(One of a series of weekdays posts about the life of Winston S. Churchill.)
Readers Note: During the holidays I'm posting some "Classic Oldies." The following post is the very first series post. It ran on Nov. 1, 2005. I think you'll agree it has a nice "seasonal touch" as well as some Churchillian wisdom.
John
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Just before Christmas, 1941 Churchill arrived in Washington to meet with Roosevelt and begin joint Anglo-American war planning.
With the exception of a brief trip to Canada, Churchill remained in America for almost four weeks. While in Washington, he stayed at the White House.
The British government and people were understandably very interested to know what was transpiring with the Americans.
When Churchill flew back to England, landing at Plymouth on Jan. 17, 1942, a train was waiting to take him to London where at 10 PM that evening, the War Cabinet assembled to hear his report.
The minutes of that meeting include this:
The Prime Minister thought that (the Americans) were not above learning from us provided we did not set out to teach them.______________________________________________________
Cited in Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941-1945, (p. 43).
1 comments:
John,
Bob from Confederate Yankee suggested I contact you. We're looking for a blogger in NC for a story several of us (bloggers, of course) are working on.
Could you email me at douglas.ross@gmail.com if you get a chance?
Thanks, Doug
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