Comments on: Boris Says the Strangest Things http://localhost:8080/boris Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Tim Young http://localhost:8080/boris#comment-32420 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:30:40 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=2946#comment-32420 Another factual mistake in The Churchill Factor is the description of HMS Belfast as a Battle Cruiser. She is of course a Cruiser, and with six-inch guns she is a light cruiser. A Battle Cruiser was a design from the end of WW1 which was battleship sized with battleship fifteen-inch guns but with lighter armour for higher speed (the speed of a Cruiser). HMS Hood would be the most famous example, Repulse and Renown were others. A Battle Cruiser would be nearly twice the size of HMS Belfast, closer to the size of a modern American aircraft carrier.

]]> By: Richard Langworth http://localhost:8080/boris#comment-12842 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:47:07 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=2946#comment-12842 In reply to Judith Underwood.

Thank-you. For more myth-skewering see: https://richardlangworth.com/churchill-myth-and-reality

]]> By: Judith Underwood http://localhost:8080/boris#comment-12781 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:43:30 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=2946#comment-12781 Thank you for your vigilance regarding Churchill’s detractors. As I made my way through The Churchill Factor, my hero was beginning to fall off the pedestal I put him on. Could it be Johnson is attempting to emulate the charm of Churchill to which Johnson critically attributes Churchill’s successes? Though I enjoyed the book, Major Johnson falls short. WSC has returned to his noble upright position, high on his pedestal.

]]> By: Churchill Funeral vs March in Paris? - Richard M. Langworth http://localhost:8080/boris#comment-8934 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:38:22 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=2946#comment-8934 […] Paris with Pres­i­dent John­son skip­ping the 1965 Churchill funeral. The John­son story has gone around a lot lately, but it is nei­ther accu­rate nor a fair […]

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