Great piece Brenda and it's interesting how views differ on Churchill. Certainly in northeast England he is not so revered. My mother an ammunition worker in the Second World War remembered him being booed when he visited their factory during the war. My great uncle lost his life at Gallipoli and many thought Churchill managed to shift the blame for the disaster. He wanted to try the same thing again in the second world war but thankfully the American allies saw the folly and said no. He was also disliked when Home Secretary for his views on working people and during an early 20th century miners strike brought in the army to force the men back to work allegedly saying "drive the rats back to their traps". It was no surprise he lost the 1945 election even though seen as a good 'wartime leader'
I hit a speed bump over the six months of fighting between early August 1914 and late 1915, but never mind. As a student of history and military affairs, including the years one might say were dominated by Churchill, it's fair to say also that as much as I admire him and regret never having the chance to meet him, he was capable of being one of the most cold hearted bastards who ever led a wartime government. But that's also in part why he was the man for the job.
Great piece Brenda and it's interesting how views differ on Churchill. Certainly in northeast England he is not so revered. My mother an ammunition worker in the Second World War remembered him being booed when he visited their factory during the war. My great uncle lost his life at Gallipoli and many thought Churchill managed to shift the blame for the disaster. He wanted to try the same thing again in the second world war but thankfully the American allies saw the folly and said no. He was also disliked when Home Secretary for his views on working people and during an early 20th century miners strike brought in the army to force the men back to work allegedly saying "drive the rats back to their traps". It was no surprise he lost the 1945 election even though seen as a good 'wartime leader'
I hit a speed bump over the six months of fighting between early August 1914 and late 1915, but never mind. As a student of history and military affairs, including the years one might say were dominated by Churchill, it's fair to say also that as much as I admire him and regret never having the chance to meet him, he was capable of being one of the most cold hearted bastards who ever led a wartime government. But that's also in part why he was the man for the job.