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Myths
He was an Alcohol Abuser
He Stuttered
An Actor Read His Speeches
Fleming Saved Him From Drowning
He had Iroquois Ancestors
He Knew of Pearl Harbour Attack
His Father died of Syphilis
He bombed Dresden as payback for Coventry
He let Coventry Burn
Lord Moran's book is based on his diaries
He had Alzheimer's
He Knew of Holocaust
He had Mayflower Ancestors
He was a Poor Student
Quotes Falsely Attributed To Him
Churchill Trivia
Leading Churchill Myths
Personal:
Churchill was an abuser of alcohol
.
His father died of syphilis
(refuted in
Finest Hour
93 p. 23).
He had a learning disability/stutter/dyslexia/attention deficit disorder
(refuted in
Churchill Proceedings
1996-97, p. 83).
He was a poor student in school
(refuted, in
Finest Hour
98, p. 28).
Alexander Fleming saved him from drowning as a boy
(refuted in
Finest Hour
102, p. 47).
Jack Churchill was not really Lord Randolph's son
(refuted in
Finest Hour
93, p.25).
Winston's American ancestors included
Iroquois Indians
and
Mayflower passengers
(refuted in
Finest Hour
104, p. 31).
Historical:
An actor read Churchill's wartime speeches over the radi
o (refuted in
Finest Hour
92, p. 23).
Churchill (and FDR) knew of the impending Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
but did nothing so as to draw the United States into the war (refuted in
Finest Hour
101, p. 37).
WSC crushed striking Welsh miners by sending in troops (refuted in
Finest Hour
35, p. 8).
He opposed the India Bill out of hopelessly Victorian views the Empire.
He had knowledge of the Holocaust during the war but did nothing about it
(refuted in
Finest Hour
93, p. 33).
He let Coventry burn rather than reveal his knowledge of German codes
(refuted in
Finest Hour
41, p. 10).
Churchill quoted radical poet Claude McKay
.
Churchill Starved Occupied Europe by Withholding Overseas Food Shipments
(refuted in
Finest Hour
144, p. 35).
Churchill Caused the Bengal Famine during WWII
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