Belgian, my dad was English, and they met in Belgium during the liberation in WW2 and subsequently married. Hence a lot of different nationalities met during the Great War, and WW2 which started some migration to different countries.
He didn't even know London got bombed during the war🤦
@@JD-eo7dr. That’s the American education system for you.
They teach their kids nothing.
He wasn't that popular at the time. Yes he won the war but he had some very questionable views & policies. I prefer Atlee.
@@sunseeker9581 Uhm- seems a good number of people preferred Atlee 👍
@@sunseeker9581 I base my views solely on his abilities to rally the fighting spirit during a terrible time. Who knows, we may have all been speaking German under the nazis if not for him.
Wow. Just wow. I don't want to pile-on to the guy, and it's good that he's up-front about not knowing 'the first thing about him' but really? This isn't even about the education system in the US or UK. I would have thought it was pretty much impossible to avoid knowing about Churchill, just from watching movies, reading newspapers or from general TV. It would be like not knowing who Donald Trump is, or that fire hurts. This isn't obscure knowledge. Again, the guy's honest about what he doesn't know. I'm just shocked, that's all.
Shocked me too but not surprised america seems to think they won the war entirely by themselves..
Donald who?
@@SnowmanN49He's a famous American liar, 22000 lies in 4years!
What wasnt mentioned was the fact he went among the people when the people had been bombed and wore a boiler suit. He suffered from depression but got through it by writing and painting
He said to have invented what we call today the onsie. It was a military style all-in-one, which meant if he was asleep he’d be already dressed in an emergency.
There’s a video on UA-cam titled, ‘We Shall Never Surender’, by Winston Churchill.
It’s a 12 minute video of Winston’s great World War II speech.
Now that WAS a speech to inspire!!
Churchill wrote his own speeches. Roosevelt and others had to really on professional speech writers. There was a story, sorry, i can't ink where when I got this, WSC flew back from a meeting Rejkavik maybe, wrote his speech on the plane upon landing went straight to westminster got up in front of Parliament and gave a blistering presentation of the accord they had just signed. It took the US process days to write. check,approve a Roosevellt speech. Asked how WSC could do that his communications secretary just said, "Sir I'm afraid he rolls his own"
recorded in the 1950's by the BBC
as no one had the tech to record it live
still best speech ever
@@philiprice7875
Oh the tech exised, see roosevelt or churchill addressing congress. But the Parliament heldout on being mic'd u and later teevised ell into the 1980's ornineties. Concerns that ome nembeeeeeeeeeeeeeers would plklay to the cmr.
ow I wonder whee they got that idea?
It’s not the peace sign but V for victory
The "Peace" sign is actually the "V" sign for "Victory"!
It has another meaning in the UK, as well....
@@skontheroad no that is a backwards V
Yet some of his speeches are outstanding and humbling and inspiring. In a time where Britain needed it the most.
Tyler. I'm staggered that you have no idea what went on the history of WW2.
There have been so many films, documentaries and TV series based on WW2 and the fallout in ensuing years to this day!
Germany had been gradually taking over Europe since Hitler and the NAZIs took over in 1933.
Britain entered the war on 3rd September 1939 when Poland was invaded. We had an agreement with them that we would go to their defence if invaded.
Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister at the time. Because we were underprepared things got very bad very quickly.
Hitler successfully invaded country after country.
You need to watch a film about "Dunkirk". By May 1940 Britain stood alone against Germany. You need to watch a film about "The Battle of Britain".
Until 22nd June 1941, Britain fought on alone. On this day Hitler made his second big mistake. He invaded the Soviet Union.
The USA did not enter the war until 7 Dec 1941 following a little attack on Pearl Harbour 😉
@@radicalturkey - My dad volunteered for the RCAF almost immediately when war was declared.
The film "Dunkirk" has flaws. The part played by Kenneth Branagh was portrayed as an English naval officer. Actually a Canadian who joined the Royal Navy, James Clouston from Montreal, was instrumental in the evacuation. Never mentioned of course nor were the Canadian soldiers who served there or the three Canadian destroyers who helped the evacuation. Since Dunkirk was in 1940 and there were allies from the "Empire" fighting with the UK at that time (although some were in the British forces) the UK was not all alone. Canada entered the war September 10th 1939 and within 2 months there were Canadian contingents arriving in the UK to supplement the BEF. Some were at Dunkirk. Canadian convoys also helped supply the UK at great risk. Britain "stood alone" as the last part of Europe to stand up to Hitler but not alone. Free Poles and others also fled Europe to the UK and volunteered.
