Sir Winston Churchill Resigns (1955) | British Pathé

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Queen Elizabeth's reign is now roughly equal to a human's average life expectancy. I'm watching this historical footage from a bygone era and it still baffles my mind that the queen referenced in this clip is the same one today.

[@weeklydaily4775]

Wow!!!

[@houstonturna]

Well said

[@gutenbird]

Yep. Crazy and even Anne Frank wrote about her.

[@moyeenm.bhuiyan6249]

Don't you know she's immortal lol!

[@ShienChannel]

Emnh... yea...

[@JohnHinkle-bp2tg]

Sir Winston Churchill's leadership is crucially needed today.

[@lw3646]

Times have moved on really, politics is so different, his ways wouldn't work now.

[@Kado1609]

@@lw3646 no but you you are very close to picking a hitler like character as leader... due to your failed immigrant policies and your disgusting 2 tier system wich focuses on your indegenious people instead of focusing on those damn immigrants

[@louisxiv631]

God save Sir Winston!

[@Pedrohnm]

Why is your the only person in here?

[@Fylnnn]

Underidodeidoideridodoo

[@sapotesaptek]

winston light red

[@tunistick8044]

Louis what are you in here I thought that you are retired 🧐🧐🧐

[@khalifahaljafar6608]

@@tunistick8044 he's not louis

[@youngrighteous699]

Something about a British man yelling commentary at you is what I miss in the 2020s

[@stephenguppy7882]

No yelling here. Great diction delivered in an authoritative manner.

[@paololuckyluke2854]

The Queen actually went to 10 Downing St, rather than the other way round. She was young and knew old Winston must have been suffering at the knees. That’s purely my supposition, but it seems clear from the pictures.

[@Max-px5ym]

This is how Boris Johnson imagined his resignation.

[@rianthompson5061]

very sad isn't it

[@Ryanlexz]

😂😂

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

Too bad he is a toxic liar that sold the nation to foreign investors.

[@reyhanyaprag5595]

Boris is a clown

[@bigman25plus25]

Boris is a pound shop Churchill

[@Centurio-LegioX-Equestris]

God Bless Sir Winston. He did a lot for this world. And May God forgive his mistakes.

[@jahidhosssin54456]

He did an inhuman crime.

[@thethirdfrenchempire1556]

@@jahidhosssin54456 You would probably be speaking German without him

[@shinigummyl1586]

@@jahidhosssin54456 May did some bad things but the UK and europe would be in a very bad state without churchill

[@Yo-ps2pf]

May God Forgive his famine that caused Millions of Deaths? Absolutely not.

[@shinigummyl1586]

@@Yo-ps2pf yeah that was the thing im saying a western hero but a colonial villain

[@mtdteedee2856]

Amazing footage He showed great respect to the Queen

[@ahassen1236]

When receiving a knighthood actually meant something!

[@djStrimmer]

Maybe do a bit more research. There’s a long history of giving knighthoods to useless people. Friends of the powerful etc.

[@deedee-tc4fh]

Well it was she who bestowed Blair the highest Knighthood possible.

[@alfching2499]

​@@deedee-tc4fh it's all a farce,and as corrupt as can be,look at this loser and failure Cameron,say no more

[@xchazz86]

What a time to be alive, but not anymore. The shallow hell we have now is insufferable.

[@Waleed-22996]

UK great nation 🇬🇧👑🤝 Rest in heaven Queen Rest in heaven Sir Winston

[@HariKrishna-ix2in]

Britishers are looters who looted, ruled & colonized other countries. There is no difference between British empire & Nazi Germany, even Nazi's & Hitler took inspiration from British to commit crimes.

[@christopherthomson1978]

great leader and things could of been very different without him

[@Nik_hilll]

Great Killer 👍

[@Jay-dm4id]

Human race progresses forward because somehow great people rise up to meet the needs of that time. Without them we can't imagine where we would be now. My favourite ones are Archimedes, Isaac Newton, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill

[@andrewkitchenuk]

@@Nik_hilll Shut up. If it wasn't for Churchill you'd be in a German forced labour camp.

[@nielk2404]

yes, life would have been different for 1 million bengal famine dead people!!

