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Manish_Sharma wrote: ↑16 Apr 2026 08:49
Churchill only saw Hitler as a competitor, Churchill was a bigger psychopath genocide
Ken Follet in WINTER OF THE WORLD writes that Churchill started bombing German schools killing children but Hitler resisted reciprocating for six months; & finally retaliated due to immense public pressure
Not saying that churchill is not a violent psychopath, but the book Winter of World is a fictional novel, not a historical book. Also, did not germany start the air war on britain (The Blitz) before their planned invasion across the channel?
It is a persistent claim, often repeated in print and online, that Britain bore no responsibility for launching the strategic bombing of civilians in the Second World War. This is, at best, a misleading summary of events. It contains partial truths, but the overall impression it creates—that Germany began the mutual civilian bombing campaign and Britain merely responded—is historically inaccurate. The record, when read in full, shows that Britain was the first to launch a deliberate strategic bombing raid against civilian targets in the enemy homeland during the Second World War. The German Blitz was a reaction, not a provocation.
Manish_Sharma wrote: ↑16 Apr 2026 08:49
Churchill only saw Hitler as a competitor, Churchill was a bigger psychopath genocide
Ken Follet in WINTER OF THE WORLD writes that Churchill started bombing German schools killing children but Hitler resisted reciprocating for six months; & finally retaliated due to immense public pressure
Not saying that churchill is not a violent psychopath, but the book Winter of World is a fictional novel, not a historical book. Also, did not germany start the air war on britain (The Blitz) before their planned invasion across the channel?
No but Follet sticks to facts other than fictional character, as he is MA in History & he corrected himself here from his previous novel 'Jackdaws' where he had done == in Britain & Germany bombing each other's schools, but layer when pointed out he did his own research as a historian & corrected it decade later in WINTER OF THE WORLD
He had even acknowledged his mistake in one interview to french paper
If he had wrongly accused Churchill then Churchill cult (anglos of both right and left) would have buried him.
