Winston Churchill: In the Darkest Hour

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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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@Biographics 6 лет назад

We attributed the wrong author/writer to this video. This was written by Crystal Sullivan.

@bjs301 6 лет назад

How do I get her autograph?

@borntowild480 6 лет назад

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

@pastorclay82 6 лет назад

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?

@gaddy555 6 лет назад

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

@feelsgoodman9751 6 лет назад

Can u do one on Suleiman the magnificent ( the Lawgiver ) ? please??

@missingtho8353 3 года назад

Imagine being 14 when Jack The Ripper killed his victims in london and living up to hear The Beatles

@gutsjoestar7450 3 года назад

jack the ripper lived in the late victorian British island around 60 years apart from the beatles it's not long ago

@zenmastergaming6424 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@missingtho8353 3 года назад

@@gutsjoestar7450 70* and churchill was already 14 so it's still interesting for me.

@jackmorgan3405 3 года назад

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

@harinduathapaththu721 2 года назад

While smoking cigars and drinking whisky

@julemandenudengaver4580 6 лет назад

my favorite quote from Churchill: “I cannot live without champagne. In Victory I deserve it, in defeat I need it”.

@jamellfoster6029 3 года назад

My kind of person....

@choxxxieful 3 года назад

Hear ! Hear !

@NavdeepSingh-ch8xi 3 года назад

And to ignore the harsh reality of Bengal famine

@NavdeepSingh-ch8xi 3 года назад

@@tuskular yes at that time french were ruling india

@NavdeepSingh-ch8xi 3 года назад

@@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!

@bobbiemanueldelapena4997 5 лет назад

"You have enemies? Good! That means you've stood up for something in your life." -Sir Winston Churchill #KeepCalmAndCarryOn!

@lubo25 5 лет назад

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.

@tirthankarpandit7009 4 года назад

Lol ...he killed millions of my ancestors.. Through starvation(The Great Bengal Famine).

@smokedoofman4763 4 года назад

Tirthankar Pandit nobody cares

@tirthankarpandit7009 4 года назад

@@smokedoofman4763 i know but i will not let u forget..may god bless you and get well soon

@IronAxeGaming1 4 года назад

@@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.

@amoosethatrants9720 4 года назад

Churchill jumping off a bridge and taking the injury instead of surrendering to defeat is so true of his character

@criscabrera9098 4 месяца назад

Yea that sounds like him so much

@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 5 лет назад

_"I never ‘worry’ about action, but only about inaction."_ -Winston Churchill

@Edmonton-of2ec 4 года назад

*Laughs in Calvin Coolidge*

@riohenry1455 4 года назад

“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.

@paulheap1982 4 года назад

@@riohenry1455 yeah, we get it. Stfu.

@walkingenthusiast 3 года назад

Yeah actions that killed millions..

@panzerofthelake506 3 года назад

@@riohenry1455 it was propaganda written by him. Theres a thing called war propaganda

@w5527 5 лет назад

14:17 "...Holland, Belgium, and the Netherlands." Hitler invaded the Netherlands so hard that he invaded them twice

@SPEEDTER601 4 года назад

Yeah and he tried to invade England and the UK.🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@SPEEDTER601 4 года назад

@@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.

@xChaos23 4 года назад

@@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.

@jamesenglish3031 4 года назад

@@PetriDishB ever heard of the battle of Britain?

@impendingdoom385 4 года назад

VIC RATTLEHEAD \,,/

@tonylove4800 4 года назад

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.

@gamingvn3797 3 года назад

Churchill will be cry this

@sirdiesalot2975 3 года назад

@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.

@thelegendthemyththeman4772 3 года назад

@@sirdiesalot2975 wouldn’t that mean starlin being born was worst

@filipkajmakoski8464 3 года назад

@@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

@ferociousgumby 3 года назад

"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.”

@AlexKeens 5 лет назад

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!

@sorcierenoire8651 5 лет назад

He means his achievements were so big it didnt fit well in our reality. Or something like that.

@ronakino 4 года назад

Those were the ones who didn’t pay attention in history class.

