Was Winston Churchill Racist?

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The former Prime Minister has faced a renewed controversy as people are calling for his statues to be removed due to his racist views. We are joined by Professor Richard Toye and Dr Warren Dockter to discuss where his personal views and political policies collide.

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0:43.1	November the 30th, 1874.
0:48.4	Winston Churchill was born.
0:50.7	He was born at Blenem Palace.
0:53.0	His grandfather's house in the Oxfordshire countryside.
0:57.6	He was born 10 years to the day after General Hood sent his Confederate troops into heavily
1:05.1	entrenched union lines outside Franklin Tennessee.
1:09.0	He destroyed the army of Tennessee.
1:11.1	He destroyed his own army in a frontal assault against fixed positions as the industrial revolution
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