The Churchills Episode Two: The March to War

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[@tomtom21194]

I think this is Starkey's best series. Its brilliant

[@nyckolaus]

Utterly Fascinating! Thank you, David Starkey.

[@danielrichwine2268]

David, in case you read this, I want to credit you for inspiring me to read churchills biography of the Duke of Marlborough. So far it is just as good as I was hoping it would be. Better actually. I'm beginning to understand why Churchill was considered to be a literary genius.

[@rolandnelson6722]

Worth reading Winston’s book on his young life too.

[@mikegalvin9801]

@@rolandnelson6722 The River War is wonderful. I inherited my dad's library and after Gibbons I intend to start on Marlborough.

[@bohenriksson2330]

Starkey’s presentation leaves you speechless!

[@Eyyoh755]

Greetings from Germany! A very interesting documentary, indeed! As a german admirer of Sir Winston and british history, it was a real pleasure to watch this series.😊

[@andrewcole4843]

Hitler ignoring Winston as insignificant - I love that.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

There was one good thing about Hitler: He killed Hitler!

[@rationalconservative386]

Mussolini did the same to Hitler nearly a decade earlier.

[@okanv]

16:30 😆😆Thanks for this great comment of Charles II of Spain.

[@2frogland]

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[@DS9TREK]

Thanks for uploading these. It's wonderful to see them again.

[@denz8261]

Erudite and superb presentation. Thank you.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

What an incredible series this is turning out to be, far better than anything the legacy media has been able to do these past couple of decades.

[@entropy5431]

I think was made for TV originally and has been uploaded.

[@tatata1543]

It was on a “legacy media” channel a decade ago. So you’re completely wrong.

[@jeffhreid]

This is brilliantly done. Just splendid

[@brianswelding]

This is so good, what a pleasant surprise, Thank you! 🙏 Looking forward to watching the other episodes.

[@ChrisW-cn7pb]

This is excellently presented !

[@barnham9388]

This is really outstanding - proper insightful, thought provoking history - I had a two hour car journey with my father in law at the weekend - we started talking about my son’s upcoming exams and about “source analysis” in the context of history and ended up mashing together an overview of how interesting this series was, with how interesting the early chapters of Laurence Rees’ book “The Holocaust” are which perhaps cover some overlapping themes around the rise of Nazism. Much better than any recent history related output on mainstream TV.

[@markanderson3376]

Excellent video. Thanks for uploading these Churchill videos. I just looked into buying Churchill's biography of Marlborough but it seems surprisingly hard to find in a print edition these days.

[@user-pt1ow8hx5l]

Time's ripe for republication. With a foreword of sorts....

[@sandraroutledge6453]

So informative. It reveals Churchill the man as well as the great politician and leader he was to become

[@laurarivera5875]

Thank you for yet another fantastic episode! Keep them coming!!!

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Churchill writing about Marlborough while thinking about Germany as told to us by David Starkey.🤯

[@ellencook1658]

Win win win

[@duncananderson6588]

We here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 have a town in the South Island called Blenheim in a small provincial area called Marlborough. This battle must have been of no little significance to have inspired recognition at such a distance.

[@allangibson8494]

And Wellington turns up in quite a few places too. (Victoria has a Wellington Rd that intersects with a Napoleon Rd…).

[@kiwifruit27]

@@allangibson8494here in Sydney we have a Napoleon St and at the end is a park called Bona Park, someone loved history

[@allangibson8494]

@@kiwifruit27 And painful puns…

[@lennoxhonychurch3733]

And here in the small Caribbean island of Dominica there is also a Blenheim named in the 1770s

[@DanThomas1161]

These 2 series are proof yet again that English are best historians and story tellers. Bar none.

[@jeffhreid]

The genetics of the Churchill line is remarkable. The likeness of the Duke of Marlborough, through to Sir Winston, down to his son Randolph is striking.

[@JennyRoses1975]

plus a pinch of American aristocracy..

[@jeffhreid]

@@JennyRoses1975 yes, if I recall Sir Winston is the only ever honorary American citizen. Of course I like to think he had a bit of the American spirit built in as it were, due to his Mother’s influence.

[@kiwifruit27]

What a truly fascinating series, excellent in every way

[@wm5113]

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Appreciate Starke’s docuseries.

[@FergalByrne]

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[@barefootonasandybeach638]

Wonderful presentation..

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Fantastic. Thank you so much, Professor.

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Mr Starkey this is an excellent docuseries , thank you for your haed work and dedication , I eagerly look forward to part 3 if there is one .

[@frankbrennan1619]

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[@prama064]

New perspective from an insider Churchill

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[@TC-cd5fh]

Superb stuff. Great teacher.

[@ckwind1971]

I am riveted. Can't wait for the next one.

