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Last time we spoke about the collapse of Johore. Trapped at Parit Sulong with 150 severely wounded, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Anderson's Australians fought through Japanese roadblocks in a desperate bayonet charge singing "Waltzing Matilda." Unable to breach the bridge, Anderson was forced to abandon the injured, believing they'd receive decent treatment. Instead, they faced the Parit Sulong Massacre—tortured, executed, and incinerated by Nishimura's Imperial Guards. Few survived. Simultaneously, Endau fell after a costly RAF daylight raid. Brigadier Challen's brigade at Batu Pahat retreated through chaos, eventually evacuating by sampan. Most devastatingly, Brigadier Painter's 22nd Indian Brigade vanished into the jungle—a severed telephone line between brigades allowed Japanese infiltration, cutting them off completely. General Barstow died attempting to warn Painter. Only 63 of Painter's 2,000 men reached Singapore. The collapse of Johore was complete. The fortress awaited.   #221 The Malayan Campaign Part 3: The Fall of Singapore Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. On January 31st, the last defenders—the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—crossed the Causeway bridge into Singapore. The island was now under siege, though the military spokesman forbade use of the word "siege" to avoid demoralizing the population. Newspapers were permitted only "besieged," though the true situation was unmistakable to Winston Churchill, who had sent Wavell an unequivocal message two weeks prior: "I want to make it absolutely clear that I expect every inch of ground to be defended, every scrap of material or defenses to be blown to pieces to prevent capture by the enemy and no question of surrender to be entertained until after protracted fighting in the ruins of singapore city." This was Götterdämmerung in miniature—a fight to the bitter end. Wavell relayed Churchill's orders to Percival, who now faced two massive challenges: repelling a Japanese invasion of Singapore's northern coast while protecting the central island with its population and infrastructure. Following Churchill's directives, Percival ordered the destruction of the naval base in utmost secrecy. In a speech to his troops, Percival declared: "Our task has been both to impose losses on the enemy and to gain time to enable the forces of the Allies to be concentrated for this struggle in the Far East. Today we stand beleaguered in our island fortress. Our task is to hold this fortress until help can come – as assuredly it will come. This we are determined to do." Yamashita feared the British might use oil tanks in the naval base to ignite the Straits of Johore, creating a fiery barrier against his amphibious assault. He ordered his artillery and air force to bombard and bomb the tanks, creating a massive cloud of black smoke that enveloped the entire island. While Yamashita prevented the catastrophe he dreaded, the burning oil proved a double-edged sword—the smog made it extremely difficult for Japanese aircraft to locate targets and for artillery to maintain accuracy, wasting significant ammunition. Yamashita had positioned 200 artillery pieces and mortars within range, while Percival commanded 226 guns, including 29 large garrison guns and three massive 15-inch naval guns capable of rotating 360 degrees. However, the ammunition was armor-piercing, designed for ships rather than land targets. To conserve shells, Percival limited harassing fire to 20 rounds per gun daily. Yamashita envisioned firing 1,000 rounds from each gun to soften defenses. His heaviest artillery comprised 105mm guns firing 68-pound shells, but most were Krupp 1890 model 75mm guns firing lighter 11-pound shells compared to British 25-pounders. Yamashita faced an artillery shortfall. More critical was troop disparity: Yamashita had approximately 30,000 men for the assault, while Percival commanded nearly 90,000—though Percival believed the Japanese force was far larger. Singapore's 72-mile coastline meant defending everywhere simultaneously. Though the main thrust would obviously target the northern shore, Percival stationed units like the Manchesters—a regular machine gun battalion from Palestine—in southern pillboxes, never having fired in anger. Having been repeatedly outflanked during the Malayan campaign, Percival feared Yamashita might combine a northern attack with simultaneous southern amphibious landings or airborne drops. He preferred thin coverage across the entire coastline, drawing reserves only to address the most apparent threat. The logical invasion point was west of the Causeway, where the Straits narrowed to 600-2,000 yards and the Skudai River estuary provided concealment for small boats. Wavell believed this and recommended positioning the 18th Division—the freshest troops—there. But deployment decisions belonged to field commanders. Percival established two defensive lines: the Jurong Line, running from the Kranji River south to the Jurong River along the western side, and the Serangoon Line, extending from the Serangoon River southward on the eastern side. Both were mapped but entirely unprepared. The northern shore was similarly unfortified. Four defensive areas were designated: the Southern Area (from the Jurong River around to Changi) under Major-General Keith Simmons; the Northern Area (from Changi to Woodlands) defended by the 18th Division under Merton Beckwith Smith and the 11th Indian Division under Lewis Heath; the Western Area (from Woodlands westward) defended by the 8th Australian Division under Bennett and the semi-trained 44th Indian Brigade; and a Reserve Area centered on Bukit Timah and Paya Lebar, commanded by Brigadier Paris with the undermanned 12th and 15th Indian Brigades. Believing the western Causeway crossing too obvious, Percival decided the main landings would occur to the east. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Percival relied on secret sampan patrols to gather intelligence. Patrols east of the Causeway discovered Japanese equipment on Ubin Island in the strait, and artillery fire on the eastern sector seemed to confirm his suspicion of a northeastern invasion. However, two Australian patrols also reported significant Japanese troop concentrations in the western sector with large concentrations of enemy forces—but found very few landing craft on the Malaya River. Percival dismissed this intelligence as inconsequential, convinced the main attack would come northeast rather than northwest. The patrols had failed to locate where Yamashita had hidden his boats. Anyone understanding Japan should have anticipated that Yamashita would assault Singapore by February 11th—Kigensetsu, Shinto's most significant holiday celebrating Emperor Jimmu Tenno's birth. Yamashita was convinced Singapore lay within his grasp and knew how pleased his superiors would be with a conquest by that date. He had conquered all Malaya in just 55 days, suffering fewer than 2,000 deaths and under 3,000 wounded. His forces had advanced 700 miles, repaired over 250 bridges, killed an estimated 5,000 defenders, and captured 8,000, including senior officers like Painter and Challen. Soon Singapore would become a vast prison camp as the Imperial Japanese Navy tightened its blockade. Yet speed was essential; Yamashita's forces were needed for operations against Sumatra, Java, New Guinea, and many Pacific locations. The longer he delayed, the better prepared the 90,000-strong British force would become. Delay risked allowing the defenders to engage him decisively in the Straits of Johore. Yamashita promised Tokyo an attack within a week. Zero hour was set shortly after sunset on February 7th. Two divisional commanders requested an additional 24 hours to prepare, and Yamashita granted it without hesitation. He understood that if they needed more time, they needed it. Throughout February 7th, 52 guns supporting Nishimura's Imperial Guards Division bombarded the East Anglians near Changi, positioned where massive 15-inch guns stood. Under darkness, an Imperial Guards battalion boarded noisy-engined boats heading for Ubin Island. To their astonishment, the noise didn't alert defenders—the island lay undefended. Percival had decided against stationing troops there due to insufficient manpower, allowing only twice-daily patrols by the 4th Norfolks, who accidentally shot one another in the dark during one patrol. The unopposed capture raised Yamashita's concerns; this feint was designed to divert attention from the western sector, where he planned his full-scale assault. Had his deception failed? Were Percival's main forces hiding in the west? Yet there was consolation: British artillery was targeting the eastern side, not the western sector where Yamashita had positioned significant artillery. The concentrated eastern bombardment reinforced Percival's conviction that the Japanese would invade the northeast. Yamashita had successfully deceived his opponent. The trap was set. On February 8th at 10 a.m., the Japanese bombardment unleashed chaos along the entire northern coast. Over 88,000 shells rained down in 15 hours, destroying telephone lines and isolating forward units. By 7 p.m., the assault focused almost exclusively on the western shore. At 8:30, as the bombardment diminished, the men of D Company, 20th Battalion heard boat engines previously drowned out by the barrage. Yamashita's fleet—50 steel-hulled landing crafts and up to 300 collapsible assault boats—surged from the Skudai River, fanning across the straits as approximately 4,000 of his best troops made their first wave. Colonel Nicol of the 20th Battalion fired the first shots at roughly 300 yards. The forward defenders—about 3,000 Australian infantry exhausted from 15 hours of bombardment—faced Brigadier Harold Taylor's 22nd Brigade positioned across approximately 14.6 km of shoreline. Taylor's force was critically undermanned, with communication failures and minimal water obstacles leaving them devastatingly vulnerable. Yamashita had targeted Taylor's line at its weakest point—what the Germans called Schwerpunkt. Two critical failures compounded the disaster. Major Peacock's searchlight crews, meant to illuminate the landing craft, never received orders to activate. Commander Taylor mistakenly believed the generator was damaged; in reality, the lights simply never came on. Without illumination, artillery couldn't engage effectively. The forward infantry used 3-inch mortars and Vickers guns as landing craft made landfall on small islands like Sarimbun, 400 yards offshore, where Japanese troops established mortars and machine guns to return fire. Among the first ashore was Private Kiyoichi Yamamoto, who suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his stomach, chest, and right hand from a mortar explosion. Despite his injuries, he pressed through the darkness to the beach, reportedly collapsing and dying after helping comrades ashore while shouting "Tenno heika Banzai!" When retrieved, his right lung protruded through his shattered rib cage, his uniform nearly entirely drenched in blood. Taylor's Australians inflicted considerable casualties on the first waves. When Sergeant Arai Mitsuo of the 18th Division jumped from his boat at about 1 a.m. with the second wave, "a cold hand stroked his ankle." He found nine corpses floating in a line, heads upward. "A chill ran down Arai's spine. Were they shot while crossing, and then washed up, or after they had landed? But reflections be hanged! Quick! Cut off a wrist or a finger of each dead man. Chop, chop, chop. Into a box, there's no time to bury them. Just a quick prayer. Rest in peace. Then forward! He must fire the green 'success' rocket: Regimental Command has landed—the sign for 18th Division General Mutaguchi Renya to embark on the third wave across the straits." After four hours, Taylor's 22nd Brigade was overwhelmed. Though artillery eventually provided defensive fire, only 8 of 30 25-pounders were operational. Gun crews remained unaware of the situation until dispatch riders arrived with vague orders to "bring down fire everywhere." The absence of searchlights rendered fire inaccurate and chaotic. Yamashita's Schwerpunkt had worked perfectly. Machine gunner Ochi Harumi of the 5th noted, "For the defending Australians, it was kill or retreat; for the Japanese, it was kill or be killed." He observed that a rearguard armed with Thompsons attempted to slow them, but they moved like "rapid dogs" pursuing the Australians into the bush. Japanese officers carried compasses and instructions to disperse upon landing, heading south or southeast to regroup at the damaged Tengah airfield, situated between the coast and swamps. Both Taylor's forces and the Japanese converged there. Corporal Clarence Spackman and his men, armed with bayonets, encountered a Japanese group including an officer wielding a katana. Spackman charged, seized the sword, and engaged in brutal melee combat, killing several Japanese soldiers. Like many units, his company attempted to establish defensive positions, slowing the Japanese throughout the night. By February 9th, Taylor's brigade had descended into chaos. Men were caked in mud from swamp crossings, many having lost weapons while attempting to reform defensive lines north of Tengah. Bennett sent reinforcements, but the situation deteriorated. Some units reached the village of Bukit Timah on Singapore's outskirts. Duncan, commanding the 27th Infantry Brigade, made unusual personnel changes within hours: Lt Colonel Albert Boyes was succeeded by Lt Colonel Richard Oakes, and Black Jack Galleghan was replaced by Major Ramsay—Duncan disliked Galleghan, who had partially lost his hearing from a near-miss bomb blast. Duncan's forward units covered two miles between the causeway and Kranji River. With the Japanese bridgehead entirely west of the Kranji, Duncan repositioned away from the shoreline toward the river to confront invaders. He then defied Bennett's orders, instructing his men to destroy 2 million gallons of motor fuel at the Woodlands depot before withdrawing. This maneuver shifted his forces from a west-east axis to north-south, ensuring control over the Bukit Timah road for potential retreat into Singapore proper if the enemy gained the upper hand. Nishimura's Imperial Guards Division seethed after their diversionary role on Ubin Island. The humiliation proved unbearable, and his complaints convinced Yamashita to authorize an assault on the causeway itself. Given its narrow width, Nishimura committed only one battalion for the first wave. At 8:30 PM, boats ferried the 4th Guards Regiment across, but they faced identical obstacles to the Western landings—failed field telephones and inoperative searchlights. Around the Kranji River, Oakes' men mounted determined resistance, holding back the Guards. By morning, once communications resumed, Duncan learned his forces risked encirclement from Japanese crossings further south. He ordered immediate withdrawal after destroying the fuel tanks. At 4 AM, they ignited the depot. The Mandai Kechil blazed as the British successfully set portions of the sea ablaze. Corporal Tsuchikane Tominosuke, caught in the conflagration, recounted the nightmare: "Fire lashed out over the mangrove and set it ablaze. It spread quickly, feeding on oil poured into the straits. Mother! Mother! A voice could be heard moaning. It was a picture of hell—'Abiyokan,' Buddhism's worst of all hells. I stumbled along the edge of the beach, my gun felt slippery in my hands. Fire in all directions threatened to engulf me. Where to go? It seemed impossible to advance or retreat! Then I stumbled across Corporal Nemeto who said, 'We'll burn to death just standing here—let's attack!' Shouting out to the battalion and platoons, we advanced. One, then two comrades joined; soon we were five black figures looking all alike, with only the whites of our eyes glinting in the darkness. We were covered in heavy black oil." Nishimura learned that the Kobayashi regiment had last been seen swimming through flames. Many soldiers, covered in oil, returned to Johore. Convinced his division had been wronged, Nishimura raged that Yamashita had "recklessly forced a passage without adequate preparation, resulting in unnecessary casualties." Why did his guards face the toughest beach while the 5th and 18th divisions enjoyed relative ease? He suspected deliberate mockery of his "chocolate soldier" force. When he confronted Yamashita at his Johore headquarters, he discovered the commander had already crossed to his new HQ at north Tengah with Tsuji. Yamashita and Tsuji were having breakfast with dry bread when Nishimura's aide reported. Yamashita dismissed the account as panic from a few fleeing men. The guards division, he declared, could "do as it pleases in this battle," leaving victory to the 5th and 18th divisions alone. Despite this rebuff, the Imperial Guards pressed through the Abiyokan—the burning hell—seeking revenge. Tsuchikane engaged in grenade duels and led bayonet charges. After bayoneting an opponent, he observed defenders "having lost their nerve, with some soldiers cowering in terror, squatting down and avoiding hand-to-hand combat in a wait-and-see position. They, too, were bayoneted or shot without mercy." While the Guards fought, Wavell completed his final flight back to Singapore from Java HQ, arriving as the RAF evacuated. He went directly to Bennett's headquarters with Percival, the three generals barely escaping a Japanese air raid. Bennett revealed that Duncan had disobeyed orders and withdrawn, opening the floodgates for Yamashita to advance on Bukit Timah and the city. Bennett pledged to mount a counterattack within hours and seal the gaps. Before Wavell's early morning departure, he dined with Percival and Air Vice Marshal Pulford. Just as the meal began, a telegram from Churchill arrived: "There must at this stage be no thought of saving the troops or sparing the population. The battle must be fought to the bitter end at all costs. The 18th Division has its chance to make its name in history. Commanders and senior officers should die with their troops. The honour of the British Empire and of the British Army is at stake. I rely on you to show no weakness or mercy in any form. With the Russians fighting as they are and the Americans so stubborn at Luzon, the whole reputation of our country and our race is involved." Wavell added his own message for the troops: "The Chinese, with an almost complete lack of modern equipment, have held the greater part of their country against the full strength of the Japanese… It will be disgraceful if we yield our boasted Fortress of Singapore to inferior enemy forces… I look to you and to your men to fight to the end and to prove that the fighting spirit that won our Empire still exists to enable us to defend it." Percival issued his own directive: "It will be a lasting disgrace if we are defeated by an army of clever gangsters many times inferior in numbers… The spirit of aggression and determination to stick it out must be inculcated in all ranks. There must be no further withdrawals without orders. There are too many fighting men in the back areas. Every available man who is not doing essential work must be used to stop the invader." By 9 PM, Bennett's formations were positioned for a major counterattack at dawn. At Bukit Panjang, Brigadier Paris was settling in for dinner when a Japanese tankette appeared at his gates. Defenders mistook it for a Bren gun carrier; sentries grabbed revolvers and fired. The vehicle retreated. It was later discovered that Yamashita had transported armor across the straits using makeshift pontoons—three rafts lashed together. Over thirty T-95s had landed in the area Duncan vacated, now positioned three miles down the road in Bukit Timah. Alarmed, Paris sent Brigadier Major Angus MacDonald to establish a blockade, anticipating another night assault like Slim River. With no time for proper fortifications, the battalion—oriented westward toward friendly territory—could only park vehicles across the road. As men placed anti-tank mines, a T-95 silhouette appeared. The Japanese took twenty minutes to breach the obstacles, losing one tank to a mine. Boys anti-tank rifles blazed; two tanks exploded. The remaining armor halted. It was February 10th, the eve of Kigensetsu, the 2602nd anniversary of the Japanese Empire. On Kigensetsu morning, around 9 AM, Japanese aircraft dropped something unprecedented: eighteen-inch tubes adorned with colored ribbons containing Yamashita's surrender ultimatum to Percival, written in English: "Your Excellency, I, the High Command of the Nippon Army based on the spirit of Japanese chivalry, have the honour of presenting this note to Your Excellency advising you to surrender the whole force in Malaya… Many fierce fights have been fought by your gallant men and officers to the honour of British warriorship. But the development of the general war situation has already sealed the fate of Singapore… I expect