what impact did winston churchill have on world war 2?

Answer 1

He was a great motivator.

Answer 2

Winston Churchill was a man of destiny. He had a task to fulfil. That task was fulfilled by bringing together the United States of America and her staunchest alley, the United Kingdom.

For anyone who doubts the willingness of successive British Governments to remain firmly an alley of the United States, they should think of this; in UK we have a saying, "blood is thicker than water." The Americans are not merely our cousins, they are our kith and kin - we are related by race and history.

If you are an American reading this, consider your family name. In all probability you have a name which is English in origin. You cannot, for example, get more Anglo Saxon than plain BUSH. Geo. W. Bush is English by race and an American by nationality.

Oh yeah! Dolly Parton is English too. Don't believe me? Ask her. She's proud of that. Parton is an Anglo Saxon [English] place-name, a small village up there in the north west of England.

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

Yes, we will continue to have our disagreements and growl loudly at each other just when we feel like it.

When I saw what was happening on my TV 9/11 you did not have to ask me what to do. The following day, Her Majesty the Queen, ordered her Footguards to play the American National Anthem as they marched towards Buckingham Palace. No message could be plainer than that.