@phil stabler - Canada declared war on September 10th, 1939 and within 2 months contingents were arriving in the UK and some were at Dunkirk along with 3 Canadian destroyers that helped with the evacuation. Learn your empire history.
@phil stabler - Your emojis certainly reveal your juvenile mentality. How old are you, 16? Canadians were fighting at Dunkirk and some were killed and captured although they were serving under the British army at that time. 47 sailors from the RCN also died when the Calcutta collided with the Fraser. Is that false? Prove otherwise or blow it out your butt.
Someone else mentioned Dunkirk and I responded. I did not get the data I presented from any film but from historical records.
Do you deny that Canadian supply convoys began almost as soon as war was declared? I lost a cousin on convoy duty and one in July after D-day in France at the Battle of Buron. He is buried at Beny sur Mer.
BTW, your also grammar sucks...."to many films" . WTF is "yerh"? Please note, no childish emojis were used in this response.
1940 NOT 1941
Churchill's parents married one for money, the other for a title...quite a common practice.
He was the right man ....at the right time.
....to lift our spirits....great job!!
Churchill was an expert at crafting words on paper from his foreign correspondent days so his well crafted speeches in parliament were unsurprising, and despite being in the wrong places some times he was the only appropriate person for the task of wartime prime minister, a war he realised very early was coming while others promoted appeasement.
You don't know who Churchill was ? Unbelievable. A damning indictment on the American education system. 3 films to watch .Darkest Hour . Young Winston . Gallipoli . Darkest Hour was made in 2017 and will tell you a lot about the character of the man . Voted as the greatest Briton , he was also a great friend of President Roosevelt . 🇬🇧
Don't forget The Gathering Storm
@@tallthinkev Noted
And also had to make an unholy alliance with Stalin.
@@chrisholland7367 very true.
@@chrisholland7367 As Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons." While hardly a fan of Stalin, Churchill, as a keen student of history (unlike Hitler) knew the perils of invading Russia (or, even more so, the Soviet Union). Attacking the Soviet Union was Hitler's greatest military mistake even though it was in line with his strategic target of eastward expansion. The eastern front became a black hole sucking in resources of men and materiel that Germany could ill afford, opening the door for the Allies to push forward from the West.
While the Soviet Union doubtless benefited from material support during the war, it more than repaid that debt in blood. Stalin was seemingly content to spend lives as Britain spent bullets; disposable and in virtually limitless supply. What the Soviet Union lacked in equipment it made up for in defence in depth; they could afford to fall back a few hundred miles without taking any significant strategic loss of territory, or, alternatively, stand their ground and throw in seemingly endless reinforcements (or simply order the defenders to fight to the last man).
Watch "Churchill the darkest hour" film of 2017 for Churchill's wartime contribution. Perhaps the greatest Briton, certainly in what he achieved by stopping Germany.
I must admit I winced when you said you didn't know who Churchill, one of the most important figures in not just British, but world history, was. However the important thing is you're willing to learn. Ignorance is excusable and often not the fault of the individual. Willful ignorance and a refusal to learn isn't IMO.
Churchill was 65 when he became PM. Amazingly he was an independent (not a member of a political party) at the time, something I believe is unique.
Churchill had been a member of the army, head of the Navy, a war correspondant and student of military history, so he was well suited to the role of wartime leader. His abilities during peace weren't so good.
He was driven by two things. Firstly he came from a great British noble family and many of his ancestors had made their mark on British history. In particular John Churchill the 1st Duke of Marlborough who was a famous general with some famous victories over the French who were the great European power of the time under Louis XIV. Winston was fascinated by his famous ancestor.
Secondly his father, Lord Randolph Churchill was a famous politician who's career ended after he clashed with the PM of the time. He also suffered from syphilis (very common amongst the population in those days), Syphilis in extreme cases can send you mad and it's thought this may have happened with Randolph. Both things left a bit of a stain and Winston felt pressured, especially by his mother, to restore the family name.