[@Buttwipe-nc9br]

@@Nik_hilll average liberal response

[@Jasper-vr2zv]

The greatest of admirations from across the pond to the man who stood against tyranny and rallied the democracies to fight for freedom. As the architect of the special relationship, Churchill will always be remembered fondly in the land of his mother 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸

[@Nik_hilll]

Its similar to Hail Hitler and Praising Churchill 🧠👎

[@keithcarey6312]

He may have been more of an inspiration to Americans than FDR

[@meetjo6568]

He was a murderer He was even worse than hitler He killed more than 30 million bengalis during bengal famine

[@anenglishmanplusamerican7107]

Hello from the new jersey

[@andrews6342]

Stood against tyranny while being a tyrant!!

[@angelacooper2661]

My mother was in her late teens and at teacher training college in 1955. She remembered Churchill well. Notice how the great man bows properly to the Royal couple - that's how it should be done!

[@cs-td6ic]

Really sister did your mother see Churchill

[@Nik_hilll]

Great Man 😂 for what fir Killing Innocent Peoples 🧠👎

[@angelacooper2661]

No, she remembered hearing him on the radio and finding out when she went to teacher training college of his leaving Downing Street. Her fellow students would have talked about it and she discovered it then!

[@sonshi12nsp]

Really

[@pootis.145]

Churchill hitting his hat on the car roof at 1:28 will never not be funny.

[@rys1968]

History! The world misses so much leaders as Sir Winston Churchill!

[@focusmicro]

Queen Elizabeth II, so pretty. RIP.

[@jamalurfan1533]

Legend! Greatest prime minster in history

[@Fotodante]

Along with Margaret Thatcher.

[@jamalurfan1533]

@@Fotodante Completely agree my friend!

[@richardmarumaru8955]

Have a good sleep sir Winston you have done good for all of us. In the waryears thats why I am responding to this thanks for everything we will never forget you Amen

[@DecaS3]

GODD BLES SCHURCHIIOL

[@Nik_hilll]

He was Similar to Hitler and Stalin 🧠👎

[@DecaS3]

@@Nik_hilll GOD BLESS CHURCHILL

[@Nik_hilll]

@@DecaS3 GOD BLESS YOU

[@DecaS3]

@@Nik_hilll GOD BLESS CHURCHILL

[@Evanescencegirl23]

The Crown brought me here. It's surreal how similar the actors look.

[@daryljay7057]

"He mobilized the English language; and sent it into battle!" A God of War! Where have these Men gone? We need them so!

[@rodpetrie1088]

Dear God, when will we ever see a man like that return ?

[@mahdikhan9443]

I love how prince phillip is like no you go first at 2:41 Edit:dam 21 likes

[@joehickey8597]

Churchill: Go on Man. Phillip: no u. Churchill: Alright Man, Thanks.

[@Nik_hilll]

Churchill: Iam Racist and I did Genocide 🙏🧠👎

[@januarioqueiroz3122]

I noticed that too

[@Mohammad-nt5mn]

Even me as a middle eastern am so thankful that Winston did his best to prevent any further destruction in our world I cant believe what Adolf would have done if he took over the UK and the soviet union

[@Burgerklauer]

Maybe today’s world is the one that got destroyed. Conflicts everywhere and no peace anywhere.

[@ladboii2901]

@@Burgerklauer spot on!

[@Mohammad-nt5mn]

@@Burgerklauer yeah Imagine what the case wiyld be if hitler won Today’s world lies about peace but has to show some peaceful actions to maintain its existence If nazi German took over the world Everyone would be enslaved for the blue german race This is a shity world we live in but I believe its the version we can achieve with our arrogance selfishness and stupidity

[@AGP335]

​@@Burgerklauer I know!! Only 91% of the world lives in a country at peace! I fear if I step outside it'll all blow up in my face!!!1!

