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    • 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
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Leading Churchill Myths

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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 radio (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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