| Been watching The Crown 12:58 - Dec 19 with 1474 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
How on earth did Winston Churchill lose the first General Election following WW2?!
You'd have thought winning a war and being a hero he'd have been a shoe-in? |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:02 - Dec 19 with 1442 views | jaykay |
most of those voting knew nothing changed after the first world war. families were not going to be not heard after giving so much. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:02 - Dec 19 with 1442 views | factual_blue |
People wanted a better life after the war, and many remembered how the 'Homes Fit For Heroes' weren't delivered after WW1.
Churchill wasn't universally popular.
The politicians who delivered most on the Home Front were Labour cabinet ministers.
Whether Churchill 'won the war' is debatable. He certainly made sure we didn't lose in 1940/41, although as was often the case he was helped by Hitler's flawed military thinking. And even had there been an invasion, Operation Sea Lion would have failed. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:10 - Dec 19 with 1400 views | Keno |
Oh Lordy!!!
What is it with you lot and spoilers!! |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:12 - Dec 19 with 1397 views | jeera |
*ahem, 'shoo-in'* |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:17 - Dec 19 with 1379 views | eireblue |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:12 - Dec 19 by jeera |
*ahem, 'shoo-in'* |
He has an infinity for the shoe variant. |  | | |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:20 - Dec 19 with 1366 views | Keno |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:17 - Dec 19 by eireblue |
He has an infinity for the shoe variant. |
After the election he got the boot | |
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| Been watching The Crown on 13:28 - Dec 19 with 1339 views | jeera |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:17 - Dec 19 by eireblue |
He has an infinity for the shoe variant. |
You can't polish a shoo, but you can throw glitter at it.
Something like that. | |
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| Been watching The Crown on 15:26 - Dec 19 with 1225 views | TJS |
For me Winston Churchill was a very complicated man with some brilliant qualities but also with very serious flaws. I think it is a testament to the British people that most could appreciate this fact after the war rather than blindly worshipping him. |  | | |
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| Been watching The Crown on 15:48 - Dec 19 with 1170 views | TractorWood |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:02 - Dec 19 by factual_blue |
People wanted a better life after the war, and many remembered how the 'Homes Fit For Heroes' weren't delivered after WW1.
Churchill wasn't universally popular.
The politicians who delivered most on the Home Front were Labour cabinet ministers.
Whether Churchill 'won the war' is debatable. He certainly made sure we didn't lose in 1940/41, although as was often the case he was helped by Hitler's flawed military thinking. And even had there been an invasion, Operation Sea Lion would have failed. |
I think Russia did quite a lot of the heavy lifting towards the end too. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 15:52 - Dec 19 with 1165 views | factual_blue |
| Been watching The Crown on 15:48 - Dec 19 by TractorWood |
I think Russia did quite a lot of the heavy lifting towards the end too. |
Interesting fact.
Something over 50% of the Wehrmacht's total casualties in WW2 occurred between July 1944 and May 1945. | |
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| Been watching The Crown on 16:02 - Dec 19 with 1148 views | Radlett_blue |
| Been watching The Crown on 15:52 - Dec 19 by factual_blue |
Interesting fact.
Something over 50% of the Wehrmacht's total casualties in WW2 occurred between July 1944 and May 1945. |
Russia suffered over 1.5m military casualties over a similar period, many of them wasted by Russian desperation to capture Berlin before the Western allies. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 16:07 - Dec 19 with 1132 views | TJS |
| Been watching The Crown on 15:52 - Dec 19 by factual_blue |
Interesting fact.
Something over 50% of the Wehrmacht's total casualties in WW2 occurred between July 1944 and May 1945. |
My German grandfather was in Army Group Centre that got close to Moscow. He was very lucky to get back alive although ironically the nearest he got to dying was eating meat from a rotting pig carcass. | | | |
| Been watching The Crown on 16:56 - Dec 19 with 1070 views | factual_blue |
| Been watching The Crown on 16:02 - Dec 19 by Radlett_blue |
Russia suffered over 1.5m military casualties over a similar period, many of them wasted by Russian desperation to capture Berlin before the Western allies. |
80% of all Russians born in 1922 were dead by 1945. | |
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| Been watching The Crown on 18:21 - Dec 19 with 1008 views | Coastalblue |
| Been watching The Crown on 16:02 - Dec 19 by Radlett_blue |
Russia suffered over 1.5m military casualties over a similar period, many of them wasted by Russian desperation to capture Berlin before the Western allies. |
Despite the fact the allies had their eyes on Japan by this point, and were more concerned about conserving what they could before the war ended. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 07:41 - Dec 20 with 858 views | azuremerlangus |
| Been watching The Crown on 13:28 - Dec 19 by jeera |
You can't polish a shoo, but you can throw glitter at it.
Something like that. |
You can also varnish - stops it drying out. |  |
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| Been watching The Crown on 09:44 - Dec 20 with 803 views | Keno |
| Been watching The Crown on 16:07 - Dec 19 by TJS |
My German grandfather was in Army Group Centre that got close to Moscow. He was very lucky to get back alive although ironically the nearest he got to dying was eating meat from a rotting pig carcass. |
Those wimpy pork burgers were always a bit dodgy | |
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