[@talzzz1546]

Stalin also not only churchill

[@AaronMahoney-xy9ff]

Winston Churchill is legend of modern history

[@JoshSamimi2024]

I agree mr Mahoney

[@WinstonChurchillSir]

Thanks Aaron

[@WinstonChurchillSir]

You must be a teacher of history Aaron I will hire you as my leader of opposition

[@swinephrog6428]

Love him or hate him, both equally valid, he changed the world as we know it

[@DecaS3]

@Kerberos Shut

[@nippy7425]

@Kerberos all he said was “shut” so how can you assume he wanted the Germans to win😂

[@denverbritto5606]

Only Germans should hate him, for Dresden. No-one else has legitimate grievances.

[@INFEDnoX]

@@denverbritto5606 The people of Bengal and the rest of the Indian subcontinent do.

[@denverbritto5606]

@@INFEDnoX nonsense, he's always been popular in India. He was a great friend to us

[@rebar59duffy84]

As a lad I read Sir Winston Churchill’s great work ; “The History of the English Speaking Peoples”. I remember sitting with my family watching Sir Winston’s funeral on our black and white television in 1965. Like all prophets, Sir Winston had enemies. Yet, as painful as it is, unpopularity is the lot of the prophet and is - in a fallen world - proof that the prophetic have spoken the inconvenient Truth. As God raises up great men in times of discord, uncertainty and grave danger, the leadership of Sir Winston proved that he was Divinely-chosen to emancipate the world from tyranny. May our Lord give him eternal rest in Heaven.

[@servantofthelivinggod6192]

He was a wicked man. Hopefully he repented before he died. Far from a prophet of the LORD. He was a freemasonic druid.

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

What a great human being. God bless Winston 🙏✌

[@subicheg]

🤮🤮🤮

[@rumeunner3245]

The best wartime PM ever.

[@allenjones3130]

Rest in peace, Sir Winston Churchill.

[@narend6572]

Wov.. this Queen had dinner with Sir Winston Churchill.... i couldn't fathom. That's cool.

[@majorlaff8682]

Boiled beef, carrots, mashed potato and gravy, followed by treacle tart and custard. They really knew how to live it up in those days.

[@thunderstorms0024]

An Amazing Personality, Sir Churchill. 👍

[@AJ-jv1wh]

You must not be aware of this guy's opinion of India and responsibility in causing the famine.

[@CB-fz3li]

@@AJ-jv1wh much debated history as to how responsible Churchill was.

[@jorgejohnson451]

I missed an opportunity to see so many sites when I was in London years ago. But I had fun nonetheless. A great city to visit. Stayed at a wonderful hotel.

[@JoshuaSaunders-ov6mp]

Good man

[@the1whofights434]

No retirement has ever been more deserving

[@mikegalvin9801]

Queen so young and beautiful.

[@jimj4583]

I remember his state funeral ⚰️

[@mikeamico6763]

Winston was a great man we would be hard pressed to find another like him

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Anthony Eden: “Yeah… I’m about to go crazy rn”

[@สมชายจึงสิริพิพัฒน์พร-ส6ธ]

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[@Stacyxuva]

I like this videos I feel like this man have so much to teach me 🇺🇸💪🏽💧

[@sebastianguevara3615]

@Dark Matter Oh!!!!!! Be Quiet Communist Pig And Why Did You Call Her A Racist???? You Don't Even Know Her Simply Because She Stated That She Loved Watching These Old Newsreels And Stating That She Wished Churchil Would Teach Her So Much???

[@bertiewooster3326]

The cars are Humber Super Snipes just so you know.

[@josec.gomesfilho6924]

Legendary!

[@christian-jakobgrasl]

The father of our nation!! ❤😢

[@ajaykumaraggarwal9666]

The Greatest Enemy of India and Humanity. Once he said Indians are not capable to govern but today UK has Indian origin PM, What an irony🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Naviolet]

Yeah but he killed lots of indians I am british but its not right killing innocent and defenceless people

[@hannibal-y4h]

​@@ajaykumaraggarwal9666yeah his parents escaped from India and became British irony

[@britishpathe]

60 years ago today, Winston Churchill resigned. British Pathé's contemporary newsreel tells the tale: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5C4m5KlZrFgm5I

[@Nik_hilll]

Why he was Born

[@bibekdas7449]

67 now

[@bibekdas7449]

​​@@Nik_hilll because his parents made him!

