Dave Smith believes that historical debates regarding World War II should be open to alternative perspectives and challenging established narratives, regardless of the discomfort it causes.

“I think that World War II is objectively kind of the worst thing that ever happened in human history and I think that 80 years later we should be able to kind of have some of these discussions about what mistakes were made did it need to go as bad as it went”

Andrew Roberts argues that claims casting Churchill as a villain worse than Hitler are factually incorrect and unsupported by the historical record.

“well he wasn't even prime minister until May 1940 the invasion of Poland took place in September 1940 um and when Hitler invaded the low countries um and unleash Blitz Creek in the west churcher wasn't even prime minister until until later that same day so he can't be blamed for that”

Seth Dillon contends that portraying Churchill as the primary villain of World War II is a way to downplay the atrocities and genocidal intentions of Adolf Hitler.

“you can't vilify Churchill as the as the chief villain right whether it's hyperbolic or not of World War II without ignoring or downplaying Hitler's own aggression his own intentions his own statements the actions he had already taken up to that point you can't accomplish that vilification without d”