And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, October 2, 2021
This is 21 year old Winston Churchill after graduating from the Royal Military Academy and getting commissioned as a Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars.
Sure, just war criminal, multiple times. Active supporter of the Communism allied with the Judeo-Soviet Union. The one to start the World War II by declaring war to a country never attacked England or British Empire.
Would be great if you knew what you were talking about. Churchill did not declare war on Germany. He was not prime minister. That was, you know, Chamberlain.
Like the anonymous neo-nazi fanboi above @4:50 AM. The Nazi leadership was riddled with homes. At least they had a clue about history, unlike today's anonymous cowards.
Churchill was intelligent but didn't much like being a student-- his autobiography notes this, and it took him three tries to pass the entrance exam for Sandhurst. And then he chose Cavalry over Infantry (to the displeasure of his father) because the grade requirements were not as high. He ultimately graduated high enough in class standing that he could have taken an Infantry commission, but he chose to stay with Cavalry, which ultimately led to him participating in the last official cavalry charge in British military history at Omdurman in 19898, about three years after this picture was taken. His attachment to traditional cavalry did not prevent him from seeing the advantages of tank and airplane, and he was a proponent of both.
(There's some dispute about" last cavalry charge" in British history, e.g. the Austrailan Light Horse charged the Turks and Germans at Beersheba in World War One, and it depends on the definition of "cavalry." The Australian Light Horse were really mounted infantry, generally rode to the battle and dismounted to fight, but in this case they used their bayonets as sabers and successfully charged the enemy lines on horseback. At Omdurman, Churchill was with a unit trained as traditional cavalry to fight from horseback with sabers and other weapons.)
p.s. I think it was his experience in the campaign that took him to Omdruman that resulted in his quote "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
Read "The Splendid and the Vile" last summer. About his first year as PM which coincided almost to the days with the beginning and end of the Blitz. Very good read. The man was a tad crackers at times, but in a good way.
No snowflake he.
ReplyDeleteSure, just war criminal, multiple times.
DeleteActive supporter of the Communism allied with the Judeo-Soviet Union.
The one to start the World War II by declaring war to a country never attacked England or British Empire.
Would be great if you knew what you were talking about. Churchill did not declare war on Germany. He was not prime minister. That was, you know, Chamberlain.
DeleteI bet the local fags really went after those guys
ReplyDeleteThe local cigarettes? What on earth ... ohhh, you Yanks. Not the same at all.
DeleteLike the anonymous neo-nazi fanboi above @4:50 AM. The Nazi leadership was riddled with homes. At least they had a clue about history, unlike today's anonymous cowards.
DeleteHe should be cancelled because he fought those "who did something".
ReplyDeleteMom was an American; He was later made one of us-by act of congress. A very interesting chap.
ReplyDeleteA leader who actually killed men in combat.
ReplyDeleteShot them with broom handle Mauser.
DeleteChurchill was intelligent but didn't much like being a student-- his autobiography notes this, and it took him three tries to pass the entrance exam for Sandhurst. And then he chose Cavalry over Infantry (to the displeasure of his father) because the grade requirements were not as high. He ultimately graduated high enough in class standing that he could have taken an Infantry commission, but he chose to stay with Cavalry, which ultimately led to him participating in the last official cavalry charge in British military history at Omdurman in 19898, about three years after this picture was taken. His attachment to traditional cavalry did not prevent him from seeing the advantages of tank and airplane, and he was a proponent of both.
ReplyDelete(There's some dispute about" last cavalry charge" in British history, e.g. the Austrailan Light Horse charged the Turks and Germans at Beersheba in World War One, and it depends on the definition of "cavalry." The Australian Light Horse were really mounted infantry, generally rode to the battle and dismounted to fight, but in this case they used their bayonets as sabers and successfully charged the enemy lines on horseback. At Omdurman, Churchill was with a unit trained as traditional cavalry to fight from horseback with sabers and other weapons.)
Don't forget his service in the Boer War beginning in 1899. He was captured but made a remarkable escape.
Deletep.s. I think it was his experience in the campaign that took him to Omdruman that resulted in his quote "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
ReplyDeleteThe greatest man of the Twentieth Century. If not him, then who?
ReplyDeleteCertainly none of our presidents could. Reagan comes closest, but he only won the Cold War.
DeleteRead "The Splendid and the Vile" last summer. About his first year as PM which coincided almost to the days with the beginning and end of the Blitz. Very good read. The man was a tad crackers at times, but in a good way.
ReplyDeleteFinished the book two weeks ago. Excellent read it was. And he was more than "a tad crackers". Could the Brits have won the war without him?
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