that Your Excellency accepting my advice will give up this meaningless and desperate resistance and promptly order the entire front to cease hostilities… If on the contrary Your Excellency should neglect my advice and the present resistance be continued, I shall be obliged, though reluctantly from humanitarian considerations, to order my army to make annihilating attacks on Singapore… (signed) Tomoyuki Yamashita" By February 13th, Bennett's counterattack to reclaim the Kranji-Jurong line had largely failed. Australian, British, and Indian forces were retreating across the island, some in full rout. Bennett told Captain Frank Gaven of the 20th Battalion, "I don't think the men want to fight," to which Gaven replied: "The men are very tired; their rations have been irregular and insufficient. They have been in constant contact with the enemy and feel they have been let down. I feel that way too." When Wavell reported to Churchill on the situation, he admitted: "The Japanese, using their usual infiltration tactics, are advancing more swiftly than they should in the west of the island… The morale of some troops is low, and none is as high as I would like… Everything possible is being done to foster a more offensive spirit and an optimistic outlook." Percival, hampered by poor intelligence that grossly overestimated Japanese strength, attempted to reorganize his defenses. He created the Tom Force under Lionel Thomas to recapture Bukit Timah village and hill, which the Japanese had occupied that morning. Though composed largely of inexperienced soldiers, Tom Force made progress where most other disorganized units failed. However, they were halted at Bukit Timah by heavy bombardment from Japanese bombers that had shifted focus from Keppel Harbor. The 15-inch Johore batteries were firing on the invaders in the Bukit Timah area, but nearly all 250 rounds were armor-piercing shells—devastating to ships but ineffective against ground targets. Had they been high-explosive rounds, they might have decimated the enemy. Tsuji, driving through Bukit Panjang crossroads, experienced the terror firsthand: "…the blast jarred our spines. The flash seared my eyes, and I was thrown into the roadside ditch… one discharge – two discharges… I had no experience of such heavy projectiles, which tore holes in the ground 15 or 16 metres in diameter and 4 or 5 metres deep… Crouching like a crab inside the earthen pipe I imagined what would happen if a shell fell on me… I had landed on the island with the intention of dying but unconsciously I drew myself further into the pipe." With Tom Force's attack repelled, Percival consolidated his forces into a 28-square-mile perimeter stretching from Keppel Harbor to Kallang Airfield—an area containing approximately 1 million civilians and up to 90,000 military personnel. The loss of Bukit Timah made it impossible to include the island's two reservoirs. He retained only control of MacRitchie's southeastern shore and its underground pipes. By dawn on February 13th, morale was collapsing. Desertions were widespread, and soldiers had lost the will to fight. On February 14th, at 1 PM, the Changi Fire Command was ordered to prepare three 15-inch guns for demolition by 6:30 PM. The guns fired around 194 shells, using 80% of their ammunition before detonation charges destroyed them at 6:45 PM. All remaining ships began final evacuation. Out of approximately 5,000 people boarding 44 ships, around 40 vessels were sunk. Only 1,250 reached India or Australia. Many ships were targeted by Japanese aircraft and heavy shellfire in the Bangka Straits, though some fortunate survivors were rescued by select IJN vessels that permitted surrender. The worst horror came at Alexandra Hospital on Saturday, February 14th. Gunner Anckorn, severely injured and amputated, had received significant morphine. When Japanese soldiers entered, he spoke to the patient beside him: "aren't they Japanese soldiers?" When told yes, he asked what they were doing. "He said they're taking people on the front lawn and killing them… The next time I woke up the Japanese were back in the ward, going from bed to bed with fixed bayonets. As they came up my line of beds, I thought to myself I'm going to be dead in thirty seconds… I said out loud to myself two things: 'I'll never be twenty-four'. The other one was, 'Poor Mum'. They got close to my bed for my turn of bayoneting… I put my head under the pillow and when I came up for air they'd gone and there were four people left alive in the ward." Some theorize the Japanese mistook his blood-soaked hand and empty pillow for a corpse already bayoneted. The atrocity claimed 320 men and 1 woman, with 90 members of the Royal Australian Medical Corps killed while protecting their 800 patients. Meanwhile, Bennett gathered remaining Australian troops into a comprehensive defensive position, while many lingered around the docks seeking escape. Recognizing the dire situation, Bennett messaged Army HQ in Melbourne: "If the enemy enters the city behind us, we will take appropriate action to prevent unnecessary sacrifices." To the north, the 18th Division under Major General Beckwith-Smith fought intense house-to-house combat. The 1st Cambridgeshires identified a Japanese encampment on Peirce Reservoir's northwestern shore where enemy soldiers were swimming and performing calisthenics. They deployed a dozen Bren guns and 2-inch mortars, opening fire from 400 yards away with devastating effect. On February 15th, Percival received Wavell's telegram granting him discretion to surrender: "Time gained and damage to the enemy are of vital importance… When you are fully satisfied that this is no longer possible I give you discretion to cease resistance… Whatever happens I thank you and all your troops for your gallant efforts of last few days." Percival convened a commanders' conference at 9:30 AM. Only Beckwith-Smith was absent, reporting significant enemy infiltration along his 17,000-yard front. The 4th Suffolks and Foresters had been overwhelmed by Japanese tanks. Chief Engineer Brigadier Simson warned that Singapore City would run out of water within a day. Bennett and Heath had been advocating surrender for days. Suddenly, Bennett suggested a joint attack to reclaim Bukit Timah, but his proposal met with silence. A Japanese flag was raised from the Cathay Building for ten minutes—signaling Percival's agreement. He would meet Yamashita at the Ford Factory. Yamashita's forces were critically depleted: only 18 tanks remained, infantry were limited to 100 rounds each, and fuel supplies had run dry. Men survived on two bowls of rice daily. Percival arrived at 4:30 PM carrying a white flag himself. Inside the factory, photographers and reporters clamored. Yamashita appeared and declared: "The Japanese Army will consider nothing but surrender." Yamashita knew the British outnumbered him 3-to-1 and feared the British would discover this numerical inferiority, forcing disastrous street fighting. Percival stalled: "I fear we shall be unable to submit our final reply before 10:30 PM." Yamashita erupted: "Reply to us only whether our terms are acceptable or not, things must be settled swiftly. We are prepared to resume firing." When Percival continued stalling, Yamashita exploded: "Unless you do surrender, we will have to carry out our night attack as scheduled!" Percival requested: "Cannot the Japanese army remain in its present position? We can resume negotiations tomorrow at 5:30 AM?" "Nani!" Yamashita burst. "I want the hostilities to cease tonight and I want to remind you there can be no arguments." Percival stammered: "We shall discontinue firing by 8:30 PM. Had we better remain in our present positions tonight?" Yamashita grew suspicious of Percival's vagueness: "You have agreed to the terms but you have not yet made yourself clear as to whether you agree to surrender or not." Percival could not speak—facing history's worst moment for Britain. He cleared his throat and nodded. Yamashita shook his finger: "There's no need for all this talk. It is a simple question and I want a simple answer—yes or no! Surrender or fight!" "Yes," Percival said. "I have a request to make. Will the Imperial Army protect the women and children and British civilians?" "We shall see to it. Please sign this truce agreement." It was the greatest land victory in Japanese history. Yamashita took Malaya and Singapore for 3,506 killed and 6,150 wounded. Percival's casualties were approximately 7,500 killed and 10,000 wounded. About 120,000 prisoners were taken. During the Singapore Island campaign alone, Yamashita lost 1,713 killed and 2,772 wounded—nearly as many as the entire Malayan campaign. Yamashita later boasted about his greatest deception: "My attack on Singapore was a bluff—a bluff that worked. I had 30,000 men and was outnumbered more than three to one. I knew that if I had to fight for long for Singapore, I would be beaten. That is why the surrender had to be at once. I was very frightened all the time that the British would discover our numerical weakness and lack of supplies and force me into disastrous street fighting." On paper he was outnumbered 3-to-1, but his three first-class homogeneous divisions possessed air and naval superiority—advantages incomparable to Percival's heterogeneous, disorganized force. Had the British continued resisting, Yamashita would merely have waited for reinforcements and supplies. Winston Churchill called Singapore's fall "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history." His personal physician, Lord Moran, wrote: "The fall of Singapore on February 15 stupefied the Prime Minister. How came 100,000 men (half of them of our own race) to hold up their hands to inferior numbers of Japanese?… The surrender of the fortress stunned him. He felt it was a disgrace. It left a scar on his mind. One evening, months later, when he was sitting in his bathroom enveloped in a towel, he stopped drying himself and gloomily surveyed the floor: 'I cannot get over Singapore,' he said sadly."   But Singapore's fall meant far more to the Chinese population than simple military defeat. For them, the island's capture represented not just the loss of a fortress, but the arrival of an occupying force whose intentions toward the Chinese had already been made brutally clear across Malaya. Dalforce, the Chinese volunteer force hastily formed weeks earlier, had fought fiercely across the island during the campaign, sustaining heavy casualties in a desperate struggle alongside British and Commonwealth forces. Some members had managed to escape into the jungle; others would face a far darker fate than conventional prisoner-of-war detention. The Japanese military leadership had long regarded the Chinese population as potentially the greatest source of resistance to their territorial expansion throughout Asia-Pacific. The Second Sino-Japanese War, raging since 1937, had created deep mutual antagonism—Chinese communities across Southeast Asia had raised funds for Chinese nationalist forces and demonstrated unmistakable anti-Japanese sentiment. What awaited the Chinese of Singapore after the British surrender was not occupation in the conventional sense, but systematic persecution rooted in ideological vendetta. On February 18, 1942—just three days after the British surrender—the occupying Japanese military initiated an operation that would become one of World War II's lesser-known but devastating atrocities. The Kempeitai, the Imperial Japanese Army's secret police, began mass arrests and executions of Singapore's Chinese population. The operation was code-named "Sook Ching," a Chinese term meaning "purge through cleansing." The Japanese themselves referred to it as Kakyo Shukusei—"purging of Overseas Chinese." The massacre was systematic and premeditated. Japanese military planners had decided well before the invasion that the Chinese population of Singapore and Malaya required elimination or severe subjugation. According to captured Japanese records and postwar testimony, an order had been issued by senior staff officers on Yamashita's operations staff to kill 50,000 Chinese—approximately 20 percent of the total population. The purge was officially planned to last only two days, but it would be extended repeatedly until early March, consuming thousands of lives. The mechanism of the massacre was coldly bureaucratic. The Japanese established "screening centres" throughout Singapore where Chinese males aged 18 to 50 were required to report for "inspection." The Kempeitai, commanded by Major Masayuki Oishi from headquarters at the YMCA Building on Stamford Road, divided Singapore into sectors and administered the process with 200 regular Kempeitai officers and approximately 1,000 auxiliaries—many of them young conscripts from rural areas with no interrogation training or judicial framework to guide their decisions. In theory, the screening was meant to identify "anti-Japanese elements"—communists, volunteers who had fought with Allied forces, businessmen who had financed resistance to Japan's invasion of China, and organized crime members. The reality was far more brutal and arbitrary. At some screening centers, interrogators singled out men with glasses, assuming educated men posed a threat. Others were selected based on tattoos, considered a sign of triad membership. Hooded informants—often questionable in their knowledge—pointed fingers at supposed troublemakers. At one notorious center, all Chinese males who happened to walk through a particular entrance were simply loaded into trucks to be shot, while those who used another pathway were released. The system was designed less to identify genuine resistance threats and more to terrorize the Chinese community through indiscriminate slaughter. Those who "passed" the screening received a stamp or certificate marked "examined," allowing them to leave. Those who "failed" were separated, marked with triangular stamps indicating their death sentence, and packed into trucks. They were transported to remote killing sites around the island: Changi Beach, Punggol Point, Katong, Tanah Merah, Sentosa (then called Pulau Belakang Mati), and numerous other coastal areas. At these beaches and isolated locations, the condemned were executed by firing squads, bayoneted by soldiers, or simply shot and left to be washed into the sea. The scale was staggering. On February 20, 1942, 66 Chinese males were lined up at Changi Beach and shot. On February 28, approximately 300 to 400 Chinese were executed at Punggol Point by Kempeitai firing squads. At Tanah Merah Beach, 242 victims from the Jalan Besar screening center were massacred. At Katong, 20 trenches were dug to bury bodies. Some victims were transported from the docks at Tanjong Pagar and executed at sea, their bullet-riddled bodies later washing ashore on Sentosa, where surrendered British gunners awaiting internment were forced to bury them. The massacre extended throughout the island and into Malaya. At Kota Tinggi in Johor, 2,000 were killed on February 28. At Joo Loong Loong in Negeri Sembilan, an entire village of 1,474 Chinese was systematically exterminated by Major Yokokoji Kyomi and his troops on March 18. Across the southern states of Malaya, estimated to be as many as 25,000 Chinese were killed through similar indiscriminate mass executions. The bodies piled into mass graves, often remaining hidden until decades later when construction or farming uncovered them. In the immediate aftermath, families of victims had no opportunity to recover remains or conduct proper funerary rites according to Chinese tradition. The death toll remains contested. Japan's postwar government claimed no more than 6,000 had been killed. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, who himself narrowly escaped selection for execution during the screening process, stated the verifiable death toll was approximately 70,000, including Malaya. Historians examining mass grave discoveries and survivor testimony estimate the true figure at 25,000 to 50,000 in Singapore itself, with another 20,000 across Malaya. The variety of estimates stems partly from the Japanese destruction of all documentation related to the screening process and the indiscriminate nature of the killings—many victims were never recorded, their disappearances simply adding to the chaos of the occupation's early days. The psychological impact on Singapore's Chinese community was devastating. Survivors emerged from the screening process traumatized, many bearing visible marks of their passage through the system. Women and children, though theoretically not targeted, were sometimes sent for inspection as well, and some were victimized during the process. Entire families were separated, with some members executed while others survived by chance. The massacre destroyed the illusion that Singapore's position as a British fortress had provided security or protection. The rapid fall of Singapore and the subsequent slaughter of the Chinese population crystallized a profound realization among the local population: the colonial masters could not protect them, and their status as second-class inhabitants of their own territory had become abundantly clear. In the years after the war, perpetrators of the Sook Ching were identified and tried. Seven Japanese officers—Takuma Nishimura, Saburo Kawamura, Masayuki Oishi, Yoshitaka Yokata, Tomotatsu Jo, Satoru Onishi, and Haruji Hisamatsu—were charged in 1947. Kawamura and Oishi received death sentences and were hanged on June 26, 1947. However, the mastermind behind the operation—Major Masanobu Tsuji, Yamashita's Chief of Planning and Operations who personally planned and coordinated the massacre—escaped after the war, fled to China, and later became a politician in Japan before disappearing in Laos in 1961, presumably killed. The massacre's legacy became a catalyst for political awakening in Singapore. The British failure to demand reparations specifically for the Chinese, Malay, and Indian communities killed during the occupation (only securing compensation for European victims) became a point of bitter contention. It demonstrated to Singaporean Chinese that the colonial government did not truly represent their interests. When Singapore gained self-governance in 1959, waves of anti-Japanese sentiment emerged, with the Chinese community demanding official apologies and reparations. Not until 1966, after independence, did Japan agree to provide S$50 million in compensation—though notably refusing to make an official apology or accept legal responsibility for the massacre. The Japanese government classified the payment as a "gesture of atonement" rather than formal reparations, a linguistic evasion that did little to ease the lingering trauma. Mass graves were accidentally discovered in 1962 at Siglap, an area locals had called the "Valley of Tears." Exhumation work continued through the 1960s, with nearly 100 graves uncovered. In 1963, Singapore erected the Civilian War Memorial at Beach Road—a 67.4-meter monument consisting of four pillars symbolizing Singapore's four major ethnic groups. Beneath it lies a tomb containing remains of Sook Ching victims recovered from 1962 to 1966. The massacre sites at Changi Beach, Katong, Punggol Point, Tanah Merah, and Sentosa were designated as heritage sites in 1992 with commemorative plaques. Yet the numerical vagueness surrounding the death toll—a direct consequence of Japan's refusal to acknowledge full responsibility or conduct a proper investigation—remains a source of historical frustration and continuing emotional weight for the descendants of victims. The Sook Ching Massacre had an immediate and profound effect on organized Chinese resistance. Many Dalforce members who had escaped into the jungle were now hunted relentlessly by occupying forces. Some retreated further inland, eventually linking with the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), the communist guerrilla force that had been organizing in Malaya. The massacre transformed what might have been localized resistance into a unified determination to survive and eventually drive out the occupiers. The brutality inflicted upon the Chinese population—ostensibly targeted at "anti-Japanese elements" but indiscriminate in practice—radicalized entire communities and gave the nascent guerrilla movements both moral justification and a steady stream of desperate recruits willing to fight. The very mechanism designed to crush Chinese resistance had, ironically, forged the conditions for sustained and effective guerrilla warfare throughout the occupation's three-and-a-half years.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.   Singapore fell on February 15, 1942, when Percival surrendered to Yamashita—who had bluffed with inferior numbers and dwindling supplies. Three days later, the Sook Ching Massacre began: the Kempeitai systematically slaughtered 25,000 to 50,000 Chinese civilians across Singapore and Malaya through "screening centers" and mass executions at beaches, eliminating perceived anti-Japanese resistance.      

