Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician who was prime minister of the U.K in 1940-1945. He lead Britan to victory in World War 2. He was also PM again in 1951-1955. He was one of Britain’s greatest ever strategic minds and his speeches have become legendary, his “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech is the most widely recognized. I want him at my dinner party as he would be a unique perspective as he fought in the military when India was under British Rule as well as commanded an army in World War 2 against the Nazi Empire. He would also have a wide variety of views as in his early career he was a member of the liberal party, before switching to the conservatives for the rest of his time in Parliament.

Adolf Hitler

While I in no way agree with Hitler’s views, it is no doubt that Adolf Hitler is one of, if not the best military strategists to ever live. He was able to rally an entire country into doing something awful and did so without the people’s rebellion against him. He was voted into power and did not take over by force, the way he managed to deceive an entire nation was quite impressive, even if it were for the completely wrong reasons. He is a very strong-willed individual with a strong sense of national pride as he started WW2 as a result of him feeling that the Treaty of Versailles was unfair on Germany, as well as another opinion he had on a certain religious group. It would be interesting to see his views on things and to see him interact with Churchill.

Tommy Shelby (Fictional)

Thomas Shelby is the leader of the Peaky Blinders, a gang from 1920s Birmingham. In the show, they are one of the most feared gangs in the county and any other organization that dares to rival them usually ends up with someone being killed and not on the side of the Blinders. They have taken on both British, American, Russian and Scottish opposition and coming out on top 9/10 times. I would like to have him at my dinner party as he is a very smart and charismatic man who also fought in WW1, and while he was a member of parliament in later seasons he has a distaste for authority and at times can be very violent, of which the foundations of the Peaky Blinders was based on. It would be interesting to see the interaction he has with men like Hilter and Churchill.