[@matthewbell4200]

Excellent David

[@archiecollins3714]

This is a very good documentary... I also really like the green overcoat!

[@druharper]

Superb

[@louisgiokas2206]

Masterful. I have purchased the four volumes for my Kindle. I am almost embarrassed to say they cost me under $20 altogether. While I would love to get hardcover volumes, I am running out of room (in a large house).

[@jonathanwaterhouse1]

Marvellous thank you

[@rationalconservative386]

This was fantastic!

[@ashthebash66]

Super documentary

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Magnificent.

[@geoffw8565]

Brilliant !

[@Boric78]

This is rarther good.

[@sj-ll6wc]

A good leader understands necessary destruction to hurt the enemy for the greater good ..but a really good leader does not enjoy having to do it. And has the strength of character to admit it..sadly lacking in our leaders today

[@1990pommie]

250.000 pounds reward plus incredible realeastate in era,when 4 pounds a year wage was common.

[@norcatch]

It is, though, descriptive, that the photo of Churchill and Baldwin is from the mid 20s.

[@RobertThomson-y4m]

We should study and learn from history.

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

Anyone who claims you can trust them by now . Don't trust them at all.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

But how can we trust what you say? 😁

[@anoshya]

I can’t understand if he was not present at any of these events he must have read loads of books on the subject and then talked about what occurred ..it’s the only way he knows so much

[@robertewing3114]

What evidence Government modernised RAF because Churchill advised it? He wasnt Marlborough talking to his monarch, it was Chamberlain and the Treasury that wanted security and value for money, and all was planned for war in a few years time, no imperative to delay modernization.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

The prewar building up of RAF Fighter Command was preferred because it was in essence a defensive force. The whole idea of "appeasement" was to avoid a repeat of the blood letting of the first world war, and it was widely viewed that to strongly develop RAF Bomber Command was an overt sign of future potential OFFENSIVE operations which would add to the growing instability within Europe, and would not have received widespread support within Parliament.... but developing our defensive fighter systems, so that the "Bomber wouldn't always get through" was seen as a much more acceptable expenditure of taxpayers money.

[@robertewing3114]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 the whole idea became defence in the initial stages of a future war with Germany enabling military strength to build from the empire, RDF was avaliable, it was irrelevant what happened on land since German bombers were anticipated over London. The public feared war, it was scandalous that another war with Germany was possible, and Chamberlain guessed the same war would not repeat itself because of air power, appeasement was not an idea, it was time guaranteed for diplomacy and rearmament, and it was hoped that Hitlers best opportunities for war would be lost thereby and the danger actually eliminated by way of such postponement. The wish to avoid another 1914-18 existed for various reasons, but was never paramount as policy, the wish to avoid Hitler dominating Europe was.

[@thomasriedel7583]

History as theology.

[@lebedev63]

This is good but the music gets in the way. Always distraction. Do you read the comments? Please contact KP and offer private history tuition to the Wales' children before it's too late for them to learn from you. EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY AND THANK YOU. MORE PLEASE.

[@magneticqubzian6902]

Where is monarcy?

[@gaborhertelendy]

Or what if Winston led England into a war just to match up with his ancestor? It's safe to say that whatever happened in the ww2 was the worst case scenario. Any other solution would have been less brutal. They basically ruined the whole Europe, England lost everything, and the loss of the population was so huge, workforce had to be imported from abroad. Which caused today's cultural, ethnical tensions and will soon lead to the total loss of west europe. Now Winston Churchill is either the greatest hero or the one who was solely responsible of the fall of the western culture.

[@Grenadier311]

Marlborough would delivery victory after unbroken victory, only for the diplomat to squander the lives lost time and again at the negotiating table, but in the end, after gratuitous bloodshed, Louis IV's iron grip on Europe was broken - if some years later than necessary. The War of Spanish Succession was unmatched by measure of bloodiness until Napolean's rise a century later.

[@rabburns1382]

"Anne.........QUEEN OF ENGLAND....? england......eNGLAND ?." SCOTLAND ?..

[@edwardolson8996]

Both Churchills deserve Starkey's great praise, but it is a real stretch to equate Louis XlV with Hitler. Louis was no vicious, bloodthirsty, tyrant. He did wage war, and sought to expand his empire, but there was nothing unusual about this. England sought, and achieved, global hegemony, for centuries before, and centuries after, Louis. Wales and Ireland were the first victims of its aggression. Louis practiced realpolitik, as England has always done. Louis was, actually, by the standards of his time, generous to those who opposed him. He took no delight in the torture and execution of innocent, or even guilty, people. He was no Henry Vlll. His revocation of the Edict of Nantes was tyrannical. He was, alas, no saint. Nothing he ever did was as contemptible as the U.K.'s Opium Wars against China. Queen Victoria, through her ministers, was the biggest drug dealer in history. I'd like to hear Starkey on this subject. It is facile to seek symmetry in his subject matter, but it's a cheap choice, and it should be above a serious historian.

