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May 21, 2005
V-E Day, May 8, 1945
The Churchill Clown
Heroism Cannot Trump Stupidity
Gee, Guys, What Happened?
Fun Quote:
For you martial arts fans, I would like to point out my favorite tactic when I am faced with a fight.
When faced with hand-to-hand fighting, the French have a method of hitting with their legs that is called Savate.
I use my legs too. My method is called the Sprint.
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V-E Day, May 8, 1945
May 8, 1945 was V-E Day, the day Nazi Germany surrendered.
On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin Bunker.
There was some question about whether the other Allies would take Berlin along with the Soviets. Stalin explained to Roosevelt that May Day, May 1st, was a big day for the Soviet Revolution, so the Soviets alone should take the German capital.
So Roosevelt gave Berlin to Stalin.
All this bothered Churchill. He was worried about the fact that Russia was being given what it had always wanted, a foothold in the very center of Europe. He was suddenly worried that, once Russia got Berlin, it would claim half of the continent.
Within five years, the Soviet Empire did indeed include half of Europe.
What Churchill did not realize was that both Roosevelt and Stalin understood that he was a has-been, a funny little out-of-date joke.
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The Churchill Clown
It is almost impossible today for us to understand the world Churchill’s sick little mind lived in.
In 1814 Britain defeated Napoleon and reestablished its traditional policy of a Balance of Power in Europe. When Hitler came along, he threatened the Balance of Power in Europe. When Hitler conquered France in 1940, Churchill’s only concern was restoring the Balance of Power in Europe.
This is not a joke. This was Churchill’s policy.
In 1939, when both Hitler and Stalin, by agreement, invaded Poland, Britain only declared war against Hitler. Hitler was threatening the Balance of Power in Europe. To Churchill, only Germany was threatening the Balance of Power in Europe.
I hope I haven’t lost you here. I am NOT overstating this. That was REALLY Churchill’s World View.
This is NOT a joke.
So France joined Britain in declaring war ONLY against Germany. Germany proceeded, as usual, to beat the hell out of France.
Germany then said, “OK. We conquered France again. Now would you please get out of the way and let us conquer the Soviet Union as Hitler said he wanted to do in Mein Kampf?”
Churchill refused to make any peace with Germany. Churchill was still living in the days of Napoleon, when Britain stood alone against the Enemy of the Balance of Power in Europe and refused to make peace with the Corsican tyrant.
No, I am NOT joking here.
So, in 1940, Churchill sat there and kept the war going.
One day a German airplane dropped a couple of bombs which landed, specifically against orders, in a civilian area. Germany officially apologized.
This was the break Churchill was looking for. He launched a retaliatory raid against civilian targets in Berlin. That is how the London Blitz began. Germany did not like Britain attacking its civilians, so it hit back, HARD.
Edward R. Murrow, the god of American broadcasting, began his series of broadcasts by describing how mean the Germans were.
Recently the History Channel had a program entitled, “Roosevelt: He Brought Light to America By Keeping It in the Dark.” The program refers to the joint efforts of Roosevelt and other American liberals like Edward R. Murrow to get America in the war.
Germany never understood why France and Britain only declared war against them and not against Stalin, who also invaded Poland. The Germans understood even less that Churchill was chomping at the bit to join Stalin and Roosevelt in a joint destruction of Germany.
Germany never understood that Churchill had no idea that Europe’s time of total world domination had passed. Hitler saw the Soviet power and the American power, and he wanted to join with the British Empire as a European balance to those powers. He praised the British Empire in Mein Kampf. He never understood that Churchill was rooted in 1814.
He simply never understood how dumb Churchill was.
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Heroism Cannot Trump Stupidity
Germany and the Soviet Union were buddies until June 22, 1941. That was the day Germany, which shared Poland with the USSR, attacked the USSR on the common front they shared in Poland.
So the Germans thought, “OK, now you know what we were really after all this time was the Soviet Union.”
Wrong.
Right after Germany invaded the USSR something incredible happened. Rudolf Hess, the Number Three man in the entire Nazi Government, flew straight to Britain to arrange for a peace settlement with Britain and the freeing of France so Germany could take care of Stalin.
Hess was a World War I hero as a combat pilot. This was a heroic mission that was typical of Hess.
I knew someone who served with him in World War I. He called my friend before he left. Hitler knew all about it.
The number three man in the United States Government is the Speaker of the House. Can you imagine, in the middle of a war, the Speaker of the House flying unprotected into an enemy country and trying to make peace?
That’s what happened. Germany simply could not understand that Churchill lived in 1814. Edward R. Murrow and Roosevelt said Hess was nuts. Hess spent the rest of his life in prison.
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Gee, Guys, What Happened?
Back to May 8, 1945. Roosevelt gave Stalin Berlin and half of Europe.
And, gee whiz, something else happened. Stalin and Roosevelt, with Churchill invited as a formality, met at Yalta to divide up Europe.
Churchill found that his old friend and worshiper, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, completely ignored him. He was terribly upset. What happened to the praise and glory his bosom buddy FDR had given him when he was the front guy for destroying Germany?
When two great powers are dividing up a silly-ass continent that just destroyed itself, they don’t have time for a clown who is living in 1814. Churchill never figured that out.
Edward R. Murrow and the liberals gave Winnie Churchill one more shot at being a Great Prophet. After all, he had done his part for the leftist cause and he deserved a little praise.
So in 1948 Winnie said in a speech that “an Iron Curtain has fallen over Eastern Europe.” Stalin, his buddy, his ally, his Hero, had taken his half of Europe and turned it into some kind of – well let’s say it – some kind of a DICTATORSHIP!
