Winston Churchill

• Churchill did the following:

  • Organised the military
  • Ensured the air force could control the skies
  • Created a command structure across the armed forces
  • Kept friendly with the USA
• Churchill provided strong leadership and kept up moral
• Hi speeches inspired people to believe in victory
• He toured the country, delivering powerful speeches which is said to have 'mobilised the English language' as part of the war effort
• After Dunkirk, FRA fell into German control and the possible invasion of GB seemed imminent
• Churchill disagreed with negotiating with Hitler, which many politicians believed to be the correct course of action
• When he became PM he faced a difficult decision. The German Army and Airforce were deep into Northern FRA and the GB Expeditionary Force was trapped at the port of Dunkirk on the English Channel
• The Dunkirk evacuation led to the return of 300,000 GB soldiers and has been seen as both a triumph and a disaster due to the conditions of the troops and the numbers also lost. The press at the time showed it as a triumph