Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War the origins & early course of the Cold War & the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s Churchill & the Bomb in War & Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career
- his relationship with & thinking on nuclear weapons Kevin Ruane shows how Churchill went from regarding the bomb as a weapon of war in the struggle with Nazi Germany to viewing it as a weapon of communist containment (and even punishment) in the early Cold War before in the 1950s advocating & arguably pioneering mutually assured destruction as the key to preventing the Cold War flaring into a calamitous nuclear war While other studies of Churchill have touched on his evolving views on nuclear weapons few historians have given this hugely important issue the kind of dedicated & sustained treatment it deserves In Churchill & the Bomb in War & Cold War however Kevin Ruane has undertaken extensive primary research in Britain the United States & Europe & accessed a wide array of secondary literature in producing an immensely readable yet detailed insightful & provocative account of Churchill's nuclear hopes & fears
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Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer & war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India & this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to & even contemptuous of matters concerning the Middle East this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s his relations with the Ottomans & conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16 his arguments with David Lloyd- George over Turkey & his pragmatic support of Syria & Saudi Arabia during World War IIChallenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed & relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries ...

The players in the game take on the roles of Churchill Roosevelt or Stalin as they maneuver against each over the course of 10 Conferences that determine who will lead the Allied forces where those forces will be deployed & how the Axis will be defeated The player whose forces collectively have greater control over the surrendered Axis powers will win the peace & the game Churchill is NOT a wargame but a political conflict of cooperation & competition While the game focuses on 10 of the historical conferences from 1943 till the end of the war these & much of this design should not be taken literally Before & after each conference small groups of advisors & senior officials moved between the Allied capitals making the deals that drove the post war peace Each conference sees one of a group of issues nominated for inclusion in the conference The issues categories are Theater leadership changes directed offensives production priorities clandestine operation s political activity & strategic warfare (A-bomb) Each of the historical conference cards independently puts some number of issues such as directed offensives or production priorities metaphorically put on the table while the players nominate an additional 7 issues The game display for this is a circular conference table that the three players sit around behind their &seat& Each player has a staff deck of named personages such as Secretary Stimson & Anthony Eden that are randomly drawn to make your conference hand A pre-conference round of cards gives leverage to the winner who then moves an issue toward their side of the table equal to the value of the card played Play then proceeds with the conference where each player in turn plays a card on one of the issues in the center of the conference table moving it the value of the card toward his side of the table Each card is an historical personage & they often have bonuses if played on a particular category of issue Contesting an issue has you move an issue away from an Ally toward your own At all times each player has his Head of State card (Roosevelt Churchill or Stalin) that can weigh in on any issue once per conference by discarding another card Each use of your personage has a bonus & a potential penalty Each time Roosevelt is used he may die & be replaced by Harry Truman Churchill can have a heart attack & miss the next conference while Stalin&s paranoia may cause a mini-purge & reduce his sides effectiveness for the remainder of the conference The net result of the conference play is players will &win& various& issues with the player who won the most issues gaining leverage in one of the bilateral global issues (UK versus USSR global issue is Free Europe versus Spheres of Influence) The game then moves into a post conference phase where players implement the issues that they now control These actions impact three basic game functions clandestine operations political activity & military offensives Clandestine operations has players try to establish political networks in conquered countries & colonies Using a very simple mechanic of place a network or remove an opponents network the historical ferment that occurred in Yugoslavia France & across the world is simply simulated A country or colony can only have one dominant side&s network at any given time & during political activity players can emplace friendly governments in exile that can be subsequently undermined & replaced if the supporting networks are later neutralized by one of your allies Once this has all been sorted out the military portion of the game keeps the score There is a separate display that abstractly represents the major theaters of war Western Eastern Mediterranean Arctic (Murmansk convoys & Scandinavia) CBI SW Pacific Central Pacific & Far East Each of these tracks has a Allied front for which I am looking for some kind of 3D tank piece that advance toward Germany Italy & Japan Using a very simple combat mechanic each front tries to advance with Axis reserves deploying to oppose the various fronts A successful offensive advances the front one space although with overwhelming superiority a two space breakthrough is possible Naval operations are simply handled by requiring a defined level of support to advance into an amphibious entry space such as France (D-Day) When a front enters Germany Italy or Japan they surrender shutting down military operations although clandestine & political activity continue until the end of the game In the background is the development of the A-bomb & Soviet efforts to steal its secrets If the A-bomb is available Japan can be forced to surrender sans a direct invasion As I stated this is not a wargame but a three player excursion into power politics The game takes around 3 hours to finish but I will be including a short & medium scenario All scenarios end with Potsdam but you will be able to start later in the war if you only have 1 or 2 hours to play In addition the game can be played with 3 or 2 players plus solitaire I am very excited about the new Churchill & large scale playtesting will commence by the end of the month More to follow ...

