With Hitler threatening to invade the Sudeten (or German-speaking) provinces of Czechoslovakia, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, made three journeys in the space of two weeks to visit Hitler in a futile attempt to safeguard peac

The Sentinel Towers of the Western Approaches - May 5,1938 - Ep 10

Jul 10th, 2019 7m 57s

Churchill denounces the Government's abandonment of the right of the Royal Navy, under the terms of the 1921 Irish Treaty, to use Ireland's three "treaty ports." Their feckless and gratuitous concessions to the Irish Republic were to cost Brita

I Have Watched this Famous Island Descending - March 24, 1938 - Ep 9

Jul 8th, 2019 11m 23s

Strangely, the final four-paragraph peroration of this speech, including the powerful passage "I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which leads to a dark gulf..." is not to be found in Robert Rhod

Austria Annexed - March 14, 1938

Jul 4th, 2019 12m 55s

On March 11, Germany invaded and, with minimal resistance, annexed Austria.

Rudyard Kipling - November 17, 1937 - Ep. 7

Jul 1st, 2019 5m 19s

Rudyard Kipling Memorial Fund Inaugural Dinner, Grosvenor House, London

The Abdication of King Edward VIII - December 10, 1936 - Ep 6

Jun 18th, 2019 6m 4s

Churchill made himself even more unpopular and isolated by stepping forward as a champion of his friend, the new King, who wished to marry an American divorcee, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.

Europe is Now Approaching the most Dangerous Moment in History - November 25, 1936 - Ep 5

Jun 18th, 2019 4m 58s

Churchill saw, with greater clarity than any other parliamentarian, the new and cardinal importance of air power, as well as Britain's acute vulnerability to this form of warfare.

The Locust Years - November 12, 1936 - Ep 4

Jun 17th, 2019 33m 34s

Excerpt from Book:This must be counted as one of the most powerful and devastating of Churchill's attacks on the Baldwin Government, that was dithering with Britain's defenses.

October 3, 1936 - Lawrence of Arabia - Ep 3

Jun 13th, 2019 11m 1s

Excerpt: Lawrence of Arabia had been a personal friend of Churchill's over many years. Frequently, and often unannounced, he would arrive at Chartwell on his motorcycle for Sunday lunch with Churchill and his family. It had been Lawrence who, d

April 6, 1936 - House of Commons - Ep 1

Jun 13th, 2019 5m 40s

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Thank God for the French Army - September 24, 1936 - Ep 2

Jun 13th, 2019 11m 47s

Excerpt:Next to the English Channel, the French Army - many times the size of Britain's - was the principal bulwark standing between Britain and the armored might of Nazi Germany. Here Churchill does what he can to put some backbone and resolve

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