Winston Churchill: The Great Escape Part 5 | Chaos & Carnage
Giants of History
JT Fusco
4.8 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Welcome back all history fans to the Giants of History Podcast!
In this fifth episode of our series on Winston Churchill, we explore the Boer’s trap of the British reconnaissance train, its aftermath, and Churchill’s reaction to it. This is a wild one. We hope you enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings all. This episode of Giants of History is brought to you by another |
| 0:05.2 | history podcast called Unknown History. Now Unknown History is currently in its |
| 0:09.8 | third season and this season they're exploring a monumental day in American military history |
| 0:15.1 | and a major turning point in World War II and that event is D-Day, June 6, 1944, and that's 75 years ago this year. |
| 0:25.0 | And again, the outcome of this collision would largely set the stage for the conclusion of World War II. |
| 0:31.0 | But the unique thing about unknown history's exploration of this event |
| 0:35.2 | is that they're looking at it from a variety of different angles. So for example, you'll |
| 0:39.3 | hear a story of survival from a conscripted teenage soldier and also a French resistance fighter. |
| 0:45.0 | And then you'll step back from the front lines and hear a couple other additional stories, |
| 0:49.6 | one of which is from the wife of a German commander. So very unique. So search for unknown history, wherever you get |
| 0:56.1 | your podcasts and give it a listen. And then once again thank you to all of you who are supporting |
| 1:01.1 | Giants of History via Patreon. It's you that's |
| 1:03.6 | making this show possible and I greatly appreciate all of your ongoing support. And then. It was a scene that Churchill would never forget. |
| 1:35.0 | Even years later, as he relayed the story over and over again, |
| 1:39.0 | the trauma of it was extremely evident. You don't forget something that grisly and that gruesome. |
| 1:47.0 | The armored train that he was on at that moment was pulling away, trying to escape the blaze of bore bullets and shellfire. |
| 1:55.9 | There were so many men stuffed into the train car already that all the rest had to find a |
| 2:00.0 | spot on the outside of the train car, holding on to whatever they could so they didn't fall off, all shouting and screaming as the train struggled to get away from the boar soldiers and their relentless assault. |
| 2:13.4 | Now Churchill was one of these men and he was just 24 years old at this time. |
| 2:20.3 | And suddenly as he was holding on to the engine car as a traveled back south toward Frere station, |
| 2:26.0 | bore shells were heard being fired and were then incoming. |
| 2:30.0 | One of these shells hit the engine's footplate, an explosion followed and a cloud of black smoke filled the air. |
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