Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years S01E02 · Politics are Foul

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Churchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.

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1. 1 1. Down and Out1981-09-06 · 1h 0mWhen the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opportunity to feather his nest he goes to America on a speaking tour
2. 2 2. Politics are Foul1981-09-13 · 1h 0mChurchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
3. 3 3. In High Places1981-09-20 · 1h 0mChurchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to materialize. The India question still rages in the U.K. Eager to
4. 4 4. A Menace in the House1981-09-27 · 1h 0mChurchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question. But committee members Ramsay McDonald, Sir Louis Kershaw and
5. 5 5. The Flying Peril1981-10-04 · 1h 0mChurchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the race for air superiority. Meanhwile Randolph Churchill backs
6. 6 6. His Own Funeral1981-10-11 · 1h 0mGeorge V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows increasingly despondent at the prospect of war when Hitler o
7. 7 7. The Long Tide of Surrender1981-10-18 · 1h 0mChurchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy of appeasement and orders ministers to cut defense spending.
8. 8 8. What Price Churchill?1981-10-25 · 1h 0mChurchill's warnings come true as Hitler seizes Czechoslovakia and attacks Poland. Still Chamberlain resists admitting that it's to be war and that he must offer Churchill a positi