[@veramae4098]

The proof that he saved democracy and Britain, came when he was voted out and stepped aside.

[@JoshSamimi2024]

In 2025 it will be 70 years

[@versonimmanuel]

1:15 Young Queen

[@olivernohn]

Greatest leader, Sir Winston Churchill ❤️ with our amazing noble Queen 👸

[@Federik.]

The Queen was so Beautiful

[@PrakashKumar-er2rq]

I love this character

[@aigcfabio]

Great man. Does anyone know what kind of cigars he smoked?

[@benstevinson764]

Victory ✌️ for Sir Winston Churchill 🇬🇧

[@beaglooo]

Wow!! How times have changed with BJ

[@edwaldocamargo4387]

Um homem que nunca poderá ser esquecido pelo seu povo

[@joeblow4566]

One of Sir Winston's quotes Sir Winston you are drunk and he replied something to the effect dear lady I am drunk in the morning I will be sober but you will still be ugly love Churchill one of the greats

[@pcon8]

It was Nancy Astor. She said "Winston, you're drunk" He answered "Nancy, you're ugly and in the morning I shall be sober."

[@Baibars9934]

I would like to know how/what queen feel when she think about the difference between Winston Churchill and boris Jhonson 🙄

[@chamakambole8131]

Who was reporting this? He made me rewind a f re rewind to hear and re hear the sweet kind of reporting

[@simonbird1973]

What a man, what a fooking man! 🇬🇧👏👏👏

[@extremelycareless2541]

I remember his funeral.

[@raul6546]

he was a murder

[@ClementAttlee-bb7xr]

I should have come back as prime minister after he resigned

[@WinstonChurchillSir]

No Attlee

[@ClementAttlee-bb7xr]

@RishiSunakPM2022 thanks Rishi

[@hpgames8845]

​@@ClementAttlee-bb7xr I respect you sir from my heart as a indian

[@auntsally3058]

Respect to winston

[@jongcook8288]

The Queen is immortal.

[@oleogabalo]

As all reptilians.... 😯

[@cflamingo203]

@@oleogabalo 🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@servantofthelivinggod6192]

@@oleogabalo Lol yep, the lizard🦎 queen.

[@FalconJudah]

....

[@filipwelin129]

Ouch

[@rlnarayanan72]

underidoderidoderiododeridoo

[@bibekdas7449]

RIP

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Yes that’s the second time Winston had resigned as prime minister

[@dennisnaderhoff2008]

This is the greatest leader G.B. ever had. And along with Roosevelt, of the century. He has got to be the Queen's fondest memory. He's a giant. And the Queen knows she owes the survival of England to him.

[@marsspacex6065]

The man who literally saved democracy, freedom and humanity.

[@nabiinvai2304]

not humanity

[@corkboy4523]

And caused famine in India

[@MinuteSciMagicshorts]

Naaa if it wasent for the Sovjet all of Europe would speak Germany and thats a fact !

[@jshepard152]

@@MinuteSciMagicshorts Baloney. The Soviets almost folded like a cheap tent in '41. The German army was in the outskirts of Moscow. If it weren't for *massive* support from Britain and the US, they'd be speaking German in Moscow today. You can't save the world when you can't save yourself.

[@ygivoreal]

@@jshepard152 exactly

[@Ddfdsssed]

Those Cars just Awesome Look..

[@christiankedenburg5489]

🇬🇧R.I.P🇬🇧

[@2012photograph]

Out Queen Elizabeth favorite Prime Minister of all is Sir Winston Churchill

[@horseandcart5978]

I read somewhere that after he was voted out, he described it as very good news, as this was the democracy he had been fighting for. Any comments? Has anyone else heard this?

[@DarioHaruni]

A natural icon like Sir Winston is hard to find nowadays.

[@rajibahmed5050]

Don't forget.due to his racist behaviour..4.3 million people died.

