VE DAY 75th Anniversary

[Commander Wallace]

^ This is just out of curiosity Jim, Eichornchen Black Swan or anyone else who resides in the England. How is Winston Churchill viewed or remembered there in the U.K ?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

^ This is just out of curiosity Jim, Eichornchen Black Swan or anyone else who resides in the England. How is Winston Churchill viewed or remembered there in the U.K ?

IMHO he was the only person who had what it took to lead the country at a time of national crisis. Far better than Neville Chamberlain pacifist) was.

Strange as it may seem, I'm confident he was a hero in the eyes of the public but the election after wars end saw him defeated.

Many of the people I know or knew who were alive at the time )my father included) would often say 'He was a great wartime leader but quite the opposite in peacetime'.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

IMHO he was the only person who had what it took to lead the country at a time of national crisis. Far better than Neville Chamberlain pacifist) was.

Strange as it may seem, I'm confident he was a hero in the eyes of the public but the election after wars end saw him defeated.

Many of the people I know or knew who were alive at the time )my father included) would often say 'He was a great wartime leader but quite the opposite in peacetime'.

As I'm sure you already know, he was revered in the U.S as well and for the same reasons you just mentioned. Family who fought in WW2 have said that England wouldn't have survived as it did without Churchill at the helm.


History seems to agree with that assessment.

[Jimbuna]

IIRC wasn't he the first foreign national to be given honorary US citizenship?

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

IIRC wasn't he the first foreign national to be given honorary US citizenship?

Yes, he was Jim. Sir Winston Churchill was given an honorary U.S citizenship in 1963 by then President John F. Kennedy. IMHO, it should have been given way before then.