[@kellyowens1868]

So what you're really saying is . . . a useful historical COMPARISON, is the same as "EQUATING" 2 national leaders, 2 historical periods, 2 international conflicts ... even if the author NEVER claims they are identical ... because that would be clearly untrue, ridiculous, & a mission impossible. Clearly both Churchills fought against tryranical, national leaders, bent on European conquest. The absolute monarchy of Louis XIV, & Hitler's NAZI regime were undemocratic, authoritarian, & arbitrary, unlike the constitutional monarchy, it's elected parliament & Prime Ministers who actually directed military affairs abroad. As for Wales, & Ireland being conquered by the English, the historical truth is French Norman lords subjugated those lands through force of arms, after first conquering the English kingdom in 1066, as you should know. No where in this 3 hour trilogy does Dr. Starkey "equate" the two military despots bent on European conquest, but suely you've heard the good professor say, History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes," & no truer example exists than the medoldic comparison he has composed here. Your critique it seems is untrue on it's face, unfair in the extreme, &, I dare say, intellectually dishonest, but I invite any detailed defense of your unreasonable accusation, but leave any personal attacks, or emotionally driven replies outside this conversation please. KOut

[@edwardolson8996]

@@kellyowens1868 I'll leave any personal attacks, or emotionally driven replies outside this conversation. You have provided enough for both of us. But "melodic comparison" is inventive. Thanks for that.

[@paulklee5790]

‘Adolph Hitler… in this bed, dictating…’

[@geomac650]

Plopper !

[@70galaxie]

plug and ring bayonet were downright stupid. a retractable bayonet was logical. loading and firing were paramount.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

An integral FOLDING bayonet was much more reliable... such as on the late model Moisin Nagant carbine rifle.

[@vernedavis5856]

I suppose long distance accuracy was best,in the end. horrifying, seeing what humans did to each other,rightly or wrongly,whomever supplies definition. G.Davis sr, 26July'24

[@barbararice6650]

North British horse regiments harried Munich, oh dear 😑

[@williampowhida572]

Nonsense!!

[@rm-mb4vj]

It’s hard to imagine a less compelling analogy than the one between Nazi Germany and the France of Louis XIV. And however appealing it might have seemed to Churchill to employ a little bit of double entendre in the 1930s, it does strike one as rather stupid to reiterate it now, in hindsight, as a serious hypothesis.

[@peterkavanagh64]

Perparation for less is not esr but if ut be fsrxawsy is liss a clise friebd is v

[@raycarter4030]

I dare you to tell the truth.

[@tatata1543]

Now there’s a guy that likes the sound of his own voice. Pity he is reduced to making KZbin videos that hardly anyone watches because no mainstream company will touch him.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

It must be traumatic for you, for once coming across someone who knows his topic, marshals his arguments logically, and doesn't feel cowed by the 'Agenda.'

[@tatata1543]

@@dovetonsturdee7033 It’s the racism thing that bothers me to be honest, I’m funny like that.

[@thechampion1671]

No one who speaks the truth is allowed on the MSM.

[@rogerwoodhouse7945]

@@tatata1543 Not funny just poorly educated.

[@tatata1543]

@@rogerwoodhouse7945 Are you saying he’s not a racist? Seriously?

[@nevada531]

Dr Starkey, I was following your descriptions of W.C's literary influence from his ancestor with interest until you made an utterly false statement.. You said the Left was part of Appeasement to Hitler when you know that is false. ' The Left",as you disparengingly refer to it, was always opposed to fascism- be it from Italy, Spain or Nazi Germany. It was your gang, the Conservatives, Baldwin, Chamberlain etc., that sought appeasement. An appalling abuse of your status as a historian to mislead and betray your profession. I have inscribed from your page and doubt will ever be posted because I love history and you are now a cringing propagandist.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

The "Left" in Britain did whatever the USSR was doing. They hated the nazis during the Spanish civil war because the soviets were supporting the Spanish republicans. From August 1939 to June 1941 they were busy trying to undermine the UK Govt, as the Soviet Union became balls deep with the nazis during that period. As soon as the nazis turned on the USSR, Harry Pollitt and his mob were once again eagerly calling for more bombing of Germany and 110% co-operation of the "proles" in destroying Hitler. They were evil, unreliable, traitorous rabble... always have been, always will be. It's just a pity they have sold their ideas to the heads of corporate globalism and are now busy helping spreading their "World Communism V2.0 globalism" across the world.

[@stevenfarrall3942]

Superb