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Originally Posted by Ron Goldstein
Falcon
I did say I was sixteen when war broke out.
Like many other kids of that age in that era I grew up fast so that by the time I was called up at the age of nineteen I had matured enough to be able to fend for myself in any hostile environment.
However, I was still politically "Green" and so I honestly can't remember discussing politics with my peers.
This has meant that all my political acumen has been established since those days and your opinion of "who was most likely to have taken over" has as much value as my own.
This doesn't stop me however from expressing my evaluation of Churchill as a leader during the war years and on this I remain adamant.
Cometh the hour and cometh the man.
The man was Churchill.
Ron
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Thank you, sir. That was a very honest and frank answer to my question. I knew you were sixteen years old at that time but I just had to ask the question.
So who else here have some idea? I guess it's up to us who aren't too close to the subject that can think of something.
I am far from British political history but from what I've read, Attlee could be one of those considered if Churchill wasn't in the picture. Attlee did eventually replace Churchill after the war and went on to be rated later as one of the best PMs of the 20th Century.