Welcome to Season 6 of Remember What's Next, with Ellie Bass and Rabbi Ken Spiro.This season, we're exploring Jewish history through the people who shaped it: who they were, the choices they made, and how their influence continues to shape our lives as Jews today.We're beginning with Shaul, King Saul, Israel's first king, whose story raises difficult questions about leadership, compassion, and moral courage. How could the same man who spared Agag, the king of Amalek, later order the killing of the priests of Nov? What shaped his judgment—and what can we learn from those contradictions?We'll also explore the idea of “suicidal empathy”: when compassion, disconnected from judgment and responsibility, ends up enabling harm. How do we distinguish mercy from misplaced sympathy? When does humility become a fear of standing firm? And how do we recognize when our own emotions are clouding our sense of what is right?Join us as we get to know Shaul—and consider what his story asks of us today.Want the full story? Start from episode one.As Winston Churchill said, "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." That's exactly what we're doing — going all the way back, so we can understand the present and shape what comes next.

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Salt Lake City Pootah, the Main Mommy herself will be in you on October 9th and 10th as Wiseguys comedy club! Make sure to get your tickets at https://christinap.com/pages/tour-dates SPONSORS: Get out there and enjoy the outdoors with Mountain Dew. An American Original. Tasting Great Since '48. Look for Mountain Dew in stores near you. Join Wayfair Rewards today and get five percent back on every purchase. Head to https://Wayfair.com or shop the Wayfair app for all things home. Get $80 off your first month with promo code SPACE80 at https://Talkspace.com Christina P holds down the Mommy Dome with H. Foley and Kevin Ryan of Are You Garbage, and the boys show up ready to smoke indoors. Christina gives a full status report on the divorce diet, back on heaters after twenty years, white wine in the pool, sparkling rosé on weekends, one thin-crust Domino's Supreme a day, then demands to know if she's still the reigning Garbage Queen or if Jordan Jensen has taken the belt.From there: the locked drawer of Marlboro Lights with American Spirits on backup, the $228 Walmart pool that ruined a surgeon's view, whether a bedroom water cooler and coffee machine makes you Winston Churchill or a dirtbag, nugget supremacy, wasting good cheese on a burger, the correct way to bag groceries (eggs on the bottom, they build a perfect base), pickling every vegetable in the house, and Christina's $100,000 cat paintings, including a portrait of naked Tom Segura wrestling a bear.Then a full watch-along of M. Night Shyamalan's brand-new YouTube channel, where a man with thirty years of movies takes "a risk" by sitting on a bench next to a tree he planted for his dead dad. This leads directly into kids having taser fights under a bridge, Jackass, Johnny Knoxville, and why nobody in Hollywood ever tells anyone their idea sucks.TikTok Curations: the watermelon puncher, the outfit-of-the-day pervert, the man who cracks walnuts with his fingertips, and a kid crawling under a bathroom stall while a man is actively taking a shit. Plus: the Zac Efron DM remains unanswered, the Batwing, burping the alphabet until you puke, Kevin's $200,000 Hawaii cliffside wedding with a ten-minute set in the vows, and the correct way to reheat a slice. Your Mom's House Ep. 878 https://tomsegura.com/tourhttps://christinap.com/https://store.ymhstudios.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/yourmomshousepodcast Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:00:12 - The Are You Garbage Boys Tackle The Divorce Diet00:08:38 - Is Christina Still The Reigning Garbage Queen?00:15:05 - Opening Clip: Nuggets You've Never Heard Of00:16:43 - Walmart Above-Ground Pool00:19:11 - Nugget Rankings & Wasting Good Cheese00:22:40 - Randall's Takes & Pickling Everything00:27:08 - M. Night Shyamalan's Cool YouTube Channel00:34:08 - Taser Fights Under The Bridge00:36:46 - Jackass, Co-Parenting, & Heater Hypnotist00:44:09 - Christina's TikTok Curations00:48:34 - DM-ing Zac Efron & Naked Bear Art00:54:05 - Back To The Toks01:03:55 - Pizza Hack01:06:49 - Indian Content Corner01:08:49 - Wrap Up01:09:59 - Closing Song - "I'm Taking a Shit Homie" by Ramsay McQueen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers how social media can blur the line between personal and electronic identity for teenagers, then examines noseo, “to dote,” and the danger of fixating on obscure doctrines, before reviewing Churchill and the Jews and Churchill's long support for the establishment of Israel.For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash joins Michael to discuss her new book, "The Elections That Changed the World: Fifteen Pivotal Moments That Shaped How We Live" co-written with David Fisher. Listen and learn about pivotal elections whose consequences reached far beyond the ballot box—from Winston Churchill's stunning 1945 defeat and the little-known vote that helped elevate Martin Luther King Jr., to Ronald Reagan's 1966 victory in California. It's a fascinating look at the campaigns, personalities, turning points, and unexpected outcomes that helped shape political history—and a reminder that some elections only reveal their true significance with the passage of time. Original air date 22 September 2026. The book was published on 22 September 2026. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In deze aflevering van De Nieuwe Wereld gaat Martin Sommer in gesprek met historicus en Frankrijk-deskundige Niek Pas over de opvallende 'De Gaulle-hype'. Aanleiding zijn de recente bioscoopfilms (Résistance en Liberté) die het verhaal vertellen van de Franse generaal en oud-president tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.Waarom trekt een politicus uit een ver verleden, met zijn kenmerkende mystieke visie op Frankrijk, tegenwoordig weer volle zalen? We duiken in de snelle val van Frankrijk in 1940, de felle strijd tussen collaboratie (Vichy) en verzet, en de moeizame diplomatieke relatie van De Gaulle met wereldleiders als Winston Churchill en Franklin D. Roosevelt.Daarnaast bespreken Sommer en Pas de sterke drang naar klassieke helden in onze huidige tijd. Ze analyseren hoe De Gaulle's overtuiging van onafhankelijkheid, soevereiniteit en zijn "certaine idée de la France" vandaag de dag nog steeds als inspiratiebron dienen voor moderne politici over het hele politieke spectrum---------------------------Steun DNWMaak het geluid van de Nieuwe Wereld mogelijk. Zonder uw steun geen DNW! Word lid of doneer:

