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Conclusions of the 1943-44 Bengal Famine Commission
23
Oct
2023
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
“It has been for us a sad task to inquire into the course and causes of the Bengal famine. We have been haunted by a deep sense of tragedy. A million and a half of the poor of Bengal fell victim to circumstances for which they themselves were not responsible. Society, together. with its organs, failed to protect its weaker members. Indeed, there was a moral and social breakdown, as well as an administrative breakdown.” —Commission conclusion
Great Contemporaries: Archibald Wavell, Man of Silences (Part 2)
29
Jul
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Churchill believed any obstacle could be surmounted, while Wavell prepared for the worst. Both traits had served Britain well.
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Cambridge: “The Racial Consequences of Mr. Churchill,” A Review
14
Mar
2021
3
By ANDREW ROBERTS and ZEWDITU GEBREYOHANES
A forensic examination and point-by-point of a Cambridge University panel on Churchill, race, the British Empire and the Second World War.
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The Effects of Race and Caste on Relief in the Bengal Famine, 1943-44
29
Jan
2021
3
By ABHIJIT SARKAR
Communalization and politicization of food during the Bengal famine widened the chasm in Bengali society along the lines of religion.
Churchill and the Genocide Myth: Last Word on the Bengal Famine
27
Jan
2021
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Cancel-Culture: We Expected Better from the National Trust and the BBC
17
Dec
2020
2
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Ahistorical attacks like that of the BBC and National Trust strip away a heroic past. When a nation loses its heroes, something in it dies.
Stephen Wynn on the Sweet and Sour of Churchill’s Decision-making
15
Dec
2020
By DAVID FORMAN & RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Despite inadequate sourcework, Wynn takes a human view of Churchill, and so writes a book examining the “flawed decisions” of the “Greatest Briton.”
Churchill Contentions: “The Invasion of the Idiots”
02
Jun
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The Churchill Project is honored to be in the van of defenders of the truth, and Sir Winston’s good name. We welcome the growing number of allies.
Absent Churchill, Bengal’s Famine Would Have Been Worse
13
Oct
2017
11
Vox’s Churchill Myths: There They Go Again
19
Feb
2016
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Winston Churchill was no saint, and it is a disservice to pretend otherwise. But he is too complex a figure to be pigeonholed by writers who criticize without considering the full picture. As William Manchester wrote, Churchill “always had second and third thoughts, and they usually improved as he went along. It was part of his pattern of response to any political issue that while his early reactions were often emotional, and even unworthy of him, they were usually succeeded by reason and generosity.”
Did Churchill Exacerbate the Bengal Famine?
08
Apr
2015
25
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Reviewing a recent book, The Churchill Factor, by London Mayor Boris Johnson, a reviewer repeated a widespread canard that Winston Churchill caused the Bengal Famine. This allegation false; Churchill did everything he could in the midst of world war to save the Bengalis, and without him the famine would have been worse.