[@cs-td6ic]

Do you know more about him sir

[@iamamousee1182]

People call the Ukrainian President Zelensky a modern Churchill

[@diwakarjung8107]

The man who beat hitler , sir wiston churchill rest in peac❤️🙏👍️🇳🇵

[@thisishalloween8586]

Crazy to think she met someone born in 1874

[@smallie210]

not really. a lot of people in their 70's like my parents for instance met people who were born at that time like their grandparents etc

[@வீட்டில்-சமைப்பதே-சிறந்தது]

Sir Winston Churchill the Great👍👏😊

[@ErnestoHerrera2002]

Is that Harold Macmillan at 0:38?

[@kid--presentable]

I know he didn't like my country or people but can't help respect him

[@obviousness8113]

Out of curiosity, what country is that?

[@kid--presentable]

@@obviousness8113 Ireland

[@obviousness8113]

@@kid--presentable Ahh, yes. I think it was De Valera that he was most upset with. I've studied WC, and I don't think he disliked the average Irishman, just De Valera, who represented Ireland. Naturally, the average Irishman would follow their own leaders. Thank you for seeing him in a respectful light. I am American, by the way. A history buff.

[@kid--presentable]

@@obviousness8113 he said appealing things about the average Irish man , called us ferrel Humans , I could go on , unfortunately you are wrong.. however one can't help but respect the man.

[@obviousness8113]

@@kid--presentable I don't disagree that he said those things but he also said some bad things about the members of the Labor party, MPs whom he disagreed with, people who worked for him, and anyone who annoyed him. Many of these people he later went on to speak well of and would even eulogize when he attended their funerals. But I see where you are coming from.

[@paulwalker9423]

Come back we need you

[@Tesla_Iive2023-]

The greatest orator in modern history 🙌 And the man who saved democracy! We miss you sir

[@venkat9678]

Winston churchill enjoyed Cigars ( Suruttu) made from my state Trichy in south india.

[@absayeed1798]

The guy who is responsible for over 4 million death in India is considered as a hero.

[@takinoordinarykitty6961]

Then u know indian is nothing 😏

[@absayeed1798]

@@takinoordinarykitty6961 I didn't get it.

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

Every good thing eventually comes to an end ...even great empires ....even looting others gold and diamonds .....😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nikolaisiewdass559]

One of the greatest leaders worldwide

[@coucouyoutube1468]

Sir Winston was the men of the WW2 without him we would all speak german

[@anglo-saxonking1729]

More like *could

[@dragooll2023]

Lack of oil*

[@NuIIname]

@@dragooll2023 omfg

[@GenSecWPMN_TAngami]

You've to thank the Yanks for saving Britain. Not to forget the Red Army for exhausting German fighting resources.

[@joeblow4566]

I think you forgot about Roosevelt and Eisenhower and if it were not for the United States of America helping Great Britain and entering World War II we would all be speaking German

[@noobieexplorer4697]

7 years and 15 comments huh

[@anatolyyurkin6635]

В такой момент Клементина думала, не зря все было

[@michaelhayden725]

How Dowling Street has changed since these photos. The general public are no longer permitted into this area.

[@Jack-ez9cc]

Sir Wisconsin Churchill🇬🇧🇬🇧✌️

[@Good_BorisAV]

_Thank you!_ _Very interesting and educational!_ 🇷🇺👍

[@joeguzman3558]

Wow , men were really men to say I have nothing to offer but blood tears and sweat - it makes you want to tattoo his face and that saying.

[@servantofthelivinggod6192]

Sounds evil...

[@oxfordnoi5609]

Best day of my life.

[@donatocapurso784]