"It was Hercule Poirot's custom to open his morning mail using a small letter-opener with an ivory handle, making a neat slice along the top edge of each envelope... Each letter was then extracted, unfolded, smoothed flat with the palm of his hand, and read with deliberate, unhurried precision. Only when one piece of correspondence was thoroughly digested and placed in its neat, appointed stack would he permit himself to move on to the next." That's an extract from Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's continuation novel, The Monogram Murders, which captures a part of Hercule Poirot's morning routine with his letter-opening ritual. Something he did at the same time each day, at the breakfast table.  And it connects nicely with today's episode. So let's begin.  Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin   Learn more about the Productivity Academy Discover my Apple Productivity Programme Use the early-bird discount code caps27eb to get $25.00 off    Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived   The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl's YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack  The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script | 434 Hello, and welcome to episode 434 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.  Before we begin, with Apple launching their latest operating systems last Monday, I have updated my Apple Productivity Course.  The course is not about tips and tricks; you can get all those on YouTube. This course is about helping you to build a 100% Apple productivity system that will keep you focused on what matters, when it matters and help keep and store important information so you know where to find it when you need it.  No subscriptions to third-party apps, just a simple set of productivity tools that do exactly what they were designed to do. Keep you on time and organised. I will put a link in the show notes to where you can learn more about this; if I may say so, fantastic course. Okay, on with the episode. Something that many people miss about time blocking is that it's not just another way to organise your calendar. It's actually a way to reframe how you approach your work. Over the last 26 years or so, certainly since the explosion of digital task managers, many people have become focused on the number of things they have to do.  Yet, that wasn't always the case. For example, if you had to go into town to buy something, you would also naturally look for other things you may have to do while you were in town. Perhaps drop some dry cleaning off, or buy some stamps at the post office. You would do as many of these chores as you could in the time that you had available. I've spoken before about how the likes of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill and CS Lewis had time set aside for dealing with their correspondence. It was never about how many letters they replied to. It was simply spending an hour or so each day writing replies.  If they didn't get through their pile of letters in the time they had, they would leave what was left until the next day when they replied to their letters. Yet today, I find that so many people are stressed out and worried about the number of things they have on their lists and the size of their backlogs. Yet, it really doesn't matter how many things you've got to do; if you're like most people, you will have far more things than you will ever have the time to do anyway.  What really matters is how you use the time you have available to do the things that really matter.  That leads me nicely on to this week's question. Unfortunately, the Mystery Podcast Voice is locked away in a room preparing for an important exam tomorrow, so once again, you're stuck with me asking the question.  This week's question comes from Jim. Jim asks, “ Hi Carl, I've tried organising my calendar and protecting time, as you call it, for doing my email and messages and focused work. Yet, I really struggle. I find I ignore the time blocks and then feel guilty at the end of the day because I didn't get done what I wanted to do. What am I doing wrong?  Hi Jim, thank you for your question.  Well, the simple answer, and I know this will be a bit harsh, is that you are ignoring your protected time.  Time blocking only works if you respect the time blocks you set for yourself.  However, let me take you back to the opening of this podcast and the excerpt I shared from Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot continuation novel.  “It was Hercule Poirot's custom to open his morning mail using a small letter-opener with an ivory handle, making a neat slice along the top edge of each envelope…” The key part of this was “it was Hercule Poirot's custom…” The key to succeeding with time blocking is consistency. If it was your custom to drink a cup of tea or coffee each morning when you wake up, it would never be something you would ignore. It's your “custom” to drink tea or coffee when you wake up.  If someone dragged you out of bed for whatever reason, it would not be long before you were structuring your day mentally, wondering where you would get your morning tea or coffee.  As I write this script, my mother is currently at Dublin Airport waiting for a flight to Paris. She's travelled through the night by bus and, on arrival at the airport, the first thing she did was to go and get herself a cup of tea. Why? Because it's her “custom” to have tea first thing in the morning. And while it is not a normal day, she still follows her routine.  The most successful coaching clients I have are the ones who decide to protect the same time each day for doing their most important work.  Now, the CEOs among these clients find this easier, as they are in a position of authority and find saying “no” to interruptions easier than most.  One client of mine gets to his office at around 8:00 am and from 8:30 to 10 am he closes his office door and does the most pressing pieces of work he has that day.  Because he knows there will be no interruptions—everyone in his office knows not to interrupt him during this time—he can sit down and give 100% focus to the work he is doing.  And because he does this every day, none of his team ever considers interrupting him.  But time blocking goes beyond this.  I mentioned earlier that time blocking is not another cool way to organise your calendar. It's a reframing exercise.  What I mean by this is that the purpose of time blocking is to say I have this large pile of work to do. I am going to work on it for the next two hours. When the two hours are up, I will stop.  It doesn't matter whether there are twenty, thirty, fifty or a hundred things to do. You do as many as you can in the time that you have. Stop, and return to the pile the next time you have a time block for working on the pile.  Now there is an interesting shift that happens to your mind when you focus on the time you have rather than the number you have.  Let's imagine you have twenty things to do and you have 90 minutes protected for doing them.  As you begin, you're not that aware of the time. But once you go past sixty minutes and you see you only have 30 minutes left, your focus narrows. You tense up slightly, and you speed up.  It might have taken you an hour to do eleven tasks; I can promise you that if you have nine tasks left and only twenty-five minutes in which to do them, you will finish.  You become hyper-focused, blocking out all external distractions.  This is the reverse of what happens when you don't have a time constraint. With no time constraint, you will let in all sorts of distractions.  Oh, I must check to see if those shoes have come back into stock. Oh, I'll just message Jessica to see how her presentation went yesterday. Oh yeah, how did Arsenal get on last night in the FA Cup? I'd better go and refill my water bottle. And how much time do all these little things swallow up? Just those 4, if all you did was exactly what those four things said, that'll be ten lost minutes, at least.  But you know Jessica will reply, and you will feel obliged to reply to her reply, and now you're in a full-blown conversation. You're suddenly focused on trying to do your tasks and thinking of your replies to Jessica.  That's why you should never begin a message thread just before sitting down to do some focused work. Do it when you're finished, or else you'll find yourself splitting your concentration and not doing either thing well.  Another mistake with time blocking is to block too much time in any given day.  Really, for time blocking to be effective, I would advise caution.  Two hours for focused work and another hour of admin and communications is a good balance. That leaves you with at least five hours where you can attend meetings, deal with sudden and unexpected emergencies and the regular daily workplace socialising. (And of course your mandatory mid-morning and afternoon tea breaks) I've seen people try and protect far too much time, which then leaves them with little to no flexibility. Days never go according to plan. Each day will throw something unexpected up. That could be a traffic jam, a colleague calling in sick, or Andy from the accounts cornering you in the staff canteen to tell you a bit of gossip.  Or your computer crashes, the Internet goes down, your boss calls an urgent meeting in 30 minutes in meeting room five—the one where they keep the difficult questions and uncomfortable chairs. You know the kind of meeting they can be.  I've found, after working with nearly 500 clients over the years, that the optimum time for time blocking is three hours a day. If you can get to that level and be consistent with your times, you'll find that adopting time blocking techniques quickly becomes a custom you follow every day.  You don't become more productive and better at managing time passively. It requires action. It's up to you to decide whether you will shut off potential interruptions, say no to a spurious meeting request or allow yourself to be distracted by low-level things like checking football scores or shoe availability.  Yet the thing to always remember is that of all the things in your control each day, the one thing that will remain constant is the passing of time. Time does not recognise a vacuum. It continues whether you stare out the window wondering what to do next, scroll through the news or take a nap.  It's fixed. All you have are your 24 hours each day.  The one variable you have is what you do each day. That remains your decision.  If you give yourself five to ten minutes at the end of each day to decide what your priorities will be tomorrow and what you will do in your protected time, you will find that, on the whole, you will get a lot of what you planned to do done.  I hope this has helped, Jim, and thank you for your question. And thank you to you, too, for listening.  It just remains for me now to wish you all a very, very productive week.   

Az előfizetők (de csak a Belső kör és Közösség csomagok tulajdonosai!) már szombat hajnalban hozzájutnak legfrissebb epizódunk teljes verziójához. A hétfőn publikált, ingyen meghallgatható verzió tíz perccel rövidebb. Itt írtunk arról, hogy tudod meghallgatni a teljes adást. Mobiltöltés zsúfolásig megtelt nézőtér előtt. A nagy Leslie Mandoki-könyv, fentaniltapasszal. Szivek szállodája. Crackpipával a ferihegyi gyorsforgalmi úton. Röhejes zenészszobrok, hányatott sorsú emléktáblák. Fenyő a szomszédban. Fideszes gyerekek festményei. 00:00 Mobiltöltő nincs valakinél?03:59 Leslie Mandoki további kalandjai. A másfélmilliárdos könyv.09:10 A rendszerváltás nagy napja. Jellinek Dániel a NER-ben és a NER előtt. A fauszti alku.14:45 Jellinek, akinek árnyékban kellett maradnia. Innen nehéz úri társaságba visszajutni. Mennyire vitet el embereket Magyar Péter?19:43 Mandoki és az SZDSZ-es időkerék. Mandoki és Winston Churchill. Mandoki és Gregor Gysi.26:25 A balatonszemesi Freddy Mercury a Magyar Narancsban. Nagygrófó Szolnokon, Phil Lynott Dublinban. Fenyő Miklós és Nádasdy Ádám hányattatott emléktáblái. Máté Péter Mindszenten, Kóbor János Bátaszéken, Radics Béla Csepelen.33:46 Médipiaci intimpistáskodás. Hogy tudnánk veszíteni hárommilliárd forintot?36:37 Hallgatói kérdés: Izraeli-palesztin helyzet.38:51 Épséged igazi kincs. Crackpipával Ferihegyre. Helyes crackpipa-használat.42:54 Hallgatói kérdés: magyar droghelyzet. Osztrák drog pult alól.48:01 Uj Péter és a Parti-arcok. Winkler Róbert befizette a kamarai tagdíjat. Uj Pétertől csak elvették. Parragh László elbábozza.53:27 A macska visszatér és vizet kér a bundájára.57:18 Tesókám, egy fit checket kérhetünk?60:29 Mit tesz a felelős műsorvezető, ha egy hallgató meg akarja ölni a miniszterelnököt?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Plongez dans l'histoire des grands personnages et des évènements marquants qui ont façonné notre monde ! Avec enthousiasme et talent, Franck Ferrand vous révèle les coulisses de l'histoire avec un grand H, entre mystères, secrets et épisodes méconnus : un cadeau pour les amoureux du passé, de la préhistoire à l'histoire contemporaine.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Beim Prozess vor dem Zürcher Bezirksgericht hat die Staatsanwaltschaft dem chinesischen Studenten mehrfachen versuchten Mord vorgeworfen. Sie forderte 15 Jahre Freiheitsstrafe. Der Beschuldigte hat die Attacke gestanden. Der Psychiater geht davon aus, dass die Rückfallgefahr gering sei. Weitere Themen: · Erfolg für die Bundesanwaltschaft im Zusammenhang mit dem mutmasslichen Messerstecher von Winterthur: Die Ermittler können sein Mobiltelefon und seine Computer untersuchen. Der Mann ging Ende Mai beim Bahnhof Winterthur mit dem Messer auf Passanten los verletzte drei Personen zum Teil schwer. · Zum ersten Mal mehr als 3.3 Millionen Eintritte in die Zürcher Badeanstalten im Hitzesommer 2026. · Der Kampf von Frauen für Gleichstellung als Komödie im Theater Hechtplatz: «Vive les Femmes». · Eine historische Rede vor 80 Jahren: Kurz nach dem Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs, hielt Winston Churchill seine berühmte Rede in Zürich. Der britische Premierminister zeigte einen Weg auf, wie Europa nach zwei Weltkriegen eine friedlichere Zukunft haben könnte.

