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Im not trying to start @#(! but I just read a bio of Winston Chruchill call "Warlord"

The man lived one hell of a life.


So my question is to the Britts: How is WC viewed today in GB. I am currently listening to a collection of his speechs found here: http://www.archive.org/details/Winston_Churchill


So my question to todays Germans: How is WC viewed in Germany. How is WWII taught in your schools?

How about Austria and other German occupied nations.

What about Italy?

Same goes for Japan?

Thanks for to-the-point clear answers lets keep it civil

Thanks

To expound on Raum's question

I'll give you my take on their reactions from a smelly Yank POV

Germany = sack cloth and recriminations for past mistakes with nationalism viewed with real fear until the current generation

Japan = aggression is bad and I'm the victim too ala Firefly comfort slaves, and millions of dead Chinese in shallow graves how rude to mention

Italy = huh there was a war and anyway we quit early PLUS we hung the bastard so there

Occupied countries = that was bad of you and we'd be mad if we didn't need your loans

Russia = US view (see below) but smells of vodka instead of whiskey and a few million more dead

US = USA! USA! USA! Where is our sammich?!?

Britian = there there Yanks stop the jumping about your spilling our tea all over our stiff upper lip monuments to the true winnahs

I dont even understand WTH you said


However #12 about the 11 minute mark is his best IMHO

Dear Mr. C,

I am not Ryjamsan. I am RaumVogel. I was born in Detroit and live in Pennsylvania. Ryj is from Slidell LA. The short nick for ME is Raum. The short nick for Ryjamsan is Ryj. Also, I believe he was seeking opinons OTHER than American.

Enjoy you're Absynth - Raum

raumvogel wrote:QUOTE (raumvogel @ Apr 30 2011, 09:24 PM) Dear Mr. C,

I am not Ryjamsan. I am RaumVogel. I was born in Detroit and live in Pennsylvania. Ryj is from Slidell LA. The short nick for ME is Raum. The short nick for Ryjamsan is Ryj. Also, I believe he was seeking opinons OTHER than American.

Enjoy you're Absynth - Raum

MrChaos <--- 3rd beer always gets him

i think what mrc was trying to say is you're both retarded

Churchill is viewed as a war hero and a legend as far as I know.

I obviously have a different view, but people generally tend to shove everything else under the carpet as everyone does with national icons and such.

You haff been taken een by ze Bee Bee Cee! Filthee Breetish liez! Did you ever hear zem say a bad vord about Vinston Churcheel? CHURCHEEL! BAH! Vid hiz sigars, und hiz brandee, und hiz rotten paintings! ROTTEN!

every man that had a statue made of him was some kind of son of a bitch

Cookie Monster wrote:QUOTE (Cookie Monster @ Apr 30 2011, 10:47 PM) I obviously have a different view,

and what would that be?