The Indomitable Churchill

Churchill has proved to be one of the greatest leaders the world has known in recent history. His role during the war times is one which merits all praise as far as the qualities of a statesman is concerned. Not to submit to the aggressor in the most trying times is a quality only a few would possess.

His unswerving resolve made him look like a real hero who never faltered in his quest for the freedom, the liberation and true democracy that he believed in earnest. He lived up to it.

Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in October 1911 and again in September 1939.

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First term

Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in October 1911 by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. He was known for his efforts to prepare Britain for war against Germany. He visited every capital ship and every Royal Navy base in the British Isles. He modernised the Royal Navy from coal to oil.

Second term

Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty again in September 1939. He was appointed during the period of the “Phoney War” and the Norwegian Campaign. He was appointed after it became clear that he was correct about German rearmament and Hitler’s plans for expansion. The First Lord of the Admiralty is the civilian head of the British Royal Navy.

At 25, he became a member from the conservative side. He was made a member of TFD (Task Force Deliverance) Admiralty. His misadventures at the Gallipoli resonated till the end.

He was master of his own will, having been fighting on the front lines wanting to be seen all the time, he was a man of action. In another such move he was captured but he made his escape, came home and got a hero’s welcome.

By 39, he had joined the parliament. The danger of war was looming large. Vociferously he had registered his concerns to the other members of the parliament. But everything fell on deaf ears of the members who seemed disinterested in Churchill’s chagrin.

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By now, Hitler had made his advances, occupying Austria as France and Britain took no notice of this audacious move. Hence, Hitler went into Belgium, the Netherlands before he took over France.

Chamberlain, the prime minister then, had returned home happily waving a letter which read that Germany would never come to Britain but this was just a piece which the ‘man’ had no regard for.

Now comes Germany with its crushing might. 57 days of continuous bombing rocked London. Chamberlain lost support and Churchill became the prime minister. Three men coming out of 10 Downing Street, Churchill now declared as the prime minister, was in the driving seat. He galvanised everyone into supporting the very cause of freedom. Even though horror struck London they all stood behind Churchill.

He went from pillar to post amidst the carnage that had been caused as an outcome of incessant bombing and a bloody war. He went up the roof to see London burning. The conflagration had engulfed eastern London. There was this blitz that wreaked havoc. People were taking shelter in the undergrounds. London was up in flames with casualties ranging to 27,000.

Through the sea and the air the Germans kept bombing with absolute ferociousness. The Panzers and the Luftwaffe pummelled anything and everything that came in their way. Hitler had taken over the central European countries.

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The Battle of Dunkirk (French: Bataille de Dunkerque) was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany. As the Allies were losing the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and other Allied forces to Britain from 26 May to 4 June 1940.

At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to let Stalin annex parts of Japanese-held Manchuria in exchange for bringing his troops into the war against Japan. The Potsdam Conference in 1945 decided on the future of Germany and Europe after World War II. The conference was attended by Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stalin.

Germany

Germany was to be demilitarised and disarmed, to be divided into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Nazi laws were to be repealed, while Nazi leaders were to be arrested and tried for war crimes. German society was to be reshaped on democratic lines. The German industry capable of being used for military purposes was to be dismantled.

Poland

The Soviet Union was given greater control over the post-war Polish government. Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary were to expel ethnic German populations within their borders “in an orderly and humane manner”.

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Peace Treaties

The Council of Foreign Ministers was formed to draft peace treaties with Germany’s former allies.

Japan

The United States, Great Britain, and China released the “Potsdam Declaration,” which threatened Japan with “prompt and utter destruction” if it did not immediately surrender.

Churchill foresaw that without America’s involvement there was no way that the allies could have won the war, after the attack on pearl harbour by Japan. Churchill without losing time declared war on Japan instantly to gain the Americas’ favour. He wanted to appease Roosevelt. He had written many letters to him earlier on. He had endeared himself with Roosevelt during the war time. Roosevelt, because of his health condition, could not really live longer and he died, succeeded by Harry Truman.

In five years the whole of Europe lay in waste, Hitler shot himself and so did the generals. Churchill had nailed it. He got acclaim. The whole of Britain gave him a rousing welcome. Soon after there was an election in the country. He made a push but lost to Clement Attlee.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”, Winston Churchill.

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