Only a genius and a prophet could have figured THAT out!
I am NOT joking.
#1 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 2:10 am
Where in Mein Kampf does HItler say he wanted to conquer the Soviet Union? In fact, where in any of his writings or speeches does Hitler say he wanted to conquer the Soviet Union?
#2 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 2:12 am
“There was some question about whether the other Allies would take Berlin along with the Soviets. Stalin explained to Roosevelt that May Day, May 1st, was a big day for the Soviet Revolution, so the Soviets alone should take the German capital.
So Roosevelt gave Berlin to Stalin.”
Alright, I’ll bite. What was the real reason?
#3 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 2:14 am
“Germany never understood why France and Britain only declared war against them and not against Stalin, who also invaded Poland. The Germans understood even less that Churchill was chomping at the bit to join Stalin and Roosevelt in a joint destruction of Germany.”
Well, at least the British did a good job defending Poland and kept it free.
#4 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 2:21 am
“Germany and the Soviet Union were buddies until June 22, 1941.”
Does a Non-Agression Pact make the signatories buddies, or does it just mean they won’t fight?
“That was the day Germany, which shared Poland with the USSR, attacked the USSR on the common front they shared in Poland.”
How many millions of Red troops did the Germans capture in the first few weeks, even though the Germans didn’t even have coats for the Russian winter?
#5 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 2:23 am
“So in 1948 Winnie said in a speech that ‘an Iron Curtain has fallen over Eastern Europe.'”
Question: from whom did he borrow that?
#6 by Bob on 05/23/2005 - 1:53 pm
Peter, in my opinion when one has a dedication to Lebensraum and hates Communism and Communists hold a major part of hte Slavic lands from which the Lebensraum will have to come, it wouldn’t take an atomic surgeon for the USSr to figure they were the target.
#7 by Bob on 05/23/2005 - 1:55 pm
Peter, second comment. OF COURSE Stalina and Roosevelt had already agreed to give half of Europe to the USSR. They hadn’t told Little Winnie from his wet little irrelavant island.
#8 by Bob on 05/23/2005 - 1:56 pm
Peter, if I did not know you better, I would think your third comment was being a little cynical about the Heroic and Brilliant and Prophetic Sir Winston Churchill.
#9 by Bob on 05/23/2005 - 2:01 pm
Peter, your fourth comment is very insulting to Our Friend and Ally, the Organizer of victory, Joseph (Uncle Joe) Stalin, Hero of The Greatest Generation.
Peter, on your last comment, Dumb Winnie finally realized in 1948 that what Roosevelt and Stalin had agreed to in 1945 or before had taken place. He was shocked that this Iron Curtain they agreed to at least three years before had been staring him in the face the whole three years and more. He still thought Roosevelt was his buddy and that Roosevelt had admired him deeply.
Considering the speed with which Dumb Winnie’s Prophetic, Brilliant Mind worked, it is just possible that by 1948 he finally came up with that that 1948 observation all by himself.
#10 by Peter on 05/23/2005 - 10:21 pm
Please stop me if I am annoying. You are always the GWTEL and an heroic Southern gentleman. It’s too bad you are not here to see the rascally (yet respectful) grin on my face. I am also trying hard to stay on topic for your blog.
Hitler spoke of the German people’s Lebensraum in terms of the lands, as you say which were populated by Germans, as they had been for thousands of years, but which were ruled by other nations since WWI. Lebensraum was spoken of in terms of empowering the German people by liberating them and then uniting them against the internal and international enemy (which they, like henry Ford, said was the Jew).
Acquiring NEW Lebensraum is another issue. Is that in any of the Germans’ literature? How, when and just where more Lebensraum could be acquired were certainly not specified. Hitler never talked “conquest;” he was quite proud of the new Germany’s peaceful successes. “Conquest” methinks is specific. All the primary source materials I have read (although it’s been a while) indicated the Germans expected to lose a World War. Their intelligence, much of it public or publicized, told them that war was inevitable and so they better get moving quick. Just like the WASI, when those boys took Sumter back.
The reference to the millions of Reds captured, was that they were obviously amassed along the border, ready to attack Germany. A few years ago, some Russian historians found the files giving the precise date for the planned Red attack. I believe the Germans beat them by just two weeks, but still captured somewhere in the neighborhood of four million. As the germans made progress deep into Red territory, they announced repeatedly that they had exceeded their expectations.
Yet, the Germans were not ready for a long war, and the fact that they had not even requisitioned winter wear (a point which “Winnie” gloated over) indicates among other bits of evidence, that the Germans had not planned for a war any time soon with Russia. They hoped for a fast war against the Reds, because that was all they were ready for. They knew that war in Russia would mean a long, drawn out affair. Once war could no longer be delayed, they HOPED they could use Flashwar successfully like they did against the French and the Poles. Like the Japanese, they could only make the best of a bad situation.
The analysis you gave also ignores the close and peaceful relationship the Germans had with the Poles until their president was assassinated. Maybe your expertise could be applied to the reports from the Polish ambassador to the US(?) that the assassination was the work of “Winnie’s’ agents. Germany declared a national holiday of mourning for the Polish president; they smelled the smokes of the coming war. The British then offered the new Polish government a signed blank checque, promising them unlimited support if there was a conflict with Germany. Poles attacked and killed thousands (tens of theousands?) of Germans without provocation. ‘Winnie,’ however reneged and Poland was overrun.
All this supports what you are saying here.
#11 by Wandrin on 10/19/2009 - 3:51 am
Churchill and Britain were both completely irrelevant to the process and yet completely responsible for the outcome of the process.
Neat trick.