Churchill's 3 major contributions during WWI were:
1) Choosing to oppose the Nazi's and honouring our treaty with Poland which brought Britain into the war.
2) Uniting the nation and much of Europe in resisting the Nazi's despite many feeling they were unstoppable.
3) Forming and maintaining the Alliance between Britain, Russia, the US. Plus the free French. And basically showing the rest of Europe that there was still opposition to the Nazis. Churchill was the glue that kept the Alliance together.
Without Churchill it's highly likely that Europe would have remained under Nazi rule for many years, perhaps even today. Britain would either have been invaded in time or been ruled by a government highly influenced by Hitler and bending to his rule, little better than a puppet. As for Eastern Europe they'd have been under Nazi rather than Communist rule which would have made the world a very different place.
Politically Winston was an apostate. He was first a Liberal, then a Conservative.
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Churchill's father was also a great orator.
Regarding contribution #1- Britain declared war on Germany on Sept 3,1939 as a result of Germany's invasion of Poland and France. Winston didn't become prime minister until May 10, 1940, so you can't really give him credit for honouring the treaty with Poland. He was a great war leader though and a great speaker. The right man, in the right place, at the right time.
He was suffering from manic-depressive episodes and drank a lot, but still managed to do so much.
His father Lord Randolph Churchill was the younger son of the Duke of Marlborough. Winston was born in Blenheim Palace! He was a direct descendent of the great general who became the first Duke of Marlborough.
He was clearly a brilliant writer and he knew how to motivate people, but from the American perspective I have difficulty getting beyond his position in society opening doors for him all his life. I know it happens here too but I dont have to like it.
If Lord Halifax had succeeded in negotiating peace with Germany in WW 2, Briton would be a totally different country.
Thank god for Churchill.
He is held in very high regard in america, there is a USS Winston S Churchill (DDG-81) in the United States Navy.
The Navigation Officer is always a serving Royal Navy Officer on secondment.
Yes I hope he is joking. The Churchill, Spencer family line in the United States is well known. I wonder if he knows America is just a big extension of the UK and Europe as a whole. 🤦🤐😔🙄 Yet I can't stop watching his foolishness.
@@christineperez7562 sometimes I think he must wake up everyday as a blank canvas.
Winston Churchill was the greatest ever English man, it’s appalling that younger people are no longer taught how much we owe him🇬🇧🇬🇧
The depth of this chap’s ignorance gives the impression that he has just landed from Mars. However he unconsciously uses the phrase ‘darkest hours’: ‘their darkest hour’ often being used to refer to Britain in 1940 and ‘Darkest Hour’ is the film starring Gary Oldman as Churchill during this period.
He is trying to learn and is open about that. You are hidebound and closed-minded. He's better than you, British or not.
I don't think he is as ignorant as he pretends to be.
Churchill wrote a book "My Early Life" where he tells of his adventures as a war correspondence and his imprisonment by the Boers in South Africa and eventual escape. You would love it!
Do Americans not learn about world history?? This gentleman was one of the only commoners to be accorded a state funeral after his passing. He was simply extraordinary, he had outstanding oratory ability, he was THE figure of World War II in the UK.
He also won the Nobel prize for literature
Yes, a brilliant orator, "We will never surrender!"
The next thing I recommend you to react to is the 13 hours that saved Britain.And Winston Churchill was the one who invented the two fingers up to stand for victory, later used by the hippies fir peace sign, and yes he was the right man for the job at that time. And if we and other countries didn't win the war as you said it would of been a completely different world alot of us probably wouldn't of lived very long.
Churchill had been in the Army before ww1, and he had seen combat. When he lost office in ww1, he re-enlisted. The Gallipoli campaign could have worked, the problem was that while he could get the operation to happen, he could not choose the men who were running it. Unfortunately, the first attempt, where they tried to force ships though to Istanbul, failed because the admiral in charge did not sweep for mines, and the ships used were the older pre-dreadnoughts with little underwater protection, resulting in the loss of ships. The next attempt was a land campaign, this could have worked too, but the generals and officers in charge were not prepared for the type of fighting they were faced with and instead of pushing their advantage they dug in, effectively guaranteeing a trench war like the western front.