@Glund117 4 года назад

That 1/5 must have been the youth of London

@generaljakeb9230 4 года назад

Bloody bastards forgot about old Winston. After being their prime minister! Oh well we shall hope they will be wiser in our future

@stevenpdxedu 4 года назад

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.

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

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".

@MarkHarrison733 Год назад

Churchill was bribed to destroy Europe and the Bitish Empire by Strakosch.

@mariolis 11 месяцев назад

@@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 ?

@GBfanatic15 5 месяцев назад

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

@joshlangston4605 5 лет назад

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

@jgrj52 4 года назад

My favorite quote from churchill is "when you're going through hell go straight through it".

@brimonkmonk8212 3 года назад

He was truly fearless and one of a kind

@John-cj6pr 4 года назад

His final words " I'm bored with it all". Truly an amazing life.

@gutsjoestar7450 4 года назад

He said I'm tired with it all

@livethefuture2492 3 года назад

truly he lived, i suppose that's the line we all ultimately strive for in our lives.

@UserHandle454 2 года назад

He's a hypocrite

@stormywindmill 2 года назад

@@UserHandle454 --?

@theone7059 2 года назад

@@UserHandle454 everyone is

@Axel1051 2 года назад

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."

@JavierCR25 5 лет назад

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.

@bigploppa154 Год назад

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

@peacenow42 Год назад

it didn't sound that tough to me.

@HistoryMadeSimple90 Год назад

@@bigploppa154 what 😂

@bigploppa154 Год назад

@@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

@gpll8135 4 года назад

He essentially attempted suicide to avoid losing a kids game

@WhompingWalrus 4 года назад

I wouldn't say suicide - he probably wasn't aiming to kill himself - he just cared more about winning than self preservation, seems.

@MrGeorgeFlorcus 3 года назад

Because Churchill would NEVER SURRENDER!

@damonguzman 2 года назад

Losing was never an option

@the_once-and-future_king. 2 года назад

It's what he calls a pro-gamer move.

@Emily-od9do 2 года назад

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they’ve tried everything else.” -my favorite quote

@InquisitorThomas 6 лет назад

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.

@NequeNon 6 лет назад

Inquisitor Thomas not just Gallipoli. But he was the right man at the right time when it came to ww2.

@Unwise- 6 лет назад

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.

@markharrison2544 6 лет назад

And sending the Black and Tans to Ireland.

@jimyoung2188 6 лет назад

ww2 galipolli ????? Try and get your facts right try ww1idiot

@alideniz1367 6 лет назад

He was out classed by Ataturk and the Turkish people at Galipoli. Only difference is, we are taught about Churchill but never Ataturk

@benbovard9579 5 лет назад

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.

@gaminggeneral1324 5 лет назад

There was a show about the most important person from the 19c and Alan Turing won

@lukes672 5 лет назад

Gaming General well that’s not right considering Turing was born in the 20th century

@gaminggeneral1324 5 лет назад

Luke S my mistake 20c

@timefliesandaeroplanescras816 4 года назад

Cos we all brain washed in school..Churchill was elitist evil through n through..

@benbovard9579 3 года назад

@marty rac Yes we should blame a man who lived seventy years ago for things that happened in the past fifteen years makes sense.

@nicoleneilabela1191 5 лет назад

topography isn't mapmaking, topography is the study of the terrain of an area, mapmaking is cartography

@bones3439 5 лет назад

*me,an idiot* what

@paulheap1982 4 года назад

And what is topography used for? Making maps. 😂

@rain_and_daisies 5 лет назад

I got teary when Simon talked about his funeral. You earned it Churchill.

@linadewood Год назад

Sure but also did you know that Churchill killed millions of Indians and had racist thoughts?😊

@rodgerhargoon3402 7 месяцев назад

One of his great hobbies was also hating Indians....

@Dsdcain 6 лет назад

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

@markharrison2544 6 лет назад

No it couldn't.

@michaelahern9883 6 лет назад

Dsdcain He caused ww2 ye dunmy.

@Zach-Fetters 6 лет назад

Mark Harrison lmao care to explain or are you pulling a toddler?

@markharrison2544 6 лет назад

The Axis did not have the resources or the economic/industrial/military capacities to carry out a long war against the British Empire.

