The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast5 Des 2022

Ep. 5 | 1940: Myths Busted and Scandals Revealed

Most of us think of the fabled summer of 1940 in terms of spitfires, the London Blitz and Churchill promising to fight on the beaches.

But Andrew and Phil take a different view. And they want to bust a few long-cherished myths and reveal some scandals.

In this episode they explore two scandals that occur BEFORE the Battle of Britain even began, and yet may have had just as great an impact on the course of the second world war.

Set amid a fevered few fevered weeks of intrigue, defeatism, treason and fear, this is the story of two momentous but little understood events. Firstly the British attack on the French fleet. Some say this was was an act of brutal necessity, but others regard it as a betrayal, even a war crime. And secondly the fate of the Duke of Windsor, a former British King who is uncomfortably close to Hitler’s Germany.

Together these linked stories make for a fresh and fascinating re-examination of ‘The Finest Hour’. Andrew’s book on the Duke of Windsor, and Phil's book and documentary on 1940, are in the links below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finest-Hour-bestselling-Battle-Britain-ebook/dp/B008K5TFLW

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traitor-King-Scandalous-FEATURED-DOCUMENTARY/dp/1788704878

Churchills Darkest Decision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyku1lSRiFU

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Phil Craig.

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