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"Hitler and His Choice", Churchill's Misquoted Words
Scott Manning | October 13, 2008
In 1935, Winston Churchill wrote an article that offended Hitler and was banned in Germany. Yet, critics misquote this article to give the impression that Churchill did not understand the seriousness of...
Churchill's Earliest Warning About Hitler Churchill's Earliest Warning About Hitler
Scott Manning | August 10, 2008
By July of 1939, virtually every newspaper in Great Britain was demanding that Winston Churchill be included in the government. These papers realized that Churchill understood the situation in Europe. His understanding...
"Friendship with Germany" by Churchill (Sep 17, 1937)
Scott Manning | July 26, 2008
Friendship with Germany, an article written by Winston Churchill in 1937, is often misused by critics to to give the impression that at one point Churchill held uncharacteristic admiration for Hitler. Here...
What Did Churchill Mean by "Unnecessary War"? What Did Churchill Mean by
Scott Manning | July 17, 2008
Churchill coined the term "The Unnecessary War". While people argue about why World War II was unnecessary or could have been avoided, we take a look at Churchill's reason for creating the...
Buchanan's Source on Churchill's "Starvation Blockade" Buchanan's Source on Churchill's
Scott Manning | July 7, 2008
This is a follow-up to an article published last month that debunked Patrick J. Buchanan's analysis of Winston Churchill's involvement and support of the blockade of Germany during World War I....
Buchanan is Wrong on Germany's 1939 Strength Buchanan is Wrong on Germany's 1939 Strength
Scott Manning | July 6, 2008
Patrick J. Buchanan argues that Germany's "low" military strength in 1939 shows that Hitler had no world conquest plans. However, the source of his information offers a different perspective....
"Human Smoke" on Churchill and the Blockade of Germany
Scott Manning | July 5, 2008
In this new book, Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker makes some of the same mistakes made by Patrick J. Buchanan concerning Winston Churchill and the blockade of Germany after the World War I...
Buchanan Portrays Churchill's Warnings as Political Dogma  Buchanan Portrays Churchill's Warnings as Political Dogma
Scott Manning | June 21, 2008
Patrick J. Buchanan uses correspondence between Churchill and his cousin to portray Churchill's warnings about Hitler during the 1930's as nothing more than out-dated, political dogma....
Buchanan on Churchill and the Entente Cordiale of 1904 Buchanan on Churchill and the Entente Cordiale of 1904
Scott Manning | June 21, 2008
Patrick J. Buchanan identifies the Entente Cordiale of 1904 as one of Great Britain's avoidable milestones on the road leading to World War I and he goes to extreme lengths to paint...
Buchanan is Wrong. Churchill had No "Starvation Blockade" Buchanan is Wrong. Churchill had No
Scott Manning | June 18, 2008
A closer look at Churchill's involvement in the blockade of Germany during World War I and Patrick J. Buchanan's claim that Churchill celebrated the starvation of men, women, and children as success....
Churchill's Sinking of the French Fleet (July 3, 1940) Churchill's Sinking of the French Fleet (July 3, 1940)
Scott Manning | November 29, 2006
How do you inspire a nation and win public support? Simple, you attack the French. It'll piss off France, but your country will have a sense of satisfaction and purpose....
Churchill lied. Kids died: No WMDs in Germany. Churchill lied. Kids died: No WMDs in Germany.
Scott Manning | May 19, 2006
Based on British Intelligence, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt learned that Germany was trying to build a nuclear weapon. The truth of the matter has been highly exaggerated....
 

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