– Churchill’s heroic image and role in WWII was largely propagated by himself through distorted histories he wrote after the war.

– Churchill was an opportunistic politician who frequently changed positions based on political expediency, rather than principles.

– Churchill was a lifelong proponent of war and militarism, seeing war as the central driver of human history and progress.

– Churchill played a key role in embroiling the United States in World War II, through his close collaboration with Roosevelt.

– Churchill’s single-minded focus on the “defeat of Hitler” led him to unconditionally support Stalin and the Soviet Union, despite their atrocities.

– Churchill’s military strategies, such as the bombing campaigns against German cities, were reckless and caused massive civilian casualties. 600,000 dead civilians , 800,000 seriously injured.

– Churchill was complicit in or directly responsible for various war crimes and atrocities committed by the Allies during WWII.

– After the war, Churchill’s policies and actions contributed to the expansion of the welfare state in Britain, which he had previously opposed.

– Churchill’s legacy has been mythologized and sanitized, obscuring his opportunism, militarism, and disregard for international law and morality.

– A critical examination of Churchill’s record reveals him to be a “Man of Blood” and a politician without principles, whose reputation has corrupted standards of honesty and morality in history.

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