some military historians think that time was absolutely crucial to the UK. after he came back with his piece of paper he also immediately stepped up preparations in the army. had we ended up in war at that earlier time we would have fared a lot worse.Originally Posted by xsnaggle
Yeah it bought them lots of time, 1 year and34 days to be precise.
In 1940 he was still one of the war cabinet pushing for peace talks via Mussolini.
unfortunately that gets lost as the narrative for how the war played out was set by the guy who came afterwards, to paint him in the best possible way.
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