@adamallford2400 6 лет назад

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...

@kazoolhu9176 6 лет назад

He may have not been the hero they wanted at the time but he's the hero we need. May Churchill never be forgotten.

@DanSoldierGuy 4 года назад

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.

@avinashvaluveri3903 4 года назад

Ah yes, the great man who caused the Bengal famine which killed up to 3 million people.

@gearyt2355 4 года назад

@@avinashvaluveri3903 he drew food away from a colony to feed his own country, you'd do the same

@ivoxvxi7482 4 года назад

@@gearyt2355 ok what about the hit squads and the open racism?

@gearyt2355 4 года назад

@@ivoxvxi7482 WHAT! A MAN BORN IN THE MID TO LATE 1800'S WAS A RACIST! HOW COULD THIS BE?

@gearyt2355 4 года назад

@@ivoxvxi7482 also the hit squads were a smart military division that literally all countries, even the less developed ones, took advantage of

@samtrujillojr 5 лет назад

Where would the UK or the USA without him? It shows us that even in our imperfections we can do great things.

@trevorj79 5 лет назад

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.

@andym9571 3 года назад

The whole world in fact. Especially Europe

@trevorj79 3 года назад

@MartyrX you seem to have forgotten the part of history where his predecessor was ready to capitulate

@trevorj79 2 года назад

@MartyrX that’s just ridiculous

@tomben6180 2 года назад

@@trevorj79 That was genuinely the US plan, to invade Canada in the event of Germany defeating Britain.

@tommyculver6771 6 лет назад

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!

@brimonkmonk8212 3 года назад

I just found him it's amazing videos

@NOrtiz-xd1ki 6 лет назад

Finally, been waiting for Churchill

@ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад

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

@catharinepizzarello4784 2 года назад

I never knew about Churchill as a person. Such a warrior. Always to be free. Thank you so much

@hansmerker5611 4 года назад

Winston Churchill: the queens most loyal knight.

@ThatSherbieGuy 4 года назад

King’s* King George VI was ruling when Churchill became prime minister

@kingping7979 3 года назад

@@ThatSherbieGuy he also was PM between 1950-1955 and Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1952

@BrandanTheBroker 3 года назад

Roosevelt and Churchill: the bromance all other bromances try to be

@andrewhall7930 4 года назад

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!

@Bama334 3 года назад

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".

@rimfire8217 2 года назад

Ha that’s funny

@Unwise- 6 лет назад

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.

@fynbo1007 6 лет назад

As always, a very interesting and informative video. Thank you for sharing your amazing video

@guruprasadf07 3 года назад

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.

@roberthess3939 Год назад

Well done Simon and company! Thank you so much for this Biographic on one of my favorite historical figures. Best,

@mikeytrains1 6 лет назад

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.

@jessicaseyfried7888 6 лет назад

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 RU-vid in the evening and I say that I want to watch Simon! 😎❄️💜💙💋

@KK-lu1vh 3 года назад

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.

@baronlane7915 2 года назад

he's the unofficial mass murderer of Bengal, greatest man my ass

@seanlander9321 Год назад

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.

@christopherfrost 5 лет назад

Love these videos. Why do you have so many drones though?!

@theparadigm8149 3 года назад

Wait, what? 😂

@ndogg20 2 года назад

@@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.

@theparadigm8149 2 года назад

@@ndogg20 LOL! 😆 Maybe he does use them for bombings!

@brettgalloway6187 6 лет назад

I very much enjoy all Biographic videos, but I especially enjoyed the one about Winston Churchill.

@tomandgames370 6 лет назад

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.

@InquisitorThomas 6 лет назад

TomEnGames probably meant Luxembourg

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

The pronunciation of Gallipoli was also...interesting.

@bobbob5255 6 лет назад

It's north Holland and south Holland not just holland

@ChristIsGod777 5 лет назад

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).

@DutchBane 5 лет назад

Scheer hem

@coldwarsarge7592 4 года назад

Always a favorite WW2 character! Great video, Simon!

@SavageGerard 4 года назад

Thanks Simon - loved this one - but really love all the great work you do.

@fishingfanaticsuk 6 лет назад

best biographics yet! keep em coming!

