Quote Originally Posted by Elwood Blues View Post
The choice was between Lord Halifax and Churchill for Prime Minister.

Halifax wanted peace talks with Germany and indeed overtures had been made.

Churchill refused and Chamberlain backed Churchill

However if Halifax had become PM instead of Churchill who knows what might have happened.

You say some else could have done what Churchill did.

Who??????

I agree Churchill did a number of questionable things.

That does not negate what he did in time of war.
the UK had 2.5% of the war casualties. do you really think that if someone else was in charge the outcome of the war would have been different?

unfortunately we've had decades of propaganda in this country convincing us that Churchill saved the day.

I recently saw a couple of opinion polls that were held in France, one just after the war and another a couple of years ago. they asked who was most responsible for the allied powers winning the war, the options were UK, France, USA and Russia.
in the survey just after the war Russia were massively out in front, with like 75% or more of the responses.
whereas in the recent poll the USA and UK were the highest.
only goes to show what 70 odd years of Hollywood movies and other propaganda have done to influence the public's perception