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Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during most of WW II)) and again from 1951 to 1955. One of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an British Army officer, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

At the forefront in public life for nearly half a century, he held many important government positions.

He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured. Upon his death, he was granted the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of world statesmen in history. In a 2002 poll, Churchill is widely regarded as being among the most influential people in British history.

Strictly and reply to a 6 year old post but....

Such praise for a man responsible for the death of millions of Indians is unwarranted in my opinion. We have been fed a steady stream of propaganda vilifying the Nazis, Chinese and Japanese while glossing over the immense atrocities of the UK and US.

In 1943, up to four million Bengalis starved to death when Churchill diverted food to British soldiers and countries such as Greece while a deadly famine swept through Bengal. In comparison the Nazis killed 6 million Jews over a decade in the Holocaust.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a7936141.html

People started dying and Churchill said well it’s all their fault anyway for breeding like rabbits. He said ‘I hate the Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion’.”

“Ships laden with wheat were coming in from Australia docking in Calcutta and were instructed by Churchill not to disembark their cargo but sail on to Europe,” he added. “And when conscience-stricken British officials wrote to the Prime Minister in London pointing out that his policies were causing needless loss of life all he could do was write peevishly in the margin of the report, ‘Why hasn’t Gandhi died yet?'"

He deserves a place in history in the same ranks of Hitler, Mao and Stalin.

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Hitler's 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen.

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The first ever armour plated car in the White House history, for the then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, post the Pearl Harbour attack by Japan is featured here. Now in Peterson Museum, the 1942 Lincoln Continental with a flathead V-12 engined car weighs 7000 pounds.
(do not miss the video of the car in this link)

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automo...-1942-lincoln/

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The US President Joe Biden is a car guy and has his own small collection of classics. A Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is amongst his top favourites. His father ran a Chrysler dealership in Delaware and was also the dealer for Ford briefly. Hence, Joe Biden had a free run with cars from the showroom since his early years.

This news link is from late 2020 when he was elected and was yet to take oath. Hence we find the phrase "President-elect" popping up.

As it turns out, US president-elect Joe Biden is quite the petrolhead, with an enviable car collection.

Apart from his glorious political run (and being the most important man in America right now), Biden’s also a self-proclaimed ‘car-guy’, and his rides prove it. It’s evident why he would have a taste for more seasoned cars; after all, they were icons from his youth. And they may not be so many, but they’re definitely noteworthy.

Details on this link:-

https://www.prestigeonline.com/id/pu...ar-collection/

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King Charles with Queen Consort Camila Parker Bowles on their Aston Martin Volante

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Interesting tale of the 1942 olive green Packard Clipper Eight, in its battle fatigue, the then car of General Douglas MacArthur with lots of bells and whistles of the era. The car survives.



Text by Mr Bob Kauffman

In 1942 General Douglas MacArthur ordered this Packard Clipper Eight sedan with virtually every option including air conditioning, overdrive, and radio.

The $1,341 base price nearly doubled to $2,600. The factory returned his check and delivered the car to his station in Australia as a gift.

The car was MacArthur's until 1948, when he gave it to his driver who had served the general.

The car sat forgotten in a barn in Texas for 30 years. MacArthur made arrangements through a Navy friend to ship the car on the aircraft carrier Princeton to San Diego.

Then on a military flatbed it shipped to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It was released to the driver in his home city of Dallas. He made arrangements to have military hardware removed and painted a bright post war color. However, he had to wait as they were busy.

Before he could get it done he parked the car in his small, dirt floor garage. He died in his sleep and it remained there untouched for years. The car still had MacArthur's old army helmet and corncob pipe in the back seat. It may be in Golden, Colorado now.

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Leonid Brezhnev, President of the undivided USSR loved cars, especially foreign made ones. His Nissan was auctioned as shown in the video in Russia.

https://youtu.be/dcmFdqudUWI?feature=shared