Episode 107-The End of the End
The History of WWII Podcast
Ray Harris Jr
4.4 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2014
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is dedicated to Henry Kimball of the UK, a true fan of Winston, who would |
| 0:07.5 | have enjoyed this diversion immensely, but he probably already knew it all anyway. |
| 0:14.1 | This dedication was requested by Steve and Lisa B. Henry's daughter of Plymouth, England. |
| 0:20.5 | Sadly, Henry died before Steve elites of Met and later married. |
| 0:25.5 | One can only hope that Steve and Henry's mutual fascination of the first and second war |
| 0:31.2 | and Churchill would have made the journey of sharing Lisa's love a bit easier. |
| 0:37.9 | Henry will always be missed by his family. |
| 0:40.3 | They still talk of him frequently, and Steve and Lisa regret that Henry never got to meet |
| 0:46.2 | his grandson, Harrison, who's now a young man in his own right. |
| 0:55.5 | Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode 107, |
| 1:09.8 | The End of the End, subtitled The Peter Pan of British Politics. |
| 1:16.6 | Churchill, after returning to Britain from what would have been a very profitable trip, |
| 1:22.1 | if it weren't for the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, indeed Winston would have |
| 1:26.4 | to write non-stop for the foreseeable future to keep his family in their current sense |
| 1:32.0 | of luxury, now found himself delegated to represent a faction of the Tory Party that was against |
| 1:39.2 | setting India on the path to independence. |
| 1:43.0 | This path also put him at odds with Baldwin, the conservative leader. |
| 1:48.3 | Churchill would find that this was just one too many times onto the breach. |
| 1:55.1 | Not that it would make a difference, but Winston would have a sancho to his Don Quixote. |
| 2:00.7 | Lloyd George, though past his prime, felt the same way as Winston, and was willing to |
| 2:05.7 | put his words where his feelings were. |
| 2:09.2 | Winston had arrived home on Tuesday, November 5, 1929. |
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