Se la mattina, appena alzati non abbiamo la preoccupazione di andare a lavorare senza che ci cada una bomba,e se la sera usciamo con gli amici per una birra per poi andare a dormire tranquilli e grazie a persone come Winston Churchill, che hanno garantito alla mia e alla futura generazione un futuro migliore !!! Statista di un valore a cui è difficile trovare un termine,non se ne trovano più....Estroso,difficile da comprendere, si faceva capire molto bene dai Generali di Sua Maestà....Chi se lo ritrovava davanti ci doveva pensare e aprire bocca 2 volte,perché se pensavi di fregarlo ti ritrovavi fregato prima ancora di capirlo !!! Si fidava di pochi,e prima che finisse la guerra aveva già capito le future alleanze e i futuri comportamenti di certi Presidenti,inutile anticiparlo,perché eri già stato anticipato da lui....impossibile prenderlo per i fondelli, capiva come veniva visto dall'esterno, capiva i comportamenti della popolazione gli andamenti di alcuni politici che lo volevano fuori dopo il "bluff"dei Dardanelli ,dove la Marina Britannica sino ad allora non aveva mai subito sconfitte !!! Ha mandato in piena crisi di nervi Hitler e Mussolini, a tal punto di far prendere ad Hitler la decisione di rimandare l'operazione Leone Marino per invadere l'Inghilterra...Ha fatto sì che Hitler dicesse a Goring di fermare i bombardamenti su Londra ed altre città inglesi,perché di aerei ne erano caduti abbastanza....E quanti signori....tanti,e ricordiamoci che mancava l'Inghilterra per avere il dominio totale sull'Europa !!! È stato Churchill che ha demolito militarmente e fisicamente i gerarchi tedeschi,alla fine giudicati da Churchill in persona, lasciate i tribunali militari, lui in persona ha deciso la condanna di molti Generali tedeschi,uno su tutti Hoss responsabile del campo di concentramento di Auschwitz !!! Legato ad un palo e fucilato senza pietà da agenti SAS senza processo come faceva con i suoi detenuti !!!

[@stevennurahmed5105]

You're cracking the whip tonight.

[@unknownsourceofficial6215]

Sir winston

[@marcomoran8718]

whoaa larry the cat already exist in 10 downing since churchill era. such a history larry the cat! 😂

[@quintonscholz3656]

Wise and kindly way of eLife.

[@seucucabeludo2.057]

Viu gente, é impressão minha ou tinha um viajante no tempo tirando foto com um IPHONE 12?

[@anenglishmanplusamerican7107]

Agreed error has ended. As far as I know, no prime minister had a bond with her Majesty Then Winston Churchill.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

She was supposedly very friendly with Douglas-Home, Wilson and Callaghan

[@Jaerenagrimontage]

Someone that know what sound track it is in the backround?

[@604AT]

God save the king

[@joeroylemusic]

Imagine turning down the Order of the Garter! Now that speaks: "Job not yet done"!

[@RetroEcoChicken]

priminister or not i bet he was still able to visit the queen when he wanted.

[@indian5005]

Winston let many millions die of starvation in Bengal India. We Indians never forget. Though we moved on with the time but the scars of British cruelty will remain.

[@user-dk9dx3xb2t]

He wasn't responsible. The reasons for the famine were bad weather, the japanese invading, a complete misunderstanding of its causes, etc. He even asked FDR to send food to india.

[@indian5005]

@@user-dk9dx3xb2t He could have avoided by supplying wheat ...which was docked at bengal port but he did not do it. His won white official wrote him about the release of wheat many times but he refused and asked officials move the stock to UK. Selfish and devil minded he was. There is no difference between Winston and Hitler as both of them deliberately killed innocents the difference is one used weapons and one let people die of starvation which is more cruel actually. But now the geo politics changed, people have moved on.

[@dertery8724]

