Why Did Winston Churchill Support Edward VIII, the Traitor King?

Question

It is well known that King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, was a big fan of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Government and preferred to speak German. Why did Churchill support the traitor's desire to remain on the throne? Or did Churchill realize what the problem was and help to write the "woman I love" speech as part of the effort to get the traitor off the throne?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

WHEN did he do so? THAT'S what matters!!

Answer 3

Winston Churchill saw nothing wrong with who Edward VIII wanted to marry and thought that forcing him to abdicate was too drastic.

Answer 4

Many people in Britain admired Hitler in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was seen as the new leader who would bring Germany out of the cloud under which it had been since the end of WW1 and the Versailles Treaty. It was also considered by many people in Britain and much of Europe that a strong Germany would be a good bulwark against communist Russia.



You have to look at Churchill's attitude towards Edward VIII in the light of the general mood of the times. Not all of Britain was "against" Edward, who looked as though he would become a good "modern "monarch in the times before his accession. Edward had to abdicate because of his love for Wallis Simpson and his determination to marry her, not because of his pro-Hitler attitude.



It was said that the lower classes in Britain did not mind that Wallis Simpson was American, but could not stomach her multiple divorces. With the upper classes it was the other way round!

Answer 5

It is not well known as it is not true.Like a lot of people at the time he had a interest in in Germany.

Answer 6

Churchill was supportive of the King. It has been suggested that in fact, he wrote much or all of the King's abdication speech, including a first draft which the King was not permitted to read out, and which was said to be an attempt to appeal to the country against the government. It is thought by some that Churchill's motives were to try and bring down the government so that he could become leader himself, and that his support for the King was self-interested.

Answer 7

Cite your source.

Answer 8

He thought edward should be able to marry whomever he liked and still be King. we were not at that time at war with Germany, nor was it certain that we would be. Later he decided that the abdication had been the right thing for Edward to do, but at the time his systjies were with Edward. the same is true ofa. Large section of the British publuc, many ordinary people supported Edward.

Answer 9

To avoid a constitutional crisis. But you (and the Nazis) overestimate Edward's ability to influence either the course of British politics or the British public.

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Answer 11

Oh, "Dave"/bn+ do stop repeating 'the Zionists declared war on Germany in 1933" like a demented parrot.

They didn't. You can tell by the undeniable fact that when Hitler declared war on Poland in 1939 he bombed the civilian population, encouraged looting, rape, and massacre, and occupied half the country. When no one declared war on Germany in 1933 none of this happened.

However, Hitler did begin his campaign against such German citizens who happened to be German with a boycott of Jewish businesses, and escalating antisemitic legislation aimed at making their life in Germany intolerable (just think about a government that orders some of its citizens to give up their old fur coats, and woolen clothes, or orders that Jewish men and women who are deaf or blind are not to be issued with identifying armbands that other Germans wear to help them negotiate traffic.)

Edward and Mrs Simpson were among the deluded people (who included Unity Mitford, Oswald Mosley and William Joyce) who had a sick admiration for Hitler, and possibly encouraged him to believe that the UK would not resist his plans for Central and Eastern Europe, which included the murder, and deportation of the ethnic population to make 'room' for the Germans.

Answer 12

Churchill was very supportive of the King. Lots of people were impressed by Hitler at one time, look at Henry Ford or Charles Lindbergh. Should I decline to buy a Ford because of that? However, there was a serious issue with Edward VIII in that he didn't necessarily think his role should be symbolic, The fact that he was such pals with Churchill demonstrates ipso facto that he was getting mixed up in politics. There was a mix of an appreciation of Hitler, with a willingness to curry favor with members of parliament...it was kind of dangerous.



What you are overlooking here is that while the King had some odd ideas, the idea of him marrying an divorced American woman and remaining on the throne was very socially progressive for the time. Churchill was actually very frustrated with fuddy-duddies like Mackenzie King who couldn't deal with the King marrying Mrs. Simpson. Churchill was all like "It's 1936!!, Is divorce still all that big a deal?!!".

Answer 13

"Well known" by who? While Edward may have admired Hitler early on - most of the world did, as it became apparent what Hitler was up to, this changed. By the late 30's, Edward no longer admired Hitler at all. Calling Edward a traitor goes much to far, as there is no evidence of this at all.

Answer 14

The Nazis used propaganda. A lot of people thought they were for the Nazis until they started invading countries. Back then, the English weren't exactly nice people either.

Answer 15

Difficult situation either resolve to control what he was doing or risk the King openly supporting the Nazis, it would have been impossible to control his behaviour, end of the monarchy in the UK a huge psychological blow to the British people which is one reason he was brought back to the UK on the outbreak of war then quickly appointed Governor of the Bahamas and shipped out to restrict and control his behaviour......... much to the relief of the monarchy

Answer 16

Churchill was a drunk puppet,,take no stock into that drunk