Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bedarida, F

Titel

Winston Churchill's image of France and the French

Ist Teil von

• Historical research : the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 2001-02, Vol.74 (183), p.95-105

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK and Boston, USA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Humanities

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Although fascinated by France all his life, Churchill was more familiar with the country than with its inhabitants (he mainly knew members of the upper and governing classes). His apprenticeship began early as he learned the language which he liked to speak so much. Both the warrior and the statesman in Churchill admired the military past and the grandeur of Britain's neighbour, but his strategy towards France always combined realpolitik with genuine friendship. This article concentrates on three periods in Churchill's relationship with France: 1911–32, 1933–45 and 1945–55. It concludes that Churchill's ‘finest hour’ won him the lasting admiration of the French people.