I'm almost 100% sure he's absolutely plastered in this photograph. Great colorization!
A funny anecdote comes to mind from Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy:
The debt was repaid in August 1942, when Eisenhower made Clark his chief planner in London and the deputy TORCH commander. Soon the two Americans were favorites of Churchill, frequently summoned to No. 10 Downing Street or the prime minister’s country home at Chequers for midnight skull sessions.
Clark vividly described Churchill, dressed in his baggy smock and carpet slippers, expounding on strategy while drinking brandy or devouring a late supper:
'When the soup was put before him, he tackled it vigorously, his mouth about two inches from the liquid and his shoulders hunched over. He ate with a purring and slurping and the spoon went from mouth to plate so rapidly you could hardly see it until he was scraping the bottom of the bowl and bawling lustily, “More soup!” Turning to his guests, he’d say, “Fine soup, ain’t it?”'
Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of The Liberation Trilogy. London: Abacus, 2002. 44. Print.
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sloam1234 on July 31st, 2017 at 23:03 UTC »
I'm almost 100% sure he's absolutely plastered in this photograph. Great colorization!
A funny anecdote comes to mind from Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy:
Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of The Liberation Trilogy. London: Abacus, 2002. 44. Print.
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Shhhhhsleep on July 31st, 2017 at 23:22 UTC »
Unfortunately not a great peace time Prime Minister though.
mtb1443 on July 31st, 2017 at 23:59 UTC »
Streets, schools, parks, and buildings are named after him in Canada