You should check out the film 'Darkest Hour' for a look at how Churchill became PM
I hated history in school. But an as adult I’m almost obsessed with it 😂. Everything in the world that has to do with history fascinates me.
Small point: nobility/aristocracy isn't the same as royalty.
It has to be said that Churchill divides many people. He made quite a few mistakes in his early military career and he got a lot of criticism for that and some would say he probably had views that would not be acceptable in todays world ( like so many in that time)but his determination to get Britain through WW2 at any cost proved crucial to stopping the Nazi regime. He was in his late 60’s when he first became Prime Minister so he had enough life experience to know that a leader like Hitler was not going to sit back and be peaceful. When the government wanted to do a no war deal with Hitler and think he would stick to it, he basically said ‘ no effing way is he going to do that, we do not give in or give him the high ground’.
Hos racial views actualy evolved over time and his talk on gass was about tear gass not poison gass
You might find it interesting to watch the 2017 movie 'Darkest Hour' starring Gary Oldman in his Oscar winning performance as Winston Churchill and Kristin Scott Thomas as his wife Clementine. Gary Oldman won The Academy Award for Best Actor.
If you can find it, you should watch the state funeral that was held for Churchill. It was amazing to see. I remember having the day off school in Toronto and watching it. It made a real impression on me. We were studying British history at the time.
Churchill probably would have been intrigued to learn that his closest prominent American relation was none other than Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States. Churchill was a fourth cousin twice removed.
Churchill was also distantly related to quite a few other presidents including the Adams & Bush father/son combinations. No doubt he would have been very pleased to know that he and Franklin D. Roosevelt were precisely 7th cousins. He was also an 8th cousin of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. In Hollywood, notable Churchill relations included John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Orson Welles, whom Churchill met.
But without Churchill, Britain would have lost WW2. He was brilliant.
He had been a back bench Member of Parliament (MP) for years. Not in the Cabinet or Government office. His warnings in the House of Commons that Britain should re-arm were ignored.
a real man's man. legend
You're forgetting that Gallipoli was in 1915. His previous failure was 25 years before WW2, its not like it was fresh in everyone's minds as this was going on.
I just saw the heading on this. How important was he??? Really? You must be joking! 🤣🤣🤣He was a great British Statesman & his wife was his greatest supporter. The greatest prime minister of England. I seem to think it was Lord Chamberlain who brought about the Gallipoli failures but I may be wrong about that. As well as Halifax, there was the abdicated ex-king of England, Edward VII the Duke of Windsor being all buddy buddy with Hitler.
I feel American history education could be vastly improved by simply playing every episode of Horrible Histories for the students (and probably the teachers too).
It may make them more interested in history, given its humour and target audience, but it might be a bit of a side-step accuracy-wise. The self-flagellation from the BBC gets a bit much and always seems to have us on the wrong side of whatever historical time or event they are exploring. I guess it's no wonder the youth think they hate being British.
The History Channel has admitted that, though an irreverently humorous take on history, Horrible Histories is actually highly accurate in the information given.
I'm Finnish and when I was about 14, I learned about Churchill.
Amazing man, a real statesman.
I absolutely love your videos. As a British person it’s lovely that you are so interested in the UK, culture, history etc. I do wonder if you have British heritage. Perhaps you will visit the UK soon. I love America but the UK is very beautiful and you would find it very different to your homeland.
There is a recent movie called Darkest Hour. Def worth a watch 😁
If you could imagine a situation where there is the chaos of war, added to what seemed to be an unstoppable force and in that situation, confusion and the potential for despair is present, what Churchill achieved was not to fake the situation as in his (i believe it was his first speech as PM) stated he had nothing to offer but: ‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’, and that the UK would ‘never surrender’. I would say he was critical in restoring morale and doing it in a way that didn’t pretend it was going to be easy. His main skill was as an orator, some of the most significant speeches in history. He wasn’t perfect, noone is, but what he did was vital. Also he left (mostly and to good effect) what authoritarian’s really struggle to do, set the objectives but let the military professional’s decide the best way to achieve them. Hitler couldn’t do this and kept making errors that had huge costs to the German Army.
