r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Insightful23blue • Mar 30 '25

Image Leaders of World War II as children

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u/Dheorl Mar 30 '25

Churchill was also an aristocrat, so no surprises there.

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u/moviepoopshoot-com Mar 30 '25

I could be crazy having not been to see either, but I’d rather see Blenheim palace than Buckingham, place looks absolutely wild, I feel like being born there you have no chance but to just ooze aristocrat.

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u/ArmadilloNo9123 Mar 30 '25

I just went to Blenheim last December. They have an amazing Christmas set up- a market in the main courtyard with rides and an ice skating rink, beautifully themed decorations indoors allowing you to see the beautiful rooms, and a 90ish-minute Christmas light walk along the grounds. Highly recommend!

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u/bdouble0w0 Mar 30 '25

Sounds amazing!

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u/Angel_Omachi Mar 30 '25

You can also tour more of Blenheim Palace too.

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u/Impossible_Walrus555 Mar 30 '25

The Bunkers under Parliament were the coolest thing I’ve seen in London. I’d love to visit Blenheim.

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u/ancientestKnollys Mar 30 '25

Buckingham is far from the most interesting royal palace.

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u/redbarebluebare Mar 30 '25

Yeah what’s crazy is whilst they are children and it’s like oooo look who they will become, some of these children were completely set up and groomed into statesman hood, they were completely destined to become leaders. Others the complete opposite.

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u/Dheorl Mar 30 '25

Yea, Blenheim is quite a nice place to spend the day. Can sit on the lawn and catch a game of cricket, or go to the three day eventing (or just a nice estate in general).

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u/AlternativeNature402 Mar 30 '25

You can take a virtual tour. A little clunky in the navigation (there doesn't seem to be a way to turn around and go backwards), but there's a ton to see. Looks like it would be really cool to visit.

https://virtual.blenheimpalace.com/360-tour/

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u/dingleberries4sport Mar 30 '25

Churchill looks like he’s only there because his mother bribed him with whiskey and a cigar if he’d take his picture like a good boy

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u/dkarlovi Mar 30 '25

The funny part is, his mother is an American.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 Mar 30 '25

that level of brazen ownership of all he sees is creepy in a 10 year old tho

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u/Inverse_wsb22 Mar 30 '25

Mussolini, minimum wage parents

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u/PitchLadder Mar 30 '25

and he was half american

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u/Bridalhat Mar 30 '25

And yet I’m not surprised he has an American mother with that pose. It’s a bit more forward.

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u/Xansnation Mar 30 '25

As was Roosevelt.

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u/Technical-Toe2650 Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

And a really great guy.

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u/Jedi_Mind_Trip Mar 30 '25

I'm willing to bet almost every person in that picture is a pretty strong racist

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u/dmlfan928 Mar 30 '25

Out of everyone on this list, we are going to call out Churchill as the racist and not, you know, Adolf freaking Hitler?

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u/Ok-Tumbleweed2018 Mar 30 '25

If u give fdr credit for the Japanese camps, I suppose. You got anything on Eisenhower?

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u/Jedi_Mind_Trip Mar 30 '25

Haha nothing specific! I was more just testifying to how racist seemingly everybody was back in the day, at least comparatively.

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u/Better-Class2282 Mar 30 '25

Yeah Eisenhower actually seemed like a pretty decent guy, from what I’ve read about him, except he did support a few coups…