Happy Birthday Winston Churchill

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LongBlade

November 30, 2012, 01:54:45 PM
Fox has a great article praising Churchill. Well worth a read.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/30/happy-birthday-winston-churchill/

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Martok

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November 30, 2012, 02:09:20 PM
Happy Birthday Winston. 

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Greybriar

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November 30, 2012, 07:13:40 PM
Happy 138th birthday, Winnie.
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November 30, 2012, 08:26:10 PM
Great article.  Happy Birthday Winston.
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TheCommandTent

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November 30, 2012, 09:51:58 PM
Great article, thanks for posting LB.  Happy Birthday to Churchill.  Earlier this year I read Carlo D'Este's book Warlord: A life of Winston Churchill at War it was a fascinating read.  I only knew the basics about Churchill and this book really taught me alot.  One of the many things I enjoyed learning was that at a young age Churchill wargamed with miniatures on the floor of his house. :)
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November 30, 2012, 10:38:35 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on November 30, 2012, 09:51:58 PM
Great article, thanks for posting LB.  Happy Birthday to Churchill.  Earlier this year I read Carlo D'Este's book Warlord: A life of Winston Churchill at War it was a fascinating read.  I only knew the basics about Churchill and this book really taught me alot.  One of the many things I enjoyed learning was that at a young age Churchill wargamed with miniatures on the floor of his house. :)

On an added note the novelist H.G. Wells actually wrote a book on miniature wargaming, Little Wars.
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November 30, 2012, 11:16:08 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 30, 2012, 10:38:35 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on November 30, 2012, 09:51:58 PM
Great article, thanks for posting LB.  Happy Birthday to Churchill.  Earlier this year I read Carlo D'Este's book Warlord: A life of Winston Churchill at War it was a fascinating read.  I only knew the basics about Churchill and this book really taught me alot.  One of the many things I enjoyed learning was that at a young age Churchill wargamed with miniatures on the floor of his house. :)

On an added note the novelist H.G. Wells actually wrote a book on miniature wargaming, Little Wars.

Yeah, I've read that.  Very cool to see wargaming back in his day.
"No wants, no needs, we weren't meant for that, none of us.  Man stagnates if he has no ambition, no desire to be more than he is."
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