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* "[[Suppers Ready|There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag, he used to be a British flag]]. [[Genesis|Plastic bag]], [[Rhyming with Itself|What a drag]]". |
* "[[Suppers Ready|There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag, he used to be a British flag]]. [[Genesis|Plastic bag]], [[Rhyming with Itself|What a drag]]". |
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* ''Churchill: The Hollywood Years'' is an satire of [[Hollywood History]] where Winston Churchill is actually an American commando attempting to stop Hitler from marring into the [[British Royal Family]]. The Churchill the world knows was just an actor called Ray Bubbles. |
* ''Churchill: The Hollywood Years'' is an satire of [[Hollywood History]] where Winston Churchill is actually an American commando attempting to stop Hitler from marring into the [[British Royal Family]]. The Churchill the world knows was just an actor called Ray Bubbles. |
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* A political cartoon on the 7/7 attacks showed [[Tony Blair]] darting [[Superman|into a phone booth]] ... and '''flying''' out as Churchill (cigar in mouth) with the word "Resolve" across the chest of his [[Superheroes Wear Tights|Spandex suit]]. |
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** The Dardanelles naval campaign failed because the field commander (Admiral John de Robeck) called off the final assault, against Churchill's advice. The marine landings were also opposed by Churchill, and went bad because of similarly awful leadership from commanders on the scene, but Churchill ended up taking the blame for their failure in spite of that. |
** The Dardanelles naval campaign failed because the field commander (Admiral John de Robeck) called off the final assault, against Churchill's advice. The marine landings were also opposed by Churchill, and went bad because of similarly awful leadership from commanders on the scene, but Churchill ended up taking the blame for their failure in spite of that. |
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** Probably a better example would be his tendency towards micromanaging British naval forces in the early stages of [[World War I]], which led to several notable failures and defeats (the flight of the ''Goeben'' and the battle of Coronel among them). During [[World War II]] he had many novel ideas and schemes, though most of them were so outlandish and unrealistic that General Brooke (his chief of staff) was often driven to distraction. President Roosevelt commented "Winston has a hundred ideas a day, of which four are good ideas". |
** Probably a better example would be his tendency towards micromanaging British naval forces in the early stages of [[World War I]], which led to several notable failures and defeats (the flight of the ''Goeben'' and the battle of Coronel among them). During [[World War II]] he had many novel ideas and schemes, though most of them were so outlandish and unrealistic that General Brooke (his chief of staff) was often driven to distraction. President Roosevelt commented "Winston has a hundred ideas a day, of which four are good ideas". |
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*** The Chief of the Imperial General Staff said in September 1944, "Without him England was lost for a certainty, with him England has been on the verge of disaster time and again ... Never have I admired and despised a man simultaneously to the same extent. Never have such opposite extremes been combined in the same human being." |
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** Also Churchill diverting General Wavell's forces to defend Greece. Greece and Crete were lost anyway and the delay in the Libyan offensive enabled the Africa Corp time to deploy there. |
** Also Churchill diverting General Wavell's forces to defend Greece. Greece and Crete were lost anyway and the delay in the Libyan offensive enabled the Africa Corp time to deploy there. |
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*** However, as the Churchill Museum in London makes a point of noting, unlike Hitler Churchill never actually overruled his generals. |
*** However, as the Churchill Museum in London makes a point of noting, unlike Hitler Churchill never actually overruled his generals. |
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