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TheRealNorth

(9,470 posts) Mon Sep 14, 2020, 10:38 PM Sep 2020

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MAGAT World War 2 history

When they compared Donald Trump hiding Covid-19 to Winston Churchill, it struck a nerve with me.

I don't remember the time where Churchill hid the disaster at Dunkirk from the British people, or that he said that the Blitz was a Labor Party hoax?

However, I do remember Churchill saying this about how they would deal with the Nazi's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=FWNSG7Zikc0&feature=emb_logo

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MAGAT World War 2 history (Original Post) TheRealNorth Sep 2020 OP

He did hide that Coventry was going to be bombed dflprincess Sep 2020 #1

Yeah, but that had nothing to do with hiding the facts to keep the population from panicking. TheRealNorth Sep 2020 #2

True. Nt dflprincess Sep 2020 #3

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)

1. He did hide that Coventry was going to be bombed

Reply to TheRealNorth (Original post)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 10:45 PM

Sep 2020

in order to protect the secret that the Enigma code had been broken. But, in the long run, that saved more lives.

TheRealNorth

(9,470 posts)

2. Yeah, but that had nothing to do with hiding the facts to keep the population from panicking.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 11:16 PM

Sep 2020

So its not really a valid comparison because in the case of Coventry, he was trying to keep a military secret during wartime.

dflprincess

(28,072 posts)

3. True. Nt

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 11:40 PM

Sep 2020

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