@ricardoarias1279 6 лет назад

Thank you Simon, this video gave me chills.

@secretshaman189 5 лет назад

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!!

@rhob5730 3 года назад

In the southern Welsh valleys, he's best remembered for the "let them eat lead" quote. A monster.

@felipe367 6 лет назад

One of the better biographical videos to date

@clumsyluu 6 лет назад

Simon I love your videos! great work!

@7466sd 3 года назад

I love your channel.... every time it takes me to an incredibly adventurous voyage. Thanks.

@dibyendusasmal Год назад

"History is written by winners. And winners lie"

@thomasmatthewharris1980 Год назад

You rather live under the nazis

@dibyendusasmal Год назад

@@thomasmatthewharris1980 you live under the lie . Bekuf insaan

@warhawkjah 5 лет назад

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.

@bones3439 5 лет назад

Couldn't that mean he could become a president if he somehow wanted to? Damn,that's pretty cool.

@presence9745 5 лет назад

@@bones3439 no

@bones3439 5 лет назад

@@presence9745 how so

@presence9745 5 лет назад

@@bones3439 You have to born in the U.S. c'mon you know that😔

@Laughandsong 4 года назад

@@presence9745 Tell that To Ted Cruz!

@MrSukhoi25 Год назад

Very few people in history I admire as much as I admire Winston Churchill

@maurus01 2 года назад

Great video ! Thank you for posting it.

@stephenlane9168 3 года назад

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.

@terrencemunro 3 года назад

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”

@benontko6938 5 лет назад

That was beautifully done

@scottmitchell358 5 лет назад

Well done. Please keep them coming. Cheers!

@ladybayside7547 5 лет назад

Thank you for this, one of my favourites. 😊

@UpcycleElectronics 6 лет назад

Awesome job on this one! I totally forgot about everything else. I was completely emersed in this story.

@joeottsoulbikes415 4 года назад

This was a really really good one Simon! Thank you!

@nimba1966 2 года назад

Iv been a massive fan of all your videos but this was head and shoulders above everything else. It as presented with fact and humour and I feel really caught the essence of Winston. Amazing effort Simon

@faded_ink3545 5 лет назад

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.

@meirwise1107 4 года назад

The was one of Orson Welles embellished stories!

@lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад

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?

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

My favorite was "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would at least make favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons"

@lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад

Evan Friend Indeed, that was pretty good as well!

@tasinal-hassan8268 6 лет назад

_"I hate Indians!They are a beastly people with a beastly religion!"_- Winston Churchill

@lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад

Charlie K Feel better that u got the exact wording out?

@zappawoman5183 6 лет назад

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!"

@Hemimike426 6 лет назад

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.

@thelitterbug7624 5 лет назад

Unbelievably good video, loved it

@mohameddweep5235 2 года назад

Great content !

@shivamjha2641 Год назад

This "Lion" killed 3 million people in 1943 Bengal famine

@benbehzadpour1177 6 лет назад

Churchill really was larger than life itself. I wish the U.K. had a prime minister like him now.

@acrefray 6 лет назад

It would be a total disaster in just about every way. Feel free to vote for the EDL next election though.

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

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...

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

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.

@MrEvanfriend 6 лет назад

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.

@ashutoshprakash3017 6 лет назад

OH HELL NO. we indians aren't gonna be filled with starving famines again.

@jshous 5 лет назад

You got some good stuff here, Simon. I enjoy all your vids.

@gharionkidunyaunitime2275 2 года назад

Very Nice, Brilliant,Informative

@peterd.1104 6 лет назад

i love these :) and finally WC!

@icmmapping2660 6 лет назад

“hitler invaded holland, belgium, and the netherlands.” jokes aside though, great episode!

@icmmapping2660 3 года назад

@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”.

@stevenkidd6761 5 лет назад

Thank you again for the in-depth research and very paltable presentation 👍 Your pacing is always easy to listen to and watch. I do hope that some if your various channels and programs are used by educators as supplemental material 🙏

@Shamelesscritique1 4 года назад

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.

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 4 года назад

I like how the Carol of the Bells was playing in the background in the beginning. Very nice

@carolbenson6524 6 лет назад

Really enjoyed this! I hope his movie is accurate. Thank you.

