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Great Contemporaries: Montgomery, Right Man at the Right Time (Part 1)
23
Sep
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Montgomery took command of the 8th Army at a time when Britain and Churchill desperately needed a victory. It was left to him to deliver it.
Great Contemporaries: Claude Auchinleck, Soldier of the Raj (Part 2)
16
Sep
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
London has no statue of Claude Auchinleck, the man who stopped Rommel and the last commander of the Indian Army. Perhaps there should be one.
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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Alan Moorehead,
Arakan Campaign,
Arcadia Conference,
Archibald Wavell,
Bengal famine,
Bernard Montgomery,
Bill Slim,
Claude Auchinleck,
George Marshall,
Harold Alexander,
Irwin Rommel,
James Wolfe,
Lord Kitchener,
Lord Linlithgow,
Middle East,
Operation Battleaxe,
Orde Wingate,
Raymond A. Callahan,
Viceroy of India,
Winston S. Churchill,
The Todman Duology: Plus ça Change, The Churchill Narrative Survives
31
Dec
2020
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Scholarship accumulates and sources multiply, Todman writes. The perspective of Churchill’s memoirs persists—if sometimes heavily qualified.
Great Contemporaries: Alan Brooke, the Thoroughbred Professional
19
Dec
2020
1
By CHRISTOPHER C. HARMON
Still visible above swirls of pettiness, heroes remain: Brooke, the great general; above him, looming ever larger, the man who saved liberty.
Painting à deux: Churchill’s and Alexander’s Portraits of Lake Como, 1945
25
Jun
2020
1
By PAUL RAFFERTY
Churchill rarely painted scene with someone else, and only once with a field marshal. Their Lake Como oils offer a glimpse of friendship and technique.
Great Contemporaries: Sir Harold Alexander, Churchill’s Favorite General
18
Jun
2020
1
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
Among his generals, Churchill thought Alexander “the best we had.” Alex for his part was ever faithful, saying, “I can’t simply refuse Winston.”
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Alan Brooke,
Andrew Cunningham,
Anzio,
Baltische Landeswehr,
Bernard Montgomery,
Bradley Tolppanen,
Dunkirk,
Dwight Eisenhower,
El Alamein,
Erwin Rommel,
George Patton,
Gothic Line,
Harold Alexander,
Harrow School,
Heinrich Von Vietinghoff,
Latvia,
Mark Clark,
Monte Cassino,
Viscount Gort,
Winston S. Churchill,
How Winston Churchill Spent Christmas, Part 2: Sterner Days
22
Dec
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Christmas, 1941: “By our sacrifice…these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance…. And so, in God’s mercy, a happy Christmas to you all.”
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Andrew Cunningham,
Arthur Tedder,
Chequers,
Clement Attlee,
Clementine Churchill,
Dwight Eisenhower,
Elizabeth Nel,
Eric Seal,
Harold Alexander,
John Martin,
Lord Moran,
Richard M. Langworth,
Sarah Churchill,
Stafford Cripps,
Stewart Menzies,
Teheran Conference,
Vic Oliver,
Winston S. Churchill,
“Churchill: The Statesman as Artist,” by David Cannadine
17
Jun
2019
By ANTOINE CAPET
“Churchill was not a great artist, but he was a very accomplished painter,” states Cannadine in this study of Churchill’s art through his and others’ writings.