
April 22nd, 2008, 10:32 AM
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Re: Battle of Britian Without Churchill?
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Originally Posted by Martin Bull
I'm breaking my self-imposed 'What If?' embargo by commenting here, but what Ron Goldstein has said exactly matches what my parents have told me, and also my late grandparents.
Granted, Attlee was a proficient Prime Minister but the without inspired personal leadership and great force of character, the Country would have been in dire straits indeed ( can one imaging Attlee forcing Whitehall mandarins to seriously consider 'choking to death on their own blood' ? ).
I really cannot think of anyone else on the political scene at that time with sufficient dynamism.
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I see. Thanks for further enlightening me.
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