The Reform UK leader has revealed when he leaves politics he wants to write book arguing six more weeks of war would have meant ”no Hitler’ and no World War II
Nigel Farage has had a lifelong fascination with the stories of World War I (Image: -)
Stories of heroism and the ordeal suffered by those who fought for Britain in World War I are brought to life in a new and deeply personal documentary presented by Nigel Farage which will be broadcast on his YouTube channel on Sunday at 5pm. The Reform UK leader tours iconic battlefields as he describes – on occasion with strong emotion – both the suffering and bravery witnessed during the battles, and the questions about the conduct of the war which are still debated today.
At a screening of the documentary, We Will Remember Them, Mr Farage revealed that when he leaves politics he plans to write a book and go on a tour to make the case Britain “should have fought the war for longer” and that the “Armistice was signed six weeks too early”. He argues that if the war had continued it is possible there would have been “no Hitler” and no World War II.
His contention is that the rise of Nazism was “fuelled completely by ex-servicemen from the Western Front, on the message that it was the politicians in Berlin that had betrayed them”. They believed “the whole legend that the fighting German army had never been beaten”.
NIgel Farage has led tours of the battlefields for years and has now made a documentary (Image: -)
We Will Remember Them: Nigel Farage’s WW1 documentary
He acknowledged that if the fighting had continued “the cost would have been horrible” but “had we continued for six weeks, driven the Germans back over the Rhine, Hitler would never have existed, National Socialism would never have raised its head, there would have been no World War II”.
Mr Farage said his film is “absolutely non-political” but concerns what he thinks “our country means”.
Describing the heroism of Victoria Cross winners, he said: “These are things we should celebrate, these are things we should show kids. This is about courage, bravery, commitment, belief in fellow man, and all of those things. Whilst this whole subject is one of loss and suffering, [it] is also about the best in human beings, what they can be.”
As a schoolboy at Dulwich College, Mr Farage was regularly reminded of the human cost of World War I. According to the school’s website, 3,103 former pupils served in the war, of which 534 died.