260917PC Bansky – Provokateur Künstler AnarchistMensch Mahler am 17.9.2026Die Ausstellung „House of Banksy – An Unauthorized Exhibition“ läuft vom 11. September 2026 bis zum 28. Februar 2027 im Kronprinzbau in Stuttgart. Ich bin mit hohen Erwartungen hingegangen. Und sie wurden übertroffen. Sensationell! Atemberaubend! Beklemmend – es schnürt einem die Luft ab. Und über allem schwebt die Frage: wer ist Bansky, der angesagte Gegenwartskünstler. Das teuerste Werk von Banksy ist das teilgeschredderte Bild „Love is in the Bin“ (ursprünglich „Girl with Balloon“), das im Oktober 2021 bei Sotheby's in London für 16 Millionen Pfund, 21,8 Millionen Euro versteigert wurde. Der frühere BBC-Journalist Nigel Wrench führte 2003 ein Interview mit einem Künstler, der in einem Warenlager in Ost-London seine Graffiti-Arbeiten ausstellte: Antiautoritäre Motive, Schweine in Polizeihosen, Winston Churchill mit Irokesenhaarschnitt aus Gras.Der Künstler erklärte damals, er feiere mit seinen Wandsprühereien den Vandalismus, es sei die effektivste Art, Kunst zu machen. Und der Künstler erklärte weiter, er werde bei der Eröffnung seiner Ausstellung am Abend nicht dabei sein. Als Graffiti-Künstler könne man sich eben nicht lächelnd neben seine Werke stellen. Man werde eher als "Typ" wahrgenommen, wenn die Leute nicht wüssten, wer man ist.Als Wrench den Künstler bat, seinen Namen zu bestätigen, sagte der: "Robbie Banks".Dies ist eines der wenigen Interviews, von denen ziemlich sicher ist, dass der echte Künstler, der hinter Banksy steckt, wirklich Auskunft gab. Über Banksys richtigen Namen wird seit Jahrzehnten spekuliert. Und laut einer intensiven Recherche der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters soll Banksy aktuell David Jones heißen.Das ist natürlich nicht sein ursprünglicher Name. Den Namen David Jones soll er etwa zu der Zeit angenommen haben, als die Mail on Sunday 2008 geschrieben hatte, dass sich hinter Banksy der Künstler Robin Gunningham aus Bristol verberge. David Jones ist die Männernamen-Kombination, die es im Vereinigten Königreich am häufigsten gibt, würde sich also gut als Deckname eignen.Ausgegraben hat den Namen Simon Gardner von der Agentur Reuters, der in der Ukraine recherchierte, nachdem Banksy dort 2022 nach Kriegsbeginn Graffitis gesprüht hatte. Eines davon im Dorf Horenka nahe Kiew. Das Motiv an einer zerbombten Häuserwand zeigt einen Mann, der sich in einer Badewanne den Rücken schrubbt.Gardner schilderte in der BBC, wie er dazu kam: Die Sprüherei sei nur ein paar Meilen entfernt von Butscha aufgetaucht, wo er die Gräueltaten der russischen Armee untersuchte. Ihn habe dieser harte Kontrast zwischen dem Horror und dem surrealen Graffiti getroffen. Und als großer Banksy-Fan habe er den Plan gefasst, mehr über Banksys Identität zu erfahren.Eine Ikone von Maria und Jesus als Baby, dem ein Sprengstoffgürtel umgebunden wurde, die prüde Queen Victoria in Lederstiefeln und Strapsen mit dem Geschlecht über dem Gesicht einer Frau sitzend, ein Film über Bootpeople auf dem Bansky-Rettungsschiff konfrontiert mit einer Luxusjacht, schwule Polizisten, die sich umarmen und küssen, Apple Gründer Steve Jobs als syrischer Imigrant – sein Vater flüchtete tatsächlich von Homs in die USA – an Provokationen fehlt es wahrlich nicht. Aber alles Provokationen, die reichlich Stoff zum Nachdenken geben. Ich werde mir noch lange die Kunstwerke von Bansky anschauen und darüber philosophieren. Und das Shirt mit dem Intifada-Kämpfer tragen, der statt einer Handgrante einen Blumenstraß gegen die israelischen Besatzer schleudert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MICHAEL DRUCKMAN; CRUNCH TIME: Career Pathways in the Age ofAI; Education & Future of Work; ‘Schools That Can'; Live from NY#realconversations #AI #careers #resilience #robotics CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THESPECIESHosted by Calvin SchwartzMeet MICHAEL DRUCKMAN: Started my 7th year hereat Conversations with Calvin We the Species. Over 500 interviews on 6continents. A global ranking in top 0.5% to 3 % in endurance stats. That meanssomething. This interview with Michael Druckman, author of ‘Crunch Time-CareerPathways in the Age of AI ', has to be one of the most important and HUGELYurgent interviews. It's beyond urgent. Reminds me of a Nevil Shute book, On theBeach.' The movie scared me. A nuclear war. Australia was the last placeunaffected by radioactivity. Words on banners in town. “There's still time,Brother.' No, there isn't a lot of time, as AI changes our world every 15minutes. What about five years from now? Michael Druckman and Illah RezaNourbakhsh have written an essential, powerful, provocative book on AI forstudents, parents, academics- actually, all of us earth denizens- even seniorcitizens, as I loosen my collar. We're not talking ten years or twenty yearsfrom now. Maybe five years. We, the species, need to be ready. The credentialsfor Michael and Illah are quite amazing. I've read the book, taken notes,absorbed it, and taken off my Rutgers hat. Serious move for me. Our interviewwas poignant. Michael is brilliant beyond grasp. Eloquent, devoted (via SchoolsThat Can, urban education), and passionate. As I like to do at this juncture,I'll deposit a few random words and thoughts from our interview. An enticement.Urgency. Sam Walton thought innovation was a risk. He just did it better. AI isNOT a spectator sport. University leaders are not prepared. A Californiauniversity is now looking for non-traditional students. Winston Churchill.Charles Dickens. Marshmallow test-delayed gratification. The Robots are coming.  $102 billion spent on human skills. $700billion spent on AI data centers. THINK. Where the evolution of AI currently stands. Resilience. Enough said.Many thanks to Jessica & Trish at Pellien Public Relations for thisconnection. Calvin

Sometimes, God takes over full control to put us where we need to be. Todays guest, John Porter, talks about how God took over to place him exactly where he needed to be. John learned about the root of fear and how to make decisions rooted in faith and trust in God, instead of a place of fear.   In this episode, you'll discover…  Key trait to win at home and at work (1:28) The balance of bringing faith into the workplace (7:35) Establishing what your priorities are vs. boundaries (10:45)  Advice about the spirit of fear (13:45)   John's Bio:  John has successfully developed and managed multi-family and self-storage investment properties for 35 years. Before joining our firm in 1999, he was responsible for development and all property management aspects of a Midwest firm that operated 5,000 apartment units and self-storage rentals. For Charter, John leads the acquisition and development of residential communities and is a real estate broker in North and South Carolina. His expertise in planning, zoning, and infrastructure development adds valuable insight into projects. People find that John works collaboratively to ensure everyone is on the same path to reach the same goal. He likes being challenged every day to think in new ways. It keeps things interesting. In his free time, John is an avid gardener, golfer, and fisherman who likes to spend time with his wife and two boys. Helping his family and team reach their goals brings him deep joy. Many don't know that John is a musician and has traveled to Cuba many times. Next to his wife, his dream dinner companions are Winston Churchill, Jesus, and his father.   Learn more here   What's Next?  NEW!! Join the new RISE community. Check out my newest book, 'Rise and Go', HERE!

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.  5 Reasons to Go to Prayer Meeting What good is prayer?  If you ask any christian whether prayer is important to the christian life, inevitably they will answer that it is.  If you followup and ask about their own prayer life, the confidence invariably drains from them.  How do we improve our prayer lives.  The answer, dear christian, does not simply lie in yet another redoubling of effort.  It may just lie behind the difficult doors of being honest about our own hearts and learning how to pray from other believers that God has so graciously placed around us.  We explore all these ideas and more in this podcast inspired by our experiences of prayer and this article by Jonathan Landry Cruse for the Gospel Coalition. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/reasons-prayer-meeting/ "The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill

Welcome to Week In Geek Wednesday for our quick-hits segment of entertainment and interesting bits of internet debris for you... the people! This week, we talk about what happened on Raw and Smackdown last week, Spider-Noir says good-bye, alternate history shenanigans, Mando, and fake football teams!   FULL VIDEO EPISODES! That's right folks, you can see our bright smiling idiotic faces in full color on our YouTube channel. Full episodes available as well as clips.   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's what trying to drink like Winston Churchill for a day looks like - Amazon cancels a show that is up for 11 Emmy nominations because, sure, that makes sense… - Apple TVs shows keeping going into the alternate history well with "Dark Matter" - "Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian" giveth and taketh away     ...AND ANOTHER THING: THE MAN THEY CALL TIM suggests listening to NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" UNCLE TODD suggests watching "Creed" or "Creed 2" ... but not "Creed 3"   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy YouTube - http://youtube.com/@freerangeidiocy

At a yard sale in Malvern, Iowa, one of us asked the woman running it about old cameras, and her husband climbed into the rafters of his barn and came down with a dusty 8x10 view camera, which he gave us. The bellows are full of holes and there's no lens, so it needs a restorer. One of us has been in a creative flood for 3 months and fears that if he stops, it all stops; the other's momentum feels more like a frenzy. The one in the flood passes on an idea he heard: the obstacles are the path itself, and each one is a chance to be creative.An Instagram video mocking cliché photographs, like a faded pink door on a brick wall, gave one of us a small crisis, since he's taken plenty of those. Whatever you've scrolled past, we agree, steers your eye. Martin Scorsese started with about 40 years of film history to absorb, and anyone starting now has 130, which one of us calls an advantage. Brian Eno played Fela Kuti for Talking Heads as they made Remain in Light, and it changed the record. Near the end come Eno's Oblique Strategies cards, which one of us has put on his website. The first says to push to an extreme, then ease back, and the last asks for the simplest fix, which one of us learned to hunt for in Apple tech support.Mentioned in this episode: Winston Churchill, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stanley Kubrick, Adam Sandler, Orson Welles's F for Fake, Stone Temple Pilots, Talking Heads' Remain in Light, Fela Kuti, Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies.-AiSupport the show If you enjoyed this episode, please consider giving us a rating and/or a review. We appreciate and try to read all of them. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode. Ask Us a Question: https://studiosessionspod.com/#askWebsite: https://studiosessionspod.com

100 episodes. A lot of Bible names pronounced wrong. A few guest voices. And one faithful God through all of it.For the 100th episode of Your Weekly Calling, Brad looks back at where it started and the simple lesson God has continued to teach him along the way: you don't need to know where the journey ends to be faithful with the next step.Through Joshua 4, the story of Israel's memorial stones, and a lesson from Winston Churchill, Brad challenges us to stop looking so far ahead that we forget what God has already done. Where has God been faithful in your life? What prayers has He answered? What doors has He opened—or closed? And what step is He asking you to take next?You don't need the entire map. You just need enough faith for the next step.Here's to 100 episodes—and whatever God does with the next 100.