I enjoy watching your reactions and your willigness to learn about the UK. As many comments below have also said I was surprised by your lack of knowledge about Sir Winston and, by the way, the videos you chose ( or were recommended to you) didn't do him justice.
Britain has a very long military history which I assume you don't know about. Check out some of the famous battles we have fought such as Agincourt and Waterloo (amongst many, many others) but please do try using proper documentaries not animations.
Bless! Amazing how Tyler didn’t know about the man that is Churchill. Glad you know about him now. 💪
His words, his delivery is what makes him a great orator! I think you are really missing the point of the man !
CHURCH-ILL not Church Hill. There are not two Hs in his surname.
I love your videos. Lovely to see genuine interest and curiosity about things you're not familiar with and to hear your take on things. Keep up the good work!
Thie first video does not mention it, but before Churchill was a war correspondent he had been a cavalry officer in the British Army and seen action on the North West Frontier. His first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" was about his experiences fighting the tribes that a century later would form the bedrock of the Taliban. He also took part in a cavalry charge at the Battle of Omdurman (1898) in what is now Sudan.
Which is the reason he was able to join the British Army as an officer in the First World War. However he was only in the front line for a short period as he was still a Member of Parliament (MP), and later in the war he rejoined the government as Minister for Munitions.
Book of his quotes available on Amazon ,he was a capable bricklayer,painter ,author and much more
Winston is responsible for the battle Tank. When the idea was muted it was roundly laughed at. He surreptitiously (Illegally) diverted war funds for it's development
Great video! I learned a lot and find your history 'class' far more interesting than what I learned in school. Glad you followed up with the second video about Churchill's life ☺
I know of Winston Churchill (being I’m an elderly Canadian) but just love Tyler’s perspective as a young man in his 20s. I certainly believe him to be very genuine and humble - not afraid to admit it when he doesn’t know something. My kids are a bit vague on any extensive info and details about Churchill too and my oldest grandchild ( an Australian) who just entered university has some idea too but really Churchill was born in 1870s! That’s about 150 years ago! Might as well be asking about Julius Caesar ! When I was in Paris we were just driving along when I spotted a large statue of Sir Winston - it looks to be about 12 feet high. He was larger than life and the way the sculpture portrays him reflects that beautifully as he is walking with great determination.
Just to give you another perspective, I also know/knew very very little about Churchill and frankly I've never cared to learn much. I am fascinated though how everyone reacts to his speeches, despite not feeling or comprehending why myself. But I view things in a somewhat different manner to most. As someone who grew up loving strategy I tend to see things in terms of cause and effect, rather than emotionally or inspiring. Yet even with my different lens of view I have the utmost respect for Churchill as an incredible person, far beyond his peers of the time. He is praised for his oratory, passion, and resolve, but I see him as someone with a great understanding of strategy, able to see what no one else could or wanted to. If Britain had made peace with Hitler as many others of the time initially wanted to do, it would have ended in disaster. Not just for the rest of the world, but for Britain as well. The peace would only have lasted until the Germans were no longer threatened by the Russians, and there would have been no warning of attack. It would have been over before a defence could be mounted. For me that is the greatest aspect of Churchill, that he could see that so clearly his course became obvious.
Really ??? You did not know who Churchill was the man's a hero among the greatest generation ,saw us through our darkest hours . He rallied the nation with his infamous speeches .
No offence, but what do they teach in the US. Having said that it's great to hear Tyler being so willing to learn
Was thinking the same thing, you can't teach about WW2 without learning about Churchill, and if they didn't learn about WW2 what do they teach?
American education is largely teaching students how to dodge bullets for twelve years to be able to graduate with a high school diploma!
These days, they teach stuff like ‘Critical Race Theory’ and ‘Gender Studies’ - American students aren’t even taught their own history anymore.
My mother still remembered listening to his speeches on the radio 75 years later.
Even as an Australian I cringed a bit, that you didn’t know who Winston Churchill or his place in Global history
Churchill's parents were an example of a quite common development in the 19th century. Impoverished nobility ( with titles) contracted marriages with rich American heiresses ( who were already fabulously wealthy , but craved social status ) to the advancement of both parties.
