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Winston Churchills secret battle after WWII victory - to breed tropical fish 
By Freya Barnes UK Source: dailymail 4/2/2024
Freya Barnes
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A letter by Winston Churchill has revealed his frustrated attempts at breeding tropical fish at his Chartwell country home just as he was dealing with the start of the Cold War after Britain's victory in WWII.
 

One would assume that in August 1951 the great wartime leader's mind would be on the forthcoming general election and the increasingly frosty relations with Soviet Russia.

But at the time of writing Churchill was preoccupied with a more domestic issue - the relations between Golly and Cleopatra, his new Siamese Fighting fish.

 
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