With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
"Britain's hour of weakness is Europe's hour of danger," Churchill warns the country.
With information leaked to him from the Foreign Office, Winston confronts the Commons with "facts and figures" regarding the build-up of arms in Germa...
As Clementine (whom Churchill had married in September of 1908) leaves on a four-month expedition, Winston settles-in for a period of ever-more concen...
People like Stanley Baldwin (then Prime Minister) completely disagree with Churchill's concerns about Germany, but other individuals begin to slowly c...
NOTE: THIS CLIP OF "THE GATHERING STORM" CONTAINS LANGUAGE WHICH DESCRIBES CHURCHILL'S CONCERNS ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES.
As war with Germany seems inevitable, Ralph Wigram dies (in December of 1936).
On the 26th of December, 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the American Congress.
Soon after the end of World War II, another conflict threatened to erupt in Europe.
Young children were trapped in the wreckage of Coventry, following a massive bombing by Germany during the evening/morning of November 14/15, 1940.
The Nazi's bombed Coventry to brea morale, learn why it did not work.
As Nazi bombs arrived over Coventry, the onslaught began with fire bombs.
Beginning on 14 November 1940, the British town of Coventry was decimated by "The Blitz." How did this impact the confidence of Coventry's residents (...
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