Winston Churchill
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Triam Wins the War in 1918
He wanted to be a politician and follow in the footsteps of his father. But he wasn't prepared to undergo a prolonged military career, which is why he sort of flopped from being into uniform,. Then became a war correspondent and then effective apara militry in south africa where he fought some of the yeomanry units. He led almost forty odd patrols into no man's land. And much to the alarm of many of his men, didn't seem terribly frightened a the sound of snipers or shrapnel whizzing about. The sense i got when i wrote this book was he really was afrst ted soldier from the very beginning.
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