Churchill was a disaster as a military strategist. A good orator and morale leader, but an atrocious supreme commander. read more
Churchill was a great political strategist and a great military visionary. That execution often proved harder is one reason that he would not be considered in the first rank of military strategists. The Dardanelles campaign of the First World War, which he championed, is a case in point. read more
Ministers, no less than military subordinates, dealt with Churchill about questions of war’s end. Their plans for home affairs and foreign matters depended heavily upon Churchill’s decisions, but when pressing for they details could be rebuffed. read more
Churchill refused to tolerate pessimism among his staff during World War II. This, said his aides, was what set the tone of Britain's part in the war. He routinely shored up the courage of the British people through his speeches, which lent the nation a sense of unity. read more