Taking just 15 minutes to deploy the Tank Bridge No 2 provided a Class 60 tracked load & a Class 40 wheeled load over a 30ft gap The bridge was in one piece & mounted on the turretless tank The launching arm was attached by a pivoting arm mechanism with rollers to the front of the tank the other end of the arm being attached to the centre of the bridge The bridge remained horizontal as it was raised & then lowered by the pivot arm across the gap ...

The 1943 British engineers developed the flame-thrower tank known as Crocodile capable of producing a ten metre flame These flames allowed the Allies to destroy bunkers & shelters without having to call the demolition teams of the infantry ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the makers of & World War 2 In Colour& comes this acclaimed ITV series chronicling Great Britain&s wartime leader recently voted the & Greatest Briton& Actors Ian Mc Kellen Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 2003 Screen Widescreen 169 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Duration 3 hours & 8 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play CHURCHILL follows Britain’s iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the days before the infamous D-Day landings in June 1944 As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe they await Churchill’s decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead Fearful of repeating his mistakes from World War I on the beaches of Gallipoli exhausted by years of war plagued by depression & obsessed with fulfilling historical greatness Churchill is also faced with constant criticism from his political opponents; General Eisenhower & Field Marshal Montgomery Only the unflinching support of Churchill’s brilliant unflappable wife Clementine can halt the Prime Minister’s physical & mental collapse & help lead him to greatness Actors Brian Cox Miranda Richardson John Slattery James Purefoy Julian Wadham Directors Jonathan Teplitzky Writers Alex von Tunzelmann Producers Claudia Bluemhuber Nick Taussig Piers Tempest Paul Van Carter Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Sir Winston Churchill statesman orator & former Prime Minister was a man whose words gave hope & inspiration to the British people & many are as relevant today as they were during the war years Churchill's speeches were not always confined to serious political rhetoric & motivation his off-the-cuff quips & comments displayed a wry wit & humour Churchill in"es is a celebration of this outstanding figure in British history presented in almost 200 photographs hand picked from the vast archives of the Press Association It covers the major events in Churchill's life from his birth & early days at Blenheim Palace to his marriage & the birth of his children; his service in the army war correspondence & role as First Lord of the Admiralty & appointment as Chancellor the Exchequer; his formation of government as wartime Prime Minister & the political & cabinet posts held during almost 50 years; his career as a historian & author; & his hobby as a sensitive artist & his retirement & death at the age of 90 ...

Mould Tools made in 1961 pack Illustration by Ron Jobson 1975 Enjoy the nostalgia with Airfix Vintage Classics The Churchill was the standard British infantry tank from 1941 It was not fast but had heavy armour good firepower & good cross-country performance The Mk VII used a 75mm gun & had increased frontal armour It first saw service in Normandy in 1944 104 pieces Please note box & model

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The British Churchill infantry tank may have been slightly cumbersome in appearance but was certainly one of the best Allied tanks of WWII Championed by Winston Churchill who insisted on the production of a new infantry support tank capable of crossing shell holes & trenches on the battlefield the Churchill proved to be reliable & resilient with thick frontal armour which made it impervious to all but the most powerful German guns First used during the disastrous Dieppe Raid of 1942 the Churchill would go on to see action in North Africa Italy & the Far East before playing a significant role in the Normandy Invasion Dimensions 12 x 10 x 22 Scale 150 Limited Edition Yes Limited Edition Size 1300 Length 144mm Age Suitability 14 ...