Es la figura clave del siglo XX en Francia, una de las más importantes de todos los tiempos, citada en los sondeos a la altura de Napoleón, Juana de Arco o Luis XIV. Fue también un político odiado, tachado de traidor, de dictador, de loco. Militar heterodoxo, Charles de Gaulle lideró la resistencia ante la ocupación nazi, evitó injerencias aliadas tras el desembarco de Normandía, fundó la Quinta República y la presidió entre 1959 y 1969. Guiado por la convicción mística y geopolítica de "la grandeur" de Francia, trabajó por colocar al país en un lugar de máxima relevancia en el escenario mundial. Para no depender de otras potencias abandonó la estructura de la OTAN, desarrolló su propia fuerza de disuasión nuclear y evitó alinearse con Washington o Moscú durante la Guerra Fría. También allanó el camino hacia la construcción de la Unión Europea tras promover la reconciliación francoalemana. Analistas e historiadores actuales lo consideran un visionario por defender la autonomía militar del Viejo Continente respecto a Estados Unidos o por vetar la entrada del Reino Unido a las Comunidades Europeas medio siglo antes del Brexit.Este documental, con guion de Antonio Delgado y diseño sonoro de Mayca Aguilera, recorre la biografía del mandatario con una especial atención al último viaje internacional de su vida, que tuvo a España como destino. Intervienen los historiadores Julian Jackson, autor de la biografía 'De Gaulle, una cierta idea de Francia'; Pablo Pérez López, catedrático de la Universidad de Navarra y autor de 'Charles de Gaulle, el estadista rebelde'; y Álvaro Fleites, profesor de la Université de Caen Normandie y autor de 'De Gaulle y España'. Además, el programa recoge la voz del veterano de guerra Leon Masiliah, hijo de uno de los protagonistas de la liberación de París en 1944. Para reconstruir su visita a España participan Gregorio Marañón y Bertrán de Lis, nieto del intelectual Gregorio Marañón; y Carmen Méndez y Carlos Jaras, directora y recepcionista del Parador de Jaén, una de las escalas de aquel peculiar periplo. También suenan grabaciones históricas de Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Georges Pompidou y del propio Charles de Gaulle.Escuchar audio

JAKE SAMPSON, MONSTER HUNTER: The Gods of War, Ep 5 In the action-packed conclusion to The Gods of War, Texas Holdum, Lucy Carter, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tars Tarkas, Clan Warlord Reh, and his mercenaries all find themselves outnumbered by the vile, one eyed, Blue Plant-Men of Mars. While back on Earth, our intrepid hero Jake Sampson has been double crossed by the beautiful Dejah Thoris, wife to John Carter (hero of Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars novels), and now finds himself again the prisoner of the diabolical Fu Manchu; trapped in his laboratory under the Bora Bora Islands in a volcano! Across the globe in England, Hartford leads Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, to the secret enclave of the Knights Templar located under Stonehenge! And in Germany… The Nazi evil begins to spread with continental Europe in its vile sight! While Hitler awaits the delivery of Jake Sampson from the diabolical Manchu! Can our heroes both on Earth and on Mars survive? Join us now… And find out! Written and Produced by Bill Hollweg Starring: JAKE SAMPSON: Mark Kalita LUCY CARTER: Natasha Lathrop HARTFORD: David Sobkowiak TEXAS HOLDUM: Bill Hollweg ANNOUCER: Elie Hirschman TARS TARKAS: Chris Williams EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: Matt Weller JOHN CARTER: Joe Stofko DEJAH THORIS: Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard WINSTON CHURCHILL: Gareth Preston ELDER 1:  Chris Barnes CLANLORD REH:  Perry Whittle FU MANCHU: Glen Witco Scheetz BROKENSEA AUDIO

CLASSIC HAWK: Mayor Lee Roth Indicted with Bobby Moynihan It's Classic Hawk! Your weekly replay of some of the greatest Hawk moments in Val Verde history! Looking for a place to start with 108.9 The Hawk? Start here!Originally released November 4, 2024.Mayor Lee Roth has been indicted, and the one and only Bobby Moynihan has arrived at the Rock & Roll RV. Bobby and the newly indicted mayor went to high school together, setting the stage for an emotional reunion between two men who remember adolescence very differently. Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock and Bobby compete to determine who can deliver the greatest Winston Churchill impression in radio history.Also on this broadcast:• Bobby and Whisp trade stories about working at rival New York radio stations• Art Spart reports live from the traffic nightmare surrounding DivorceCon• Eric Clapton begins appearing in commercials for Flappers• Drugmore puts out its Valentine's Day candy months earlyGuest Starring: Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live, Hoppers, Mr. Mayor, DuckTales, Who Me? and LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy)Keep The Transmitter PoweredListen to every episode of 108.9 The Hawk at 1089thehawk.com.Support the station at patreon.com/1089thehawk.Watch full broadcasts and clips at youtube.com/@1089thehawk.Tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special, crossover edition of Secrets of Statecraft and Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, Andrew Roberts is the guest and is interviewed by Peter Robinson. Roberts explains why great individuals still shape history—and why Winston Churchill remains history's ultimate example. Roberts also confronts attacks on Churchill's record, explains Britain's decision to fight Hitler in 1940, and discusses tyranny, Brexit, socialism, immigration, Donald Trump, and Britain's future. Roberts also despairs of the decline of literacy and historical memory, and reveals  both the world leaders he admires today and the source of the title of this podcast: Winston Churchill's enduring advice: “Study history, for therein lie all the secrets of statecraft.” Subscribe to Uncommon Knowledge at hoover.org/uk

The year is 1979. Yes, it's another fun episode of Gyles's diaries, including a truly brilllant listener email from Darran Lingley, discussion of Winston Churchill's love of languishing at the dinner table, tales of Gyles and Michele's new boxing sessions and speculation about squirrel blood transfusions. Enjoy this.If you'd like to join the Rosebud Family, for more episodes and a wonderful community of Rosebud-loving listeners, go to www. patreon.com/rosebud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special, crossover edition of Secrets of Statecraft and Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, Andrew Roberts is the guest and is interviewed by Peter Robinson. Roberts explains why great individuals still shape history—and why Winston Churchill remains history's ultimate example. Roberts also confronts attacks on Churchill's record, explains Britain's decision to fight Hitler in 1940, and discusses tyranny, Brexit, socialism, immigration, Donald Trump, and Britain's future. Roberts also despairs of the decline of literacy and historical memory, and reveals  both the world leaders he admires today and the source of the title of this podcast: Winston Churchill's enduring advice: “Study history, for therein lie all the secrets of statecraft.”

Plongez dans l'histoire des grands personnages et des évènements marquants qui ont façonné notre monde ! Avec enthousiasme et talent, Franck Ferrand vous révèle les coulisses de l'histoire avec un grand H, entre mystères, secrets et épisodes méconnus : un cadeau pour les amoureux du passé, de la préhistoire à l'histoire contemporaine.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Au tout début de la Première Guerre Mondiale, Winston Churchill gouverne au plus haut sommet de l'Etat. Mais cela risque de ne pas durer…Le 4 août 1914, Londres entre en guerre. À l'Amirauté, Winston Churchill, ministre de la Marine à seulement 40 ans, attend avec impatience que l'ultimatum britannique expire. Depuis trois ans, il prépare la Royal Navy à l'affrontement, renforçant les effectifs, réorganisant les escadres, convertissant la flotte au pétrole. La plus puissante marine du monde est prête. Mais voilà que la guerre se fige rapidement dans les tranchées. Les fronts s'immobilisent. La flotte, cette extraordinaire machine de guerre que Churchill a perfectionnée, reste spectatrice. C'est intolérable pour un homme de son ambition.Plongez dans l'histoire des grands personnages et des évènements marquants qui ont façonné notre monde ! Avec enthousiasme et talent, Franck Ferrand vous révèle les coulisses de l'histoire avec un grand H, entre mystères, secrets et épisodes méconnus : un cadeau pour les amoureux du passé, de la préhistoire à l'histoire contemporaine.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.  How Colleges Produce Socialists Conversations about socialism seem to be multiplying daily, whether they have to do with the shortcomings of capitalism or the election of the mayor of New York City. But how are young people being convinced of the goodness or even just the utility of socialism?  In a recent opinion column at the Wall Street Journal, Kimberlee Josephson outlines a different way that young people are brought to believe in socialism: through the very experience of life on a college campus.  Here we discuss whether the experience of life at an Ivy League campus or even a State School tells the truth about the economics of the situation, and further if socialism itself accords with human nature and the deeper desires of individuals.  https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-colleges-produce-socialists-41fe4257 "The Empires of the future are the empires of the mind." - Winston Churchill

It's been a busy week in politics. Andy Burnham is back, delivering a barnstorming speech attacking the legacy of Thatcherism and Brexit… before promptly getting himself into a spot of bother over a Sainsbury's work-experience scheme, political donations and a rather fetching supermarket fleece. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer quits as an MP, James Cleverly quits the Shadow Cabinet to spend TWO YEARS campaigning to become Mayor of London, and Reform continues its relentless assault on reality.Marina and Jemma ask why every Reform brain fart seems to become a BBC headline, examine Robert Jenrick's latest immigration claims, and marvel at Peter Hitchens being forced to publicly deny that he thinks Rupert Lowe is the next Winston Churchill.And then, because this is The Trawl, the Trawl ladies move seamlessly from the state of the nation to men who deliberately don't shower before dates, Jemma's frustration with dating, the £450,000 Birkin bag from hell and the enduring question: how quickly can one shower before becoming a social pariah?Politics, hypocrisy, free labour, filthy rich people and filthy men. Just another day on The Trawl.Join The Trawl's Facebook BRAND NEW Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590931382660Get your tickets for The Trawl Live from https://thetrawl.tix.to/ticketsThank you for sharing and please do follow us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast Patreonhttps://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawl Twitterhttps://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcastIf you've even mildly enjoyed The Trawl, you'll love the unfiltered, no-holds-barred extras from Jemma & Marina over on Patreon, including:• Exclusive episodes of The Trawl Goss – where Jemma and Marina spill backstage gossip, dive into their personal lives, and often forget the mic is on• Early access to The Trawl Meets…• Glorious ad-free episodesPlus, there's a bell-free community of over 3,300 legends sparking brilliant chat.And it's your way to support the pod which the ladies pour their hearts, souls (and occasional anxiety) into. All for your listening pleasure and reassurance that through this geopolitical s**tstorm… you're not alone.Come join the fun:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Under sommaren 1940 gick Frankrike från att vara en av Europas främsta stormakter till att bli ett ockuperat, förnedrat och ett politiskt söndertrasat land. Frågan är om Frankrike hade överlevt som nation utan general Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) och hans idé om Frankrike som ett historiskt subjekt.Han försvarade envist Frankrikes ställning i världen i kamp mot Vichyregimen och även mot sina allierade USA och Storbritannien. Fem år senare stod han i spetsen för en återupprättad fransk stat. Frankrike hade fått en egen ockupationszon i Tyskland och en permanent plats i FN:s säkerhetsråd.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Martin Hårdstedt, professor i historia, om Charles de Gaulles envisa kamp för Frankrike.Under första världskriget tjänstgjorde de Gaulle som officer, sårades flera gånger och tillbringade över två år i tysk krigsfångenskap. Han läste, studerade kriget och höll föredrag för andra fångar om historia och krigföring. Erfarenheterna stärkte hans intresse för sambandet mellan teknik, rörlighet, eldkraft och ledarskap.Under mellankrigstiden gjorde han sig känd som militärteoretiker. Han argumenterade för en mer rörlig och mekaniserad armé med stridsvagnar, i kontrast till den franska försvarsstrategi som i hög grad byggde på befästningar som Maginotlinjen.Efter nederlaget 1940 ville marskalk Pétain rädda Frankrike genom vapenstillestånd med Tyskland. Medan De Gaulle menade att Frankrike endast kunde räddas genom att vägra acceptera nederlagets politiska konsekvenser.De Gaulle sammanfattade senare sin historiesyn i inledningen till Mémoires de guerre: ”Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France” – hela sitt liv hade han burit på ”en viss idé om Frankrike”. Frankrike var för honom inte identiskt med en regering eller en statsförfattning. Nationen var ett historiskt kontinuum.De Gaulle flydde till Storbritannien och talade den 18 juni i radio och uppmanade fransmännen att fortsätta kampen. Men De Gaulles ställning var svag. Han hade inget folkligt mandat och hade bara varit medlem av regeringen i några dagar. Hans första uppgift blev därför att skapa legitimitet och få fransmän och allierade att acceptera hans anspråk på att företräda nationen.Förhållandet till den brittiske premiärministern Winston Churchill var motsägelsefullt. Men utan Storbritanniens stöd hade Fria Frankrike knappast överlevt 1940. Men de Gaulle vägrade acceptera rollen som brittisk klient.Ännu svårare var relationen till Franklin D. Roosevelt. USA hade länge diplomatiska förbindelser med Vichy och ville inte automatiskt erkänna de Gaulle som Frankrikes ledare. Amerikanerna stödde under en period Giraud och misstrodde de Gaulles politiska ambitioner.Sommaren 1940 hade de Gaulle bara några tusen fria franska soldater i Storbritannien. Han behövde territorium, administration och resurser. Här blev kolonialimperiet avgörande. Tchad anslöt sig till Fria Frankrike den 26 augusti under guvernören Félix Éboué. Därefter följde bland annat Kamerun, Kongo och Oubangui-Chari. Större delen av Franska Ekvatorialafrika blev därmed en territoriell bas för rörelsen.De Gaulle kunde nu uppträda som ledare för territorier med administration, soldater och råvaror. Vägen tillbaka till Paris gick i stor utsträckning genom kolonialimperiet och bars också av koloniala soldater. När Frankrike befriades skulle det redan finnas en fransk regering som kunde ta över staten.Bild: General Charles de Gaulle och hans följe tågar längs Champs-Élysées från Triumfbågen mot Notre-Dame efter Paris befrielse i augusti 1944. Fotograf okänd, Imperial War Museums (HU 66477). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.Musik: La Marseillaise av Band of the Garde Républicaine med dirigent François-Julien Brun. Inspelad i Théâtre des Champs-Elysée 1950, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rabbi Ken Spiro and Ellie Bass discuss the history of truth, and how the idea of facts and ultimate truth are more new than we think. Want the full story? Start from episode one.As Winston Churchill said, "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." That's exactly what we're doing — going all the way back, so we can understand the present and shape what comes next.

