<p>Did Winston Churchill send troops to confront unarmed civilians involved in an industrial dispute in mid-Rhondda in 1910? Churchill and his family have always claimed that he held the army back. So what's the truth about the 'Tonypandy Riots'?</p>

Did Winston Churchill send troops to confront unarmed civilians involved in an industrial dispute in mid-Rhondda in 1910? Churchill and his family have always claimed that he held the army back. So what's the truth about the 'Tonypandy Riots'?

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