I have found similar comments emblazoned all over videos about Winston Churchill and this is my reply… Well, I only the other day sent to somebody from India this reply. I hope you’ll consider it not unsatisfactory… I am very sympathetic about the loss of family you may have suffered in the Bengali Famine and nothing I’m about to say should in any way detract from the horrendous circumstance that may have ripped your family, or families close to you, apart or in any way depersonalise their torment. I simply, approaching this from an academic point of view, wish to correct your misapprehensions. The policy you mention of shipping food out of nations during starvation had been abandoned long before the 1943 Bengali famine which you mention. I descend partly from survivors of the Great Famine in Ireland which occurred at a time when Malthusian policy was in full force and the exacerbation of famine via the exportation of food-stocks was considered ‘necessary’ to maintain a ‘check’ on the population. The Great Famine killed over a million Irishmen and a succession of famines in India between the beginning of the East India Company’s rule in the 1750s and the British rule in the 1860s killed more than 10 million people. During all the years of famine, record show that food exportation was considerably higher than ordinary years which is consistent with the Malthusian doctrine. However, prevailing British attitudes towards the morality of allowing people to starve changed after decades of campaigning - going all the way back to William Cobbett and Charles Dickens - in the 1860s and 1870s*. This very quickly actuated a change in the way the government dealt with famines across the empire. For instance Ireland has another famine in 1879 and this time the British sent food over to Ireland and kept death below a few thousand. In 1880 this change of policy reached India with the introduction of the famine codes which obliged the British to send food over promptly with the outbreak of famine - reducing greatly the severity of the 1896 and 1900 Indian famines. *When it became clear that the rising population had not worsened the availability of food due to improvements in technology which increased production. I hope this preamble will be forgiven on account that it demonstrates that the horror your family and friends went through can’t have been a deliberate effort on the part of Churchill or Britain as policy had changed on this issue almost 70 years earlier. What instead you might allege is that Churchill was incompetent. Let’s examine this claim: The true instigator of the famine was the Japanese occupation of Burma which cut off the vast majority of food supply to Bengal. Churchill told his Viceroy to India that: “Peace, order and a high condition of war-time well-being among the masses of the people constitute the essential foundation of the forward thrust against the enemy….The hard pressures of world-war have for the first time for many years brought conditions of scarcity, verging in some localities into actual famine, upon India. Every effort must be made, even by the diversion of shipping urgently needed for war purposes, to deal with local shortages….Every effort should be made by you to assuage the strife between the Hindus and Moslems and to induce them to work together for the common good.” Churchill assumed that it was going to be a short famine and so rejected Canada’s offer to augment the supplies Australia had already furnished. His rationale for doing so was that supplies from Canada would take two months to reach India whilst Australian supplies would take just three weeks, and that Canadian supplies would be better rerouted to Australia for war purposes. Whilst an understandable decision, this proved to be a grave mistake. The famine continued into 1944 by which point vast numbers of people had died and Churchill was beginning to come under scrutiny for his handling of the crisis. His calculations (he did similar ones for Italy in 1943 and Greece in 1944) suggested there was sufficient food for everybody in Bengal providing it was evenly distributed. When informed that some ‘speculators’ were hoarding large amount of food in anticipation of consequential price rises, he complained that the Indians should have to ‘accept the same sacrifices’ as the rest of the empire (I.e. through rationing food) and thus should be expected to share what resources they had with their brethren. Nonetheless these ‘speculators’, sometimes unflatteringly described as ‘vermin’ continued to hoard vast quantities of food as the famine persisted and, presumably to divert attention, many of them blamed Britain (who itself was not in a position to furnish food) for not contacting the US to ask for assistance. Consequently, Churchill wrote to Roosevelt and said the following: “ I am seriously concerned about the food situation in India….Last year we had a grievous famine in Bengal through which at least 700,000 people died. This year there is a good crop of rice, but we are faced with an acute shortage of wheat, aggravated by unprecedented storms….By cutting down military shipments and other means, I have been able to arrange for 350,000 tons of wheat to be shipped to India from Australia during the first nine months of 1944. This is the shortest haul. I cannot see how to do more. I have had much hesitation in asking you to add to the great assistance you are giving us with shipping but a satisfactory situation in India is of such vital importance to the success of our joint plans against the Japanese that I am impelled to ask you to consider a special allocation of ships to carry wheat to India from Australia….We have the wheat (in Australia) but we lack the ships. I have resisted for some time the Viceroy’s request that I should ask you for your help, but… I am no longer justified in not asking for your help“ Roosevelt deeply regretted his inability to oblige on account of the necessity of maintaining supplies ahead of the planned reconquest of France. Whatever you make of the President’s decision, Churchill cannot be blamed for it. Your ancestors were wronged not by Winston Churchill, but by the murderous imperial Japanese cutting off food supply and by some individuals in India hoarding the food which was supposedly designated for its desperate inhabitants. I hope to provide some links and source references but I’ll do that in a separate comment as KZbin have quite a propensity to delete comments with links in as spam. Enjoy the rest of your day, Der

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@@dertery8724 Wow you wrote a whole paragraph

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@@DecaS3 Wow indeed