The crew and captain of a ferry have been taken into custody after the vessel capsized off the northern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Eight people have been confirmed dead with a further 17 still missing. Also on the programme: Spain asks for help from the EU to process hundreds of migrants who crossed into its North African territory of Ceuta; and the director of a new biopic about Charles de Gaulle tells us how the general's self-belief persuaded Winston Churchill that Free France could fight back against the Nazis. (Image: Survivors arrive on shore after being rescued from the sea following a boat capsize off northern Cyprus, August 30, 2026. Credit REUTERS/Stringer)

Walter Sterling hosts a hilarious therapy session on The Other Side of Midnight, diving headfirst into your absolute worst vacation nightmares. From Walter's own horror stories of being trapped in the pouring rain with World War II-obsessed in-laws and getting vomited on in Curacao, to callers sharing tales of toxic Turkish salads and station wagons that literally fell off the delivery truck.Later, Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio joins to break down a mind-blowing Gallup poll revealing that 78% of Americans believe the government is hiding UFO secrets.

1er épisode solo de la rentrée solo je vous raconte mon été, celui où je suis parti trois semaines à Stockholm écrire le livre sur lequel je travaille depuis un an et demi.Un livre sur ce que la technologie nous retire quand elle nous facilite tout.Ce départ est né d'une sensation que je traîne depuis longtemps, ce pincement au ventre chaque fois que je demande mon chemin à Google Maps plutôt qu'à un humain, chaque fois que je fais rédiger un texte par une IA, chaque fois que ma vie devient un peu plus pratique et un peu plus vide en même temps. Je me suis imposé une règle : aucune ligne de ce livre ne serait écrite par une machine. Et pour tenir cette règle, il me fallait un endroit où rien ne viendrait m'aider à fuir.Ce que je n'avais pas vu venir, c'est que je partais écrire un livre sur la friction dans le pays qui a le mieux réussi à la faire disparaître. Et que ça allait d'abord me mettre à terre.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de la première semaine, celle où je n'ai adressé la parole à personne et où la solitude que je croyais désirer m'a serré le ventre pendant sept jours pleins. De l'effet de dévitalisation, ce mot que j'ai fini par trouver pour désigner ce qui nous arrive collectivement. Du papillon qui doit déchirer sa chrysalide lui-même sous peine de ne jamais voler. Du pigeon de Skinner, que je porte en moi chaque fois que j'essaie d'affiner ma routine du matin. De la nuit où j'ai décidé de jeter la moitié de mon manuscrit. Des Suédois qui s'effacent plutôt que de vous contredire, et de ce que ma sœur m'a dit à ce sujet qui m'a scié. Du Rat Park et de la cage confortable qu'on se construit tous. Et du moment où j'ai griffonné mon numéro de téléphone sur un bout de papier, à mon âge, pour le tendre à quelqu'un.Je me suis questionné sur ce que la solitude fait vraiment, sur la différence entre celle qu'on choisit et celle qui nous tombe dessus, sur ce qu'on croit épargner à nos enfants en leur retirant l'attente et l'ennui, et sur ce qui reste d'une société quand elle a poli tous ses angles.C'est un épisode long, personnel, et sans doute le plus intime que j'aie enregistré. Si vous vous êtes déjà surpris à ne pas savoir ce qui vous avait fait sourire ou pleurer dans la journée, il est pour vous.3. Citations marquantes« Comprendre un piège ne vous permet pas d'en sortir. Vingt ans plus tard, je suis plus accro que jamais. »« Je critique, je rejette, et je reste. C'est sans doute la définition la plus honnête de ma situation, et peut-être de la vôtre. »« J'ai reçu des mails de lecteurs qui me remerciaient pour ce texte que je n'avais pas écrit. Le fait que ça marche m'a prouvé l'efficacité du système et a creusé le vide encore un peu plus. »« Si vous ouvrez le cocon du papillon pour lui simplifier la vie, vous le condamnez : il ne pourra jamais voler. »« On est devenus des athlètes de la certitude dans un monde qui réclamerait plutôt des acrobates de la complexité. »(Bonus si besoin d'un sixième extrait pour les réseaux)« Je suis venu écrire sur ce qui nous arrive quand on retire toutes les frictions d'une vie, et je me suis retrouvé dans un pays qui a fait exactement ça, mais à l'échelle d'une culture entière. »4. Idées centrales discutées 1. L'effet de dévitalisation≈ 09:30 Les systèmes conçus pour nous retirer les frictions de la vie, l'attente, l'effort, l'ennui, le désaccord, finissent par nous vider de l'intérieur. Ils réduisent notre capacité à décider, nos compétences, jusqu'au sens qu'on donne à notre existence. On devient performants, productifs, et vides. Pourquoi ça compte : c'est le mot qui manquait. Tant qu'une sensation n'a pas de nom, elle existe dans le corps mais pas dans la conversation collective. Nommer permet d'agir.2. Savoir ne suffit pas≈ 03:10 Vingt ans à connaître parfaitement les mécanismes d'addiction des plateformes, et vingt ans à y céder quand même. La lucidité n'est pas un levier de changement. Pourquoi ça compte : ça disqualifie toute la littérature qui promet qu'il suffit de comprendre pour se libérer, et ça déplace la question du côté de l'environnement plutôt que de la volonté individuelle.3. Le vivant se renforce par la résistance, pas par le rendement≈ 21:00 La friction est un mauvais élève en ingénierie, on la supprime pour gagner en rendement. Mais un arbre se renforce sous le vent, les valvules du cœur avec le flux du sang, et le papillon a besoin de l'effort qui brise la chrysalide pour que ses ailes se remplissent. Pourquoi ça compte : les designers de la Silicon Valley ont appliqué la logique de la machine au vivant sans vérifier qu'elle s'y appliquait. C'est une erreur de modèle, pas une erreur de morale.4. Friction n'est pas souffrance≈ 23:00 La souffrance réelle, celle de la maladie, du deuil, de la précarité, ne construit rien, elle épuise et elle diminue, et elle demande de la justice et du soutien. Les frictions du quotidien, elles, font grandir quand on les traverse. Pourquoi ça compte : sans cette distinction, tout le propos bascule dans le discours réactionnaire du « c'était mieux quand c'était dur ». C'est le garde-fou de l'épisode.5. La bonne solitude a besoin de micro-liens≈ 32:00 Le flot d'écriture n'est pas venu de l'isolement pur. Il est arrivé au moment précis où j'ai commencé à échanger trois mots avec le type de la cantine et la femme de la sécurité. J'avais besoin d'être seul pour écrire et de ces quelques regards pour tenir debout pendant que j'écrivais seul. Pourquoi ça compte : ça renverse le mythe de l'artiste retiré du monde, et ça donne un dosage concret plutôt qu'un idéal.6. Ce n'est pas la substance qui crée l'addiction, c'est l'isolement≈ 51:30 Le rat seul se tue à la morphine, les rats du Rat Park en consomment jusqu'à dix-neuf fois moins, et ceux qui étaient déjà accros réduisent d'eux-mêmes une fois replacés dans la vie sociale. Pourquoi ça compte : appliqué à nos écrans, ça déplace tout le débat. La question n'est pas de savoir si TikTok est mauvais, mais de savoir dans quelle cage on le consomme.7. Le désaccord est un muscle qu'on a laissé fondre≈ 42:00 Les Suédois s'effacent plutôt que de vous contredire, et le résultat n'est pas un enfer, c'est doux, propre et sûr. Mais le prix, c'est un lien social qui se dévitalise. Nous suivons le même chemin avec les bulles de filtres et la disparition des lieux où l'on croisait des gens qui ne pensaient pas comme nous. Pourquoi ça compte : c'est la friction dont personne ne parle, parce que tout le monde a envie de s'en débarrasser. Et c'est peut-être celle qui nous manquera le plus.Questions structurantes de l'épisode(Format solo : ce sont les questions que je me pose à voix haute et qui portent le récit. Utilisables telles quelles pour les chapitres, les descriptions courtes, ou comme angles de relance sur les réseaux.)Pourquoi ma vie devient-elle un peu plus pratique et un peu plus vide en même temps ?Comment peut-on connaître parfaitement les mécanismes d'un piège et y rester enfermé vingt ans ?Qu'est-ce qu'une sensation qui n'a pas de mot ? Existe-t-elle vraiment tant qu'on ne peut pas la nommer ?Que se passe-t-il exactement quand on retire à un être vivant toutes les résistances qu'il rencontre ?Où passe la ligne entre la friction qui construit et la souffrance qui détruit, et pourquoi les confond-on autant aujourd'hui ?Est-ce que la solitude qu'on désire est vraiment celle qui nous fait du bien ?Qu'est-ce qui a changé entre une époque où l'attente était le décor et une époque où elle est devenue une agression ?Pourquoi cherche-t-on à affiner jusqu'à son repos, et qu'est-ce que ça dit de notre rapport au hasard ?Que faut-il pour accepter de jeter la moitié d'un travail quand une solution confortable est à portée de main ?Combien de décisions ai-je réellement prises aujourd'hui, et combien ont été prises pour moi ?Que devient une société qui a réussi à supprimer le conflit de ses relations quotidiennes ?Est-ce qu'on protège nos enfants en leur retirant l'attente, l'ennui et l'échec, ou est-ce qu'on les prive de ce qui nous a construits ?Hébergé par Audiomeans. 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¿Fue el ataque a la flota francesa en Mers el-Kebir una traición necesaria o una tragedia evitable? En este episodio, analizamos la Operación Catapult, el controvertido movimiento de Winston Churchill para evitar que los buques de la Francia de Vichy cayeran en manos del Eje tras el armisticio de 1940. Desglosamos las motivaciones políticas, el despliegue de la Fuerza H y el dramático enfrentamiento que marcó un antes y un después en la relación entre Gran Bretaña y Francia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. ◼️ Edición Limitada Versus Vol.1 ➡️ https://go.ivoox.com/sq/3153351 ◼️ ❓ ¿Se me escucha? Festival de Podcast de Albacete ➡️ https://www.semeescucha.es/ ⭐ ¿Qué es la Edición Especial de Verano? Se trata de reediciones revisadas de episodios relevantes de nuestro arsenal, para que no pases el verano sin tu ración de Historia Bélica. Estamos en: WhatsApp https://bit.ly/CasusBelliWhatsApp X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 https://casusbelli.top ‍ Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod La música que aparece en este episodio está cubiertas por licencias privadas de Epidemic Sound, Jamendo, SUNO o SGAE SGAERRDDD/4/1074/1012, o están compuestos por Dani CarAn bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución – No Comercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es ⚙️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. ✉️¿Quieres contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. ◼️ Edición Limitada Versus Vol.1 ➡️ https://go.ivoox.com/sq/3153351 ◼️ ❓ ¿Se me escucha? Festival de Podcast de Albacete ➡️ https://www.semeescucha.es/ ⭐ ¿Qué es la Edición Especial de Verano? Se trata de reediciones revisadas de episodios relevantes de nuestro arsenal, para que no pases el verano sin tu ración de Historia Bélica. Estamos en: 🔏 WhatsApp https://bit.ly/CasusBelliWhatsApp 👉 X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod 👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉 Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod 📺 YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 👉 https://casusbelli.top 🧑‍💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod 🎵 La música que aparece en este episodio está cubiertas por licencias privadas de Epidemic Sound, Jamendo, SUNO o SGAE SGAERRDDD/4/1074/1012, o están compuestos por Dani CarAn bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución – No Comercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es ⚙️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎤Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. ✉️¿Quieres contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Winston Churchill's warning that "success is not final, failure is not fatal" sets the tone for a fast-moving episode full of comeback stories, Texas legends, and the kind of colorful observations only Kent Hance can deliver. If you like sharp political commentary wrapped in unforgettable storytelling, this one is built to keep you listening. From there, the conversation ranges widely but never drifts: Hance connects Churchill's mindset to rebuilding after disaster, then pivots into a parade of true-life tales that bounce from country music chaos to football greatness, political power, and bureaucratic drama. Hance spins stories with his trademark mix of wit, memory, and straight talk.You'll hear Hance on: George Jones, Bob Wills, and the wild behavior that came with legendary fame Bobby Bare, Janis Joplin, and the music stories that made Texas and country radio what they are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Drew Brees, and the sports figures who left a mark far beyond the field Red McCombs and Boone Pickens, the big-swing businessmen who never feared taking chances Gen Z, inheritance, and why some people struggle to connect in a hyper-digital world Senator Richard Shelby, Katie Britt, and the long game of political influence in Alabama Fauci, Comey, Rand Paul, and the fallout from COVID-era public narratives Hance also digs into one of his favorite recurring themes: stupid criminals, absurd decisions, and the strange ways real life can sound like a joke until it isn't. Along the way, he revisits the importance of persistence, resilience, and knowing when to keep going even when the odds look bad. This episode is part nostalgia, part political commentary, part pure Texas storytelling - and it's exactly the kind of conversation that rewards anyone who enjoys sharp memory, old-school perspective, and a host who can make every detour worth the trip. Perfect for listeners who want insight, laughs, and a few unforgettable stories they'll be repeating later.

