Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why did Churchill become war time leader
- Why Churchill?
- Halifax was the only other option and he refused the position
- Churchill was the most obvious
anti appeasement candidate
- Impact of his speeches (oratory skills)
- Recognisable and dynamic figure
- Norway Campaign
- Needed to prevent metal ores reaching Germany
- Showed limited results
- Churchill cared little for Norwegian neutrality
- Shown when British forces raided the German supply ship 'Altmark'
- Popular in Britian
- However, Britain lost the moral high ground by ruthless action such as this
- Churchill took no responsibility for its failure
- Blamed the Norwegians
- Churchill interfered ineffectively often changing his mind
- Lack of proper equipment and plans
- Churchill's style of leadership
- Favoured daring ideas and actions
- Supported extreme mesures
- Destruction of the French fleet at Oran in 1940
- Demanded complete dedication from all those in office
- Personally flamboyant
- Appearing in military uniform