Has Anyone Watched A WWII Documentary On Winston Churchill?

2016-01-03T13:44:21-05:00

I just watched a WWII documentary on Winston Churchill. Great Britain needed a leader like him to give the nation strength when it felt weak. He and FDR colluded together with the Lend Lease Program to give him many ships, air planes, and aircraft carriers. When the US declared war on Japan and Germany, it is said he had the best sleep for years. The survival of his nation dramatically improved as FDR and the US believed defeating the Nazis was the right thing to do.

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Jan 3 at 2016 1:47 PM

2016-01-03T13:47:02-05:00

MAJ Ken Landgren oh yea, what a legend! I love this quote.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jan 3 at 2016 1:52 PM

2016-01-03T13:52:33-05:00

He was definitely a great leader!

Response by COL Ted Mc made Jan 3 at 2016 3:48 PM

2016-01-03T15:48:56-05:00

MAJ Ken Landgren - Major; It takes a highly trained and educated mind to express the complex in terms of the simple without sounding banal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6JxSHmVB5g

'some Chicken - Some Neck!' Mr Churchill At Ottawa (1942)

Titles read: "'SOME CHICKEN - SOME NECK!' MR CHURCHILL AT OTTAWA". Ottawa, Canada. Members of the Canadian Parliament stand to cheer Prime Minister Winston C...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jan 3 at 2016 4:37 PM

2016-01-03T16:37:27-05:00

If you haven't seen it get the film on Churchill while young with robert shaw as his dad and Anne Bancroft as his mom whoever faster the kid who played Churchill was spot on amazingly so also the actor who did Churchill in the Tom selleck film on Ike before d day was fantastic I'll send more later if I can you might find of more interest many thanks.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jan 3 at 2016 6:18 PM

2016-01-03T18:18:23-05:00

I have watched countless documentaries about Churchill and, of course, he makes tangential appearances in almost every other WWII documentary. However, I have discovered far more of interest in the free online series offered by Hillsdale College. They highlight his visions of war and diplomacy without getting lost in the weeds of this and that incident. The series should be mandatory viewing for everyone working inside the Beltway. They might learn something. They need to...

http://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/churchill/home/schedule

Hillsdale is also the publisher of his biography which they made available free of charge last November while celebrating one of his birthdays. I'm now half way through the 8-volume set and have learned a lot. Hillsdale also publishes other books by and about Churchill.

Churchill Course Schedule - Hillsdale College Online Courses

Larry P. Arnn is the twelfth president of Hillsdale College, where he is also a professor of politics and history. He received his B.A. from Arkansas State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School. He also studied at Worcester College, Oxford University, where he served as director of research for Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill. From 1985 to 2000, he served as...