Winston Churchill predicted this nation would collapse, but today India is experiencing a massive economic glow up as it rapidly lifts hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty. We also investigate why crucial historical signs are quietly vanishing from America's national parks, and how an eccentric doctor's argument with mother nature saved countless lives from malaria. Join Emma Varvaloucas on this episode of the What Could Go Right progress report to hear the full story.For transcripts, to join the newsletter, and for more information, visit: theprogressnetwork.orgSubscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://theprogressnetwork.org/newsletter/Watch the podcast on YouTube: / theprogressnetworkFollow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok: @progressntwrkFollow Emma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyemmavarv/

Pour écouter 5000 ans d'Histoire en entier, sans pub et avec les bonus, pour 2€ par mois :https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo Le 17 août 1943, à Québec, les alliés préparent la suite. En effet, le 17 août 1943, dans le calme apparent du château Fontenac à Québec, deux hommes se retrouvent à huis clos. Winston Churchill et Franklin Roosevelt. C'est la première conférence de Québec, nom de code Quadrant. Officiellement, elle ne devait pas exister. Officieusement, elle va dessiner la suite de la guerre. Car en cet été 1943, la situation a changé. Les Allemands ont été battus à Stalingrad. L'axe recule lentement, l'Italie vacille. Les alliés ont maintenant besoin d'un plan clair pour abattre l'Allemagne nazie et puis le Japon. Autour de la table, pas de Staline. L'URSS n'est pas conviée.C'est un véritable moment anglo-américain centré sur la stratégie occidentale et les sujets brûlants. D'abord, l'Europe. Roosevelt et Churchill décident d'ouvrir un second front en France en 1944. Ce sera l'opération Overlord, ce qu'on appelle aujourd'hui le débarquement de Normandie. La date n'est pas encore fixée, mais le principe est acté. Ensuite, l'Italie. Les alliés veulent remonter la botte, mais des désaccords apparaissent. Churchill, fidèle à sa vision méditerranéenne, insiste, lui, sur les Balkans. Roosevelt, lui, vise l'essentiel, frapper le cœur du Reich. En plus, la conférence ne se limite pas à l'Europe. Il est aussi question du Japon et notamment d'un projet encore top secret, le développement de la bombe atomique évoquée sous le nom de Code-Projet-Québec. C'est à cette occasion que le Canada entre pleinement dans l'alliance nucléaire entre Londres et Washington. Enfin, un accord de principe est posé sur l'après-guerre, désarmement de l'Allemagne, occupation militaire, limitation de son industrie de guerre et premières ébauches de ce qui deviendra l'ONU. Le 17 août 43, dans le secret feutré d'un hôtel canadien, le monde d'après prend forme. Les décisions prises à Québec vont orienter les derniers chapitres de la seconde guerre mondiale et en écrire l'épilogue. A demain dans TIME SHOT pour une nouvelle Minute Histoire. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Vi hälsar ert varmt välkomna tillbaka efter sommaruppehållet. Förvisso bara en vecka långt, men ett uppehåll är ett uppehåll. I dessa valtider undersöker vi ett val som i alla fall vid första anblick framstår som en av historiens största bombnedslag: hur kunde krigshjälten Winston Churchill gå till val två månader efter Victory day och förlora?Om giganten Winston, om doldisen Clement Attlee, om ett brittiskt folk som längtade efter sociala reformer och mycket mer. Mycket nöje.----LäslistaAddison, Paul, ‘Why Churchill Lost in 1945', BBC History, senast uppdaterad 17 februari 2011Langworth, Richard M., ‘How Winston Churchill Lost the 1945 British General Election', The Churchill Project, 27 augusti 2020Liljegren, B. Winston Churchill · D. 2 · 1939-1965. (Historiska media, 2014).Roberts, A. Churchill : walking with destiny. (Viking, 2018). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has defended his reference to the UK as an 'Islamic Republic'. In a podcast with Israeli Army Radio, Mr Netanyahu recalled meeting the grandson of Winston Churchill, describing him as a 'lover of Israel' and then adding that you won't find that kind of attitude in the UK now, which he said was known as 'The Islamic Republic of Britain'. The UK and Israel are long-standing allies, but relations have become notably more tense since the war in Gaza. Also: At least eight people have died and several more have been injured in eastern Japan after record rainfall caused widespread flooding; the United Nations adds its voice to flag concerns about the pressure extreme weather events like droughts are putting on food security; builders in Belgium working on a renovation project have found a chest filled with gold bars and gold coins, bricked in the wall of a cellar; in Australia, tech executives give evidence about the ban on social media for under-16s to a parliamentary inquiry; we hear from Save the Children about the latest on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan; Spain announces it's extending the life of the country's biggest nuclear plant; and in Britain, the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage is re-elected as an MP in a by-election he triggered, defeating 33 other candidates - a parliamentary investigation into a nearly seven-million dollar gift he received from a crypto billionaire has now resumed.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

In a case that has fired up pro-lifers across the country, an Alaska nurse and surrogate mom has defied a California couple's attempt to force her to abort her baby. The show catches up on this drama. Royce White discusses "her" new dream of becoming a WNBA star and the opposition "she" has faced from league authorities. Collin Plume discusses one of the great speeches by one of Charlie's favorite historical figures, Winston Churchill. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a case that has fired up pro-lifers across the country, an Alaska nurse and surrogate mom has defied a California couple's attempt to force her to abort her baby. The show catches up on this drama. Royce White discusses "her" new dream of becoming a WNBA star and the opposition "she" has faced from league authorities. Collin Plume discusses one of the great speeches by one of Charlie's favorite historical figures, Winston Churchill. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time to return to the art of espionage. During World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill understood that boots on the ground were only one piece of the puzzle to drive out the enemy. In order to sabotage German operations across Europe, he knew Britain needed to build an army of secret agents. And one of its most successful leaders was a Romanian-born Jewish woman named Vera Atkins.

The full Loopy Looper recap is here. Bryana and Michael go deep on their individual races. Bryana covers her chaotic morning, from a closed Wawa, blood on the floor, arriving 15 minutes before the start, no water for the first loop, cramping and lung struggles through the first half, a Tylenol-and-Alani turning point at loop six, Ryan's heroic crewing debut (including getting screamed at for the Vaseline), a crotch rocket motorcycle on the race trail, and crossing the finish line on loop 10 in just under 11 hours. Michael recaps his 40-mile day, waking up sick at 3am, acid reflux from allergies spiraling into nausea, Frito rescue attempts, and the decision to DNF with his feet and legs still feeling strong. The crew also gives a shoutout to Vanessa for completing Badwater 135. Berlin Marathon training updates follow: Diana ran 18 miles in Luray, Virginia and is recovering from the crud. Tom is getting ready for Charles St 12. Something Good covers Widows Bay, Cape Fear (TV), Beef Season 2, the Wicker trailer, Little House on the Prairie, and the new Spider-Man. Closing quote dedicated to Bryana: Winston Churchill on courage.Check out Endless Endurance's other races• Bryana's first ultra marathon: 37 miles, 12-hour solo at Loopy Looper• Race morning chaos: the closed Wawa, the broken nose, arriving 15 minutes before start• Running a 12-hour race with no morning caffeine and in August humidity• Managing lung struggles in heat and humidity during a loop race• The Tylenol-and-Alani turnaround: loop six to loop ten• How to crew a loop race, Ryan's debut, the walking handoff, and the Vaseline incident• A motorcycle on the trail at mile nine, only at Cooper River• Loop race foot care: why Bryana is walking on her heels and the tape-in-sweat problem• Michael's Loopy DNF at ~40 miles: allergies, acid reflux, nausea and the call to stop• 'Races are an interruption of what I enjoy' — Michael's philosophy on ultra running• What it really feels like to finish your first ultra (hint: it's not the cry you expect)• Going back to relays: Bryana's verdict on solo vs. relay at Loopy• Rise and Run's seven teams at Loopy Looper, and the tent decorating contest• Vanessa completes Badwater 135 — the crew was tracking all weekend• Road to Berlin: Diana runs 18 miles in Luray, VA • Berlin round table idea : a call for Berlin marathon runners to participate• Something Good: Widows Bay, Cape Fear (TV), Beef Season 2, Wicker trailer, Little House on the Prairie, Spider-Man• Closing quote: Winston Churchill 'Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue thatCome laugh with us as we share our running experiences and talk about everything from our favorite beer runs to our chafing nightmares. Tell us what YOU run for... Email us or leave a voice memo at WillRunForPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Facebook and Instagram @WillRunForPodcast Tag your pictures and stories @WillRunForPodcast and help grow our community.

JAKE SAMPSON, MONSTER HUNTER: The Gods of War, Ep 4 In tonight's action packed adventure, Tex and Lucy find themselves STRANDED, upon the INHABITED Planet of MARS no less, with their only friends being the writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and his trusted seven-foot-tall, green, four-armed Martian fighting companion -- Tars Tarkas!  While back on Earth -- our intrepid hero Jake Sampson is still imprisoned in the maniacal clutches of the Nefarious Fu Manchu in his evil lair; hundreds of feet below the Bora Bora Islands…  Across the globe in England, Hartford has contacted his ancient order and they have requested the presence of Winston Churchill -- and both have heeded the summons -- on Horseback, in Medieval armor, and sporting swords no less!  While in Germany… The Nazis continue their building their war machine, as well as continuing their search for Totems of Vast Supernatural POWER across the globe! AND have made a deal with the diabolical Fu Manchu for Jake Sampson!  What is to become of our heroes both here and on Mars? How much darker can this tale get?  Join us now… IF YOU DARE….  Starring: JAKE SAMPSON: MARK KALITA LUCY CARTER: NATASHA LATHROP HARTFORD: DAVID SOBKOWIAK TEXAS HOLDUM: BILL HOLLWEG ANNOUNCER: ELIE HIRSCHMAN TARS TARKAS: Chris Williams EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: Matt Weller DEJAH THORIS: Gwen Jensen Woodard WINSTON CHURCHILL: Gareth Preston HITLER: Jack Ward GOERING / CLAN WARLORD REH: Perry Whittle HIMMLER: Garry Cobbum FU MANCHU: Glen Witco Scheetz TAKAI: Carl Woods: JOHN CARTER: Joe Stofko

No American or foreign leader has met with as many sitting U.S. presidents as Queen Elizabeth II. Her 70-year reign witnessed the highs and lows of the close and crucial alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom, from the Suez crisis to Brexit. Following the advice of her mentor, Winston Churchill, to “stay close to the Americans,” Queen Elizabeth played an unexpected role behind the scenes that has never been thoroughly explored. Susan Page changes that with her new book The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History. Described as “The Crown” meets “The West Wing,” it chronicles the largely unknown story of Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with 13 American presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Donald J. Trump. With that, she changed the world. Veteran political reporter Susan Page goes beyond the image of a staid monarch in colorful hats to reveal a skilled strategist, who, like many powerful women, was routinely underestimated and discounted. She also shows the impact American presidents had on the monarch as she developed from a shy, anxious princess to a powerful and persuasive global leader, and analyzes both the reach and the limits of the “soft power” she wielded. These accounts of the Queen's deft diplomacy provide candid and telling assessments of her partners in the Oval Office as well. What was the reality of the relationship between Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth? What did the Queen and Barack Obama think about each other? How did she navigate between Ronald Reagan and her own prime minister, Margaret Thatcher? And what about Richard Nixon seeking the Queen's help during Watergate—and even wanting to make her a relative? Join us for a fascinating discussion about an often underestimated figure who played a big role in the history of the United States and Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you transform ancient Chinese script for use in the modern age? English uses a keyboard with just 26 letters, but the first Chinese typewriter looked like a small table under a huge disk with more than 4,000 characters. A new book chronicles the innovators who adapted the Chinese writing for use with modern technology. Plus, in poker, why is a pair of aces and a pair of eights known as a dead man's hand? And some people credit Winston Churchill with the phrase Never pass up the chance to sit down or go to the bathroom. There's no evidence he ever said that, but a similar bit of advice once circulated among British royalty. Plus, getting pipped, puzzling over proverbs, vittles vs. victuals, do the messages vs. do the errands, sakura-fubuki, a friendly word for your ex's new sweetie, and the German word that translates as “mouse cinema.” Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Spicer describes how, following the May 1940 retreat at Dunkirk, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister, finally acting on the intelligence Christie had provided for years. The polemic Guilty Men was published, simplifying the blame for the war onto appeasers like Chamberlain and Baldwin. Meanwhile, Lord Lothian, serving as ambassador to the US, successfully mobilized the "arsenal of democracy" by persuading Roosevelt and the American public to support Britain. The segment also notes the Rudolf Hess mystery, as the deputy Führer flew to Scotland in 1941, mistakenly believing his Fellowship connections could facilitate a peace treaty with the British elite. (14)1939