Winston Churchill
Diaries--the Documents
of WORLD WAR II;
A Modern Theme in Arts,
Literature, Music and
Film Producing Industry
Nowadays.
“I’m ready to meet my
God.
Could God stand a
meeting with me ? – is
another question.”
Sir of Century
[ Winston Churchill ]
At Yalta conference in February 1945
Mr. Stalin suggested to have a drink to
Sir Winston Churchill and in honour of
him, as:
“a human being , who’s to be born once in a
century and the most courageous statesman
of the world.”
Winston Churchill
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‘In war – firmness of purpose.
In defeat – disobedience.
In victory – generosity.
In piece – good will.’
‘ I’ve cleared out, that I’m able to make my
working day longer, after taking an hour of
midday sleep.’
‘I’ve got from alcohol much more, than
alcohol from me.’
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‘Lonely trees could grow strong if not
perished.’
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The animals are strange.
The dogs look up on you.
The cats look down on you.
Only a swine is equal in its’ look.’
The Quotes
• Churchill had a good sense of humour and wrote about serious
things with irony.
• His vitality was so great, that he felt quite well without keeping
himself to a diet, or any other tricks of that sort. He drank,
smoked, had meals and enjoyed a life that way as much as
wanted.
• Churchill liked painting and draw himself. He thought about it
as of a pleasure. He even promised to himself to spend his first
million years at heaven, just drawing.
• Churchill liked poetry, knew Ahmatova lyrics. First, he became
popular as a journalist. He wrote novels and memoirs.
Otherwise he was a good reader and knew a lot of books in
details. He was really interested in science fiction and fantasy.
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Winston Churchill and his
daughter Mary. 1925
Churchill seemed to be a very
sensitive man. In 1940, in one of
the districts of London, after a
bombardment, he saw a queue
and wanted to know what was it
for.
A little later he’s got an answer:
“…. for the birds’ feed”.
Churchill started to cry ……
Winston Churchill with his family. 1964
- ‘ How does a family
start?
It starts from a
young man falling in
love with a girl.
There is no better
alternative.’
[ Winston Churchill ]
Dover. 1946
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Churchill liked fashion and liked to
be in fashion all his life long. He did
a lot to support to his own image.
He was 65 when he became Prime
Minister. This happened in May
1940. But he didn’t look old.
Churchill always wanted to look
well and a passion for it helped to
him. Prime Minister liked to wear a
club suit and a military uniform.
Even an unfired cigar was usually at
a mouth.
Sir Winston Churchill.
A well-known Victory
gesture.
‘British’ll never
be slaves.’
“We’ll fight everywhere: in seas and
oceans, in the air, on the beaches and
hills, in the fields and streets. We’ll
stand for our island. We’ll never
surrender.”
In June 22, 1941
Churchill declared
about solidarity
with the people of
our land. He didn’t
sympathize with the
Soviet leader’s
ideology.
Cartoons from English newspapers.
Reading the diaries
it’s also possible to
come across very
private and interesting
thoughts about the
USSR – ‘….an
enemy land to
civilized freedom….’
In early 90-s was published a short translation
of Churchill’s diaries. It was done in memory of
THE GREAT WAR by the so-called ‘thick’
(a nickname) magazines:
‘A Foreign Literature’, ‘A Word’ in Russia.
I’d like to present a few daily records of events
and thoughts made by Sir Winston Churchill in
August 1942. It could be entitled as
“Moscow. The First Meeting.”
Churchill was keeping a diary during the
years of war and not only. Later these notes,
telegrams and his reminiscences were used
by him for writing the memoirs and few
volumes of ‘World War II’. In 1953 Churchill
was awarded by Nobel Foundation for the
outstanding achievements in literature..
August 4, 1942 (a telegram)
Prime Minister – to premier Stalin
…..“We plan to leave the place for to
come to Moscow next day with a stay in
Teheran.”
“The details are to be partly worked out
by the representatives of English Air
Force authorities…. .”
“I’d like the Americans to participate in
negotiations to come.”
Churchill came to Moscow with
Harriman.
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin.
TEHERAN, 1943.
A photo from T.A.S.U.’ archives.
August 5, 1942
President Roosevelt – to a former navy
service man (Cairo)
“I’ve asked Harriman to leave for Moscow as soon
as possible.”
“I want to inform you and Stalin, that
Harriman’ll be of a help to you both.”
They started on the way to Moscow in the
evening of August 10.
Then there was a stop in Teheran and they
continued on August the 12th.
Churchill got and saved a note written
by Stalin with an opinion on a
possibility of the second front
concentration in 1942.
He also prepared an answer in a written
form to premier Stalin.
August 15, 1942
• Two meetings with Stalin, where Churchill felt hurt.
- Later in the evening Stalin invited his guest to his flat in
the Kremlin, showed it and they had an evening meal
with a good drink. Then Molotov joined them. Churchill
liked Stalin’s daughter, but she didn’t take part in the
dinner.
- Churchill understood, that at a Russian dinner it’s
possible to speak about everything through humour….
August 16, 1942 ( a telegrame ) –Teheran
Prime Minister – to premier Stalin.
“ I was glad to visit Moscow.”
“ It was my duty to tell to you about everything. I
do hope, that our contact could be very useful
in our mutual deeds…. .”
Winston Churchill.
Prime Minister for the second term.
Politics without intrigues.
As a politician he wasn’t cruel and
didn’t like cruelty. He even didn’t want
to try to hurt a person in opposition to
his viewing. And his generosity helped
him from their hate. From time to time
he suffered with the mood changes but
neither these, not an anger didn’t
power him.
In the whole world he is known as a
man who’d stopped two dictators.
Monument to Winston Churchill
near the Houses of Parliament.
In London near the Houses of
Parliament there is a monument to
Sir Winston Churchill.
A good monument: simple and
realistic, of a man walking forward.
“… was strong because of his
imagination, experience and
generosity.”
There is one very interesting
book which is entitled as ‘Mission
in Brittany’. It guides us in the
world of literature devoted to and
about II World War.
The book is devoted to people
who fought against fascism.
... plus the good funny stories
about war.
With Whom Are We At War
In the early days of the Second World War the
officer in charge of a British post in the heart of
Africa received a cable from his headquarters in
London: “ war declared stop arrest all enemies
in your district.”
A few days later the headquarters received the
following cable report: “have arrested seven
Germans, three Belgians, four Americans, five
Frenchmen, two Spaniards, one Swede, one
Austrian stop inform with whom we are at war.”
FORTES
FORTUNA
ADJUVAT.
“TEHERAN – 43”
a joint film of USSR, France and Switzerland
produced in 1980 and shown in early 1981.
Inspector Fosh ( Alain Delon )
Marie (Nataliya Belohvostikova)
GLENN MILLER ARMY JAZZ-BAND PLAYED
THEIR MUSIC FOR THE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS.
<“Sun Valley Serenade”> musical movie (1940)
<“Overture”>
<“December is Like May for Me”>
<“Moon Valley”>
<“In the Mood”>
Monument to the victims of World War II in Yaroslavl.
D. SHOSTAKOVICH
Allegro non troppo
A memorial to an heroic era