Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 155,156 (click to see context) from:
* Creator/CaryElwes portrays Churchill in ''Film/TheMinistryOfUngentlemanlyWarfare'', which is loosely based on the creation of the Special Operations Executive.
to:
* Creator/CaryElwes Creator/RoryKinnear portrays Churchill in ''Film/TheMinistryOfUngentlemanlyWarfare'', which is loosely based on the creation of the Special Operations Executive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 31,32 (click to see context) from:
He was also a notorious [[TheAlcoholic drunkard]], [[CigarChomper smoker]], and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]], having once ostensibly met [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]] whilst [[NakedPeopleAreFunny buck-naked in the bathtub]], declaring [[https://richardlangworth.com/churchills-naked-encounter "You see, Mr. President, I have nothing to hide."]]
to:
He was also a notorious [[TheAlcoholic drunkard]], alcoholic]], [[CigarChomper smoker]], and [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric]], having once ostensibly met [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]] whilst [[NakedPeopleAreFunny buck-naked in the bathtub]], declaring [[https://richardlangworth.com/churchills-naked-encounter "You see, Mr. President, I have nothing to hide."]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Blunted Lance'' by Max Hennessey (in his Goff family trilogy) starts in UsefulNotes/TheRiverWar with Churchill present as a correspondent. It's noted he has a CommonalityConnection with the protagonist due to his mixed English and American parentage.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 155 (click to see context) from:
to:
* Creator/CaryElwes portrays Churchill in ''Film/TheMinistryOfUngentlemanlyWarfare'', which is loosely based on the creation of the Special Operations Executive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
[[caption-width-right:325:[[Film/TheDarkKnight Not the Prime Minister we deserved, but the Prime Minister we needed]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII right then.]][[note]]Yousuf Karsh (the photographer) intentionally got Churchill to scowl by snatching the man's cigar right out of his mouth. Karsh also took [[http://acurator.com/blog/2015/01/winston-churchill-by-yousuf-karsh-the-smiling-portrait.html another (less famous) photo at the same occasion]], which showed Churchill smiling. Indeed, Lady Churchill detested the scowling photo, as she knew that it did not reflect her husband's actual mood at the time, having just delivered a very well-received speech.[[/note]]]]
to:
[[caption-width-right:325:[[Film/TheDarkKnight Not the Prime Minister we deserved, but the Prime Minister we needed]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII right then.]][[note]]Yousuf Karsh (the photographer) intentionally got Churchill to scowl by snatching the man's cigar right out of his mouth. Karsh also took [[http://acurator.com/blog/2015/01/winston-churchill-by-yousuf-karsh-the-smiling-portrait.html another (less famous) photo at the same occasion]], which showed Churchill smiling. Indeed, Lady Churchill detested hated the scowling photo, as she knew that it did not reflect her husband's actual mood at the time, having just delivered a very well-received speech.[[/note]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29,30 (click to see context) from:
However, he also had a dark side, frequently overlooked in British popular history. [[TheSocialDarwinist He supported eugenics (at one time suggesting 100,000 Britons should be sterilized)]], concentration camps in Kenya (with up to a million Kenyans detained), and massacres in Sudan and Afghanistan, and his bellicosity included ill-conceived plans to try to reconstitute the Wehrmacht and continue WWII to destroy the Soviet Union.[[note]]Although he wasn't really serious about that, which was why the plan was code-named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable Operation Unthinkable]]"[[/note]] In former British colonies, particularly those of the Indian subcontinent, Churchill is remembered in a negative light, in contrast to his positive reputation in Britain. He topped a BBC poll of history's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons 100 Greatest Britons]], and is generally regarded as a great wartime leader - just [[WonTheWarLostThePeace not a particularly great Prime Minister]].
to:
However, he also had a dark side, frequently overlooked in British popular history. [[TheSocialDarwinist He supported eugenics (at one time suggesting 100,000 Britons should be sterilized)]], concentration camps in Kenya UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}} (with up to a million Kenyans detained), and massacres in Sudan UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}} and Afghanistan, UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}}, and his bellicosity included ill-conceived plans to try to reconstitute the Wehrmacht and continue WWII to destroy the Soviet Union.[[note]]Although he wasn't really serious about that, which was why the plan was code-named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable Operation Unthinkable]]"[[/note]] In former British colonies, particularly those of the Indian subcontinent, Churchill is remembered in a negative light, in contrast to his positive reputation in Britain. He topped a BBC poll of history's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons 100 Greatest Britons]], and is generally regarded as a great wartime leader - just [[WonTheWarLostThePeace not a particularly great Prime Minister]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 167,168 (click to see context) from:
* A recurring character in the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson At War]] series, set during World War One. As befits the {{Reconstruction}} nature of the novels he's presented in an ambiguous manner--a brave and inspirational leader, but also a manipulative and ruthless politician.
to:
* A recurring character in the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson At War]] series, series by Robert Ryan, set during World War One. As befits the novels {{Reconstruction}} nature of the novels he's nature, Churchill is presented in an ambiguous manner--a brave and inspirational leader, but also a manipulative and ruthless politician.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 167,168 (click to see context) from:
* A recurring character in the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson At War]] series, set during World War One.
to:
* A recurring character in the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson At War]] series, set during World War One. \n As befits the {{Reconstruction}} nature of the novels he's presented in an ambiguous manner--a brave and inspirational leader, but also a manipulative and ruthless politician.
