In the history of Britain, there was a very great prime minister, and he was Churchill. Churchill was a native of England who had lived through two world wars, and in the Second World War, he led everyone to fight the Axis powers and eventually won the victory as the Prime Minister of Britain. As a result, many people may feel that Churchill must have lived a good life in this life and commanded others to fight behind his back. But in fact, he was also a prisoner when he was young. So, what the hell is going on? Let's take a look at it together!
1. Attacked by the Boers on the way to the interview mission
Many people may not know that Churchill did not take the political route from the beginning. He had many careers when he was young, including the profession of journalist, which gave him the opportunity to understand the situation on the battlefield. One day when he was a journalist, Churchill was put on a train carrying many British soldiers on an interview mission.
Originally, in the beginning, the train traveled quite smoothly. But after everyone really relaxed, the train hit a huge rock head-on. Because the impact was too strong, the train was directly derailed at that time. As a result, many people on the train were knocked unconscious or killed. There were even people who were knocked out of the train, such as Churchill.
2. After waking up, he was captured by the Boers
Churchill was knocked out of the train and fell into a ditch next to the tracks. What happened in the car after that, he didn't quite know. When he woke up from his coma in a daze, he knew that his whole body was sore. When he struggled to get up to check his surroundings, he found a Boer man with a weapon pointed at him. Churchill was dumbfounded, thinking that it was better not to wake up! However, since things had developed to this point, he had to face it hard. So he stood where he was and waited to see what the other party planned to do with him next.
In fact, before the other party made any move against Churchill, Churchill had already decided that the other party would directly execute himself. Because after all, for the other side, he belongs to the side of the people who are engaged in colonialism in their country.
In other words, he should actually be treated as an enemy by the other side. But after waiting for a while, Churchill was surprised to find that instead of executing him directly with his weapons, he took him as a prisoner and went to the place where they had placed the prisoners of war.
Of course, Churchill was not happy about this, because he knew what it meant to be a prisoner of war, so he was still worried about his own life.
Third, do everything possible to escape the day of birth
Fortunately, the people who captured Churchill did not act too much against him, so Churchill had to stay in the prisoner of war camp for the time being. But Churchill never wanted to be a prisoner of war here, and after studying the terrain with the English, who had also been captured here, began to flee. Later, after unremitting efforts, Churchill escaped the Boers alone and escaped to safety. Because of this, he has also been praised by people. Churchill was only twenty-five years old.
As for the Boers who had captured Churchill, it was actually the Commander of the Boers, General Louis Bota. It was just that Churchill did not know this person at that time, so he was not at all surprised by what had happened between the two of them. It was not until the end of the war between the two camps that General Bothta was reunited with Churchill.
Of course, the reunited duo did not show any special affection for each other, because Churchill still did not recognize General Botta. And General Bota did not take the initiative at this time to pick out the incident that happened to the two of them that year. It is said that it was not until the death of General Botha that Churchill figured out that the other side was the Boer who had spared his life.
In fact, General Botha could have directly executed Churchill when he found out that he was still alive, but instead of doing so, he gave Churchill a chance to escape. It can be seen that the purpose of General Botha's capture of Churchill and others was not to vent his anger, but only to make a strategic decision in the interests of his own side.
However, the relations between the side represented by General Botha and the British later eased, which shows that he was right not to kill Churchill indiscriminately. Because Churchill, who grew up, also hated war, he would actively strive to create a more favorable opportunity for an armistice when both sides had the opportunity to truce. In the eyes of others, being captured is simply a shameful thing. However, in Churchill's view, perhaps this experience of being captured brought him not shame, but experience and opportunity!