Churchill was a human, prone to mistakes and he did make his share of them. But I feel his strength of character defined the British nation as a whole during the difficult times of 1940 and 1941.
I'll agree with Greece and Norway.
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I know i will have churchill apologists jumping up and down but its a fair question,for me the only good thing he did was stand up to hitler.
Lets have a look at his record,what he did seem to have is a genuine talent for attatching himself to success while distancing himself from politically damaging stuff.
1.gallipolli,,,,,easy to be brave when its not you neck on the line,foolish.
2.norway,,,,his idea,chamberlin got the blame.
3.british retreat out of greece,,,,,,he pushed for british involvement but sent a force too small to do the job and then blamed the men on the ground for the poor showing.
4.he advocated the use of poisen gas and area bombing and it was his spitefulness that lead to the blitz(which by accident more than design to british victory in the BoB).
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Spitefullness? In light of what he had already seen the Wehrmacht do to other nation's cities? I daresay he was the model of restraint in not laying pillage to German cities earlier than Bomber Command did. I know Arthur Harris wasn't in command of BC at the time, but his influence was already being felt through Charles Portal, who institued area bombing.
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5.He was also quick to slam lucas at anzio(a debate for a different day)but this was probably more for promoting his own public image than anything,lucas and clarke both thought churchill an amateur.
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Lucas needed slamming. He leadership was lacking and he was relieved.
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6.He did nothing good to help post war relations with russia,apologists will maintain that what he has done for democracy cant be overlooked but he didnt do anything for reasons of democracy,when he drew up the"naughty little document"he was thinking only of the british empire.
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Stalin was the major cause of discord between the nations. Thinking only of the British Empire? Well, he was the Prime Minister of that coutnry. I wished that Roosevelt and Truman had done likewise where the US was concerned.
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Be grateful he didnt always get what he wanted because he wanted plans drawn up to invade russia,thats one greedy eye.
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I would suspect that the US had plans to invade the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union had plans to attack the West. Any military worth it's salt has contingency plans ready for any likely eventuality.