@sameyers2670 6 лет назад

Thank you I really enjoyed this video

@mindlessthreadz2373 3 года назад

Great job Simon

@pointly 4 года назад

The UK has never known such a great man since the passing of the Father of the Nation. Rest in peace Sir Winston Churchill.

@daviddegea1558 3 года назад

bro he was guilty of genocide how tf is he great

@phanindrak9880 3 года назад

David de gea he did won the world war . I’m an Indian myself but trust me if it weren’t for him and the Americans there would have been a much larger genocide. Did you know about the atrocities of Japanese imperial army in the east. Just imagine if they had come to India. Sacrificing some for a greater deed is ok I guess. That’s how world works

@daviddegea1558 3 года назад

@@phanindrak9880the nazis had no chance of winning they didn't have nuclear bombs and the us did

@phanindrak9880 3 года назад

@@daviddegea1558 can't you read what I said. I spoke about a situation where us didn't interfere. The us though conducted manhattan test in 1939 didn't had a nuke until 1945. If nazis and Japanese didn't poke usa they would have clearly won. Every historian will tell you that axis powers were winning until hitler made a stupid decision to conquer Russia. When USA made a military entry then the allied nations made a comeback and won the war. If it wasn't for America then axis powers would have won the war comfortably.

@timetraveltvniles7650 3 года назад

David de gea you are the worst historian ever, Germany was out of the War before the atom bomb came about.

@france-andreelefebvre5976 6 лет назад

Love your treatment of Churchill. I’m astounded that so many kids think he was fictional!

@MrTexasDan 2 года назад

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.

@jacobmortimore 5 лет назад

Man I love these, i learn so much.

@roxt1 6 лет назад

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.

@betweenthepanels9145 6 лет назад

Christopher Griffin leaving out his crimes is irresponsible.

@uvscuti2047 6 лет назад

Between the Panels dude chill my guy

@Wingo537 5 лет назад

@@dsodragon8152 he has a point though. Why hasn't ghandi died then?

@dsodragon8152 5 лет назад

@@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.

@dsodragon8152 5 лет назад

@@kakyoin9688 I don't think he would have traveled 5000km south just to fight with Indians.

@Packless1 5 лет назад

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...!

@ninonijaradze5843 4 года назад

thanks for videoss

@jacobzaranyika9334 2 года назад

Thank you 🙏 Simon Thank you 🙏 Biographic

@catbyte0679 4 года назад

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.

@Delta2-4Gaming 4 года назад

Truman? You mean the guy that destroyed the economy? And was a terrible president? Replace him with regan and you have a good list

@catbyte0679 4 года назад

@@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.

@wikitewok1383 4 года назад

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.

@wikitewok1383 4 года назад

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

@dunkirksollutions2862 4 года назад

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

@doublehelixe2616 4 года назад

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.

@jimreilly917 2 года назад

Except he hasn’t been alive since the late 60s. And a few Caesars would dispute the rest…

@hirakchatterjee5240 Год назад

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?

@senato_x9293 5 лет назад

Could not have done my essay without this, thanks!

@nairemlap533 5 лет назад

These videos are fantastic, and you are a fantastic historian, bravo

@Saxon-Jack 2 года назад

Say what you want but that man kept England alive during it's darkest times.. he was an incredible person.

@jonnnyren6245 4 года назад

That 5% of British teens thinking Winston is fictional is absolutely insulting for me. Just one other reason I'd rather go into exile in an offshore library away from this society. As a Canadian throughout my youth I have been inspired by Sir Winston Churchill and especially, ESPECIALLY his historic speech to Parliament on that historic June 4th, 1940. My late uncle and grandfather would always tell me if you're in a bad situation and looking for some voice to inspire you to keep on fighting and move on, remember good ol' Winston Churchill. This man, in the words of President Kennedy "mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle" and INDEED HE DID.

@DaisyLee1963 4 года назад

Really good video. And this guy tells a good story. I like his presentation of the material.

@enericosampang115 2 года назад

Another excellent bio ..congratulations ..

@petestaley7903 3 года назад

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?"