Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, 1929-39 

I'm glad that it was of use to you, Matthew. Regards - Alan.

history? to my father , it was current affairs

Tully Bascombe Thanks Tully.

He didn’t care about democracy. Before the war he was fascinated by hitler. He was a raging racist

And a great quote that is too!

For folk of your ilk I so wish you could enjoy the delights of a Nazi concentration camp.

That was said by Stanley Baldwin, whose judgment, as history records, does not compare favorably with Churchill's, to put it mildly.

There were definitely bufoons in this documentary but Winston was not one of them

Not me, Dave. That's a decision made by RU-vid.

Of course he was .......

What a weirdo

Why would it include something from 1915 when the year range is 1929-39?

It covered his birth, parentage, schooling, military record, and other pertinent details, even though they occurred prior to 1929, didn't it?

The people voted Churchill out, because after the sacrifices they made during the war. they wanted change. And they got it in the form of the NHS.

There was no money for poor Russians (actually, they were Ukrainians, Armenians, Georgians, White Russians and many others, all fighting for freedom from Moscow). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Year_Rule I'm sure they appreciated the...ahem..."hopes and prayers". But then again, it wasn't Churchill's fault that the "winners" of Versailles were busy renunciating the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the ONLY thing which had kept the commies relatively weak up to that point in time...

Would be nice to see American regime-change politicians take this advice.

What nation is he a criminal to?

criminal to me and my grandfather who fought in the first world war and had shrapnel coming out of him until he died in 1974. Am also from a mining area so I am not his no 1 fan. Been reading about him since the whole 50 year anniversary of his death and have uncovered a lot more than I knew about, Hess wanting to bring the war to an end, the Lusitania, his alcoholism and worse. One man's hero is another man's terrorist.

edwardpf123 India obviously. He was a brutal racist. At the time when Leo Amery, at the time, a member of perliament also marshall of India, while having a conversation, Winston Churchill simply stated "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion". To which Leo Amery made a note stating he sees no difference in Churchill's view to that of Hitler. When British administration in India requested for food to help millions of Indians dying due to starvaation (the food shortage that was caused by exploitation)(Not exactly food shortage but failure in distribution as they were shipped elsewhere following Churchill's demand hat India exports rice supported by food production 2years before the event) the exploitation (rising food prices due to inflation)(rice export) never stopped. Ghandi sent letters to Nazi Germany (Hitler) showing his sympathy showing great mistrust to British claims about Nazi Germany. But anyway, just realised u commented 9 months ago, probably none of your interest at this stage.

@@edwardpf123 Nazi Germany

Uhm...Bernie Sanders? LOL..just kidding :-)

Hello Je How are you doing today?

The doc deals with events from 1929-39. Why should she have mentioned it?

Ralph Bernhard Well she made it appear that he did not have a point. His positions were not politically correct then and even more so now but he was broadly correct. He thought more of a multipartisan approach rather than relying on Ghandi alone. He thought that provincial rule should come first. I think that that should have happened earlier. Read his speeches. I hate typing.A speech given on March 18 1931 Albert Hall London. Our Duty in India. Look it up.

Peter Bradshaw: Not silly, really. The bloodshed was nothing compared to what a revolution would have shed. Instead, India went through a period of sorting out what they wanted and today they have exactly what they desired.

India should focus on reparations for Untouchables. Apartheid. Churchill is a diversion from India's evils.

I think Alain means 10 vinyl discs at 78rpm containing the speeches of Churchill. Quite a collector's item! If interested, contact Alain directly.

its hard to figure out the truth when all we have are lies from the mainstream media all the way down to the internet. we have to question whether or not quotes are real these days. even the translations into english news reports and documentaries have been shown as bogus. i don't think that anybody in the world really knows if they are getting factual information anywhere either. we are all in the dark to a certain degree.

‘Great man’

England equally at the height of the industrial revolution had a large number of the populace steeped in poverty, yet as its human and capital to labour ratio expanded income grew and England became a high income society. Naturally as well india as it continues on its current trajectory of capital and technology accumulation may even surpass Britain not in GDP alone but per capita output given its market size. England's economic growth was tied closely to exploitation of its empire by setting up extractive institutions tenured towards industry at home. Thus England may be a top OECD country but India's eventual growth would certainly not come at the expense of subjugating others. The upheaval of english imperialism are still being felt.

Come one Peter, don't be a troll. You were born a beautiful little baby with great innocence. Be your good self again. We would love that.