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-Short Attention Span Theater-
On this day in history, Nov. 30, 1874, indomitable British statesman and WWII hero Winston Churchill is born
2022-11-30
[FOX] Winston Churchill, whose resolute leadership and combative spirit rallied Britain when it stood against Nazi Germany in some of the darkest days of World War II, was born in Oxfordshire, England, on this day in history, Nov. 30, 1874.

Churchill was thrown into a cauldron of global warfare, also battling Imperial Japan in Asia, and thrived under the pressure of statesmanship in the defense of democracy.

He assumed the role of British prime minister on May 10, 1940, replacing ineffective Neville Chamberlain, the same day that Hitler launched his new mechanized blitzkrieg war machine on a frightening offensive across Western Europe.

Netherlands, Belgium and France all collapsed within six weeks.

Churchill's fearless reaction, as England sat in the crosshairs of an expected invasion, still steel the spirit and inspire determination today.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  There were some rumors (conspiracy theories they are called today) that Churchill sympathized with the farmer-soldiers, which led some to believe he was permitted to escape in order to tell their side of the story to the British upper crust and politicians.

Of course you can hear or read about anything.
Finding the actual evidence of the theory is something else again.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-30 12:03  

#2  ^ very cool
Posted by: Frank G   2022-11-30 11:06  

#1  Pretoria, SA 'Model School' now a library and museum, where Winston Churchill was held prisoner and escaped his Boer captors via the crawl space.



Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-30 09:34  

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