Apparently his mother was one of the stable of Edward VII.😊
I honestly think this guy is a genius and is just injecting information in to us in the funniest way possible... If you watch this video with the understanding this guy knows all and is just trying to educated you further when he talks its quite fascinating
Yeah I don't buy the goldfish any more.
It’s difficult to tell, given the cultural differences. Personally, I can’t make him out at all. However, I wouldn’t want my education to hang on owt he had to say, regardless of how fascinating you might find him.
@@MrPercy112 I would only say- watch this video back with the understanding he knows it all amd see how he directs people to learn? He is a genius
Thats just your optimism about American education ! There are many You Tube videos demonstrating the
utter ignorance of teenage American students ! Watch some of them, you will be appalled. For example
a question, Wwhere is Africa " ? answer "in France ?" many more such examples .
@@marycarver1542 who is Kendel Jenner’s younger sister? People might ridicule you but yeah I’ve seen all
You can watch Darkest Hour film, which starts as he became Prime Minister, he was fighting his opponents in the cabinet as well as Hitler.
He spoke with such a matter of fact way that you just didn’t doubt him
(Should we break it to him that WC was voted out shortly after VE Day, but made a comeback?)
We were taught about him in South Africa at school being a former English colony watch the movie about him with Gary Oldman Love your humour!!!! 😇🙏📺🎥👀🎉🎊🎦😂
is your country still a part of the Commonwealth? i know it was once, but not sure now.
Yes S
South Africa is a a member of the Commonwealth. Mandela and the Queen, seemed very fond of each other. They just seemed to click.
Winston Churchill was born of privilege and nobility (nobility is definitely not royalty).
I'm amazed that so little is known (in the US) of anything that happened outside the Continental US borders since 1776. He is also part of US History but I suppose that doesn't work for some.
Churchill was probably the instrumental cornerstone of WW2 and any involvement by the US and the lend-lease arrangement and later involvement of the US from December 1941.
Mention Winston Churchill to the world (except the US) and pretty much anyone can tell you about him. He is part of education. He is also a Nobel Prize winning author.
He is also received a State Funeral here in the UK. A rare thing for a commoner.
Just want to point out that Nobility is not the same as Royalty, think more nobility as the servants of royalty who have sworn allegiance, and becoming a noble is generally either through inheritance of a title from parents or being appointed by royalty a noble's title for their deeds.
I can't work out if you're putting on the ignorance for the videos, but sorry even if you weren't taught about Churchill in history, it's one of those figures everyone knows. I enjoy your reactions btw, just this seems crazy to me.
Most Americans don't get taught things outside of there own country. I've seen alot people from usa reacting to worldwide things in shock. The usa likes to spin the narrative, they and they alone swooped in to save us from hitler
Yeah I think he might be playing to the audience
@@eddhardy1054 No he is not. Trust me
@@VincitOmniaVeritas. oh dear...oh dear oh dear oh dear 😔
@@eddhardy1054 Indeed.
You should react to his speeches they are amazing
If you enjoy listening to a deranged old drunk slurring his words 🤣
“We will fight them on the beaches. We will fight them on the landing grounds-we will never surrender!”🎩🇬🇧
At the age of twenty three he was in the army with the twenty first lancers this Regermant took part in the last cavalry charge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 .he later said if it were not for his Mauser C96 he doubted if he would of survived because the Regerment fell into a trap and had to fight there way out just to survive
"Regiment" ... just for your future info !
@@marycarver1542 why thank you for letting me know I'll tell my pad to spell it right as well its dyslexic just like me
You should really look at videos on Dunkirk, Battle of Britain and Blitz. It's inspiring, sad and shocking.
Members of the nobility are aristocrats, not royals. Nobles were/are granted titles such as that of Lord, usually as reward for or recognition of significant service to the country and the Crown.
If you really want to know the importance of Winston Churchill, look into the blitz and rationing in the UK during WW2 to understand how important he was to British moral during WW2
Churchill had already served in the British Army between 1895-1900; seeing servicer in Cuba, Northern India, the Sudan and South Africa. It was these postings that he wrote about in newspaper articles and books.