leftenant Colonel John Malcolm thought Fleming Churchill managed to capture more than 40 Germans in one single rage during World War two most soldiers and men fought with weapons and heavy machinery of all kinds during the Second World War however there was one particular man who chose a more traditional and personal method of fighting the enemy John Malcolm Churchill or mad Jack thought his nickname after he decided to use a longbow and a sword during the battles of the Second World War some say he was courageous but to others the idea of using such a primitive
tool to fight in modern warfare seemed a bit odd he was born in Colombo British salon on September the 16th 1906 before the war he managed to gain quite a few trophies and skills he learned how to play the bagpipes and actually achieve 2nd place during a competition at the oldest shop tattoo in 1938 thanks to his archery skills he also obtained a place as a British Archer at the world archery championship in Oslo Jack had graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst when he was 20 in 1926 with the outbreak of the war
in 1939 Jack could finally pursue the profession for which he'd studied armed with a longbow a basket hilted Scottish broadsword and his bagpipes Jack was ready for action he was first assigned to the Manchester regiment and later sent with the British Expeditionary Force to fight in the allied retreat in Dunkirk France while in a small French village in 1940 Jack allegedly shot a German with his longbow an incident which is supposed to be the last fatality by longbow however Jack later confessed that while he'd intended such an attack his bow had actually been crushed by
a truck earlier in the campaign Jack was fearless but also a philosopher coming out with quotes such as any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed he volunteered to participate in bags'll in Norway where he was appointed second-in-command of number 3 commando in operation archery this was an attack which took place on December the 27th 1941 he would pull out his sword and scream to the top of his lungs then go into a full attack gambling with his life as the bullets flew around him for his actions in Dunkirk in fact
SOI jak received the military crossing bar Jack had to take a short break from the battle when a British demolition expert mistakenly activated a charge next to him breaking the wine bottle next to Jack and sending glass into his fort however Jack soon recovered and was able to join the Allied campaign in Italy in 1943 it is said that one night during this operation he snuck out with a corporal going from one German post to the next and capturing the guards with his clay bag sort of tenant Colonel John Malcolm thought Fleming Churchill managed to
capture more than 40 Germans in one single raid during World War two after all this he received the Distinguished Service Order just one year after this fantastic action Jack was set to assist Josip Broz Tito's forces in Yugoslavia he led a full assault in the midst of fire and mortars and was the last man standing of the running out of ammunition before a German grenade knocked him out he stood there playing will he no come back again on his bagpipes the Nazis didn't immediately kill him because they thought he was a relation of Winston Churchill
instead they took him in for interrogation that failed to get any valuable information the Nazis sent him to the saxon housing concentration camp from which he escaped however after walking 125 miles to reach the baltic sea he was captured again by the Nazis this time he was sent to a camp in Italy during a power outage he managed to escape once again he was luckier in this attempt to them managed to find an American regiment in Verona who took him in once he'd convinced them he was a British soldier after the war john mad jack
churchill returns civilian life and decided to become a parachutist his heroism continued when he helped evacuate hundreds of jewish doctors from the violence that ensued from the formation of israel after that john decided to retire from military service in 1959 he got married and spent the rest of his life sailing and raising a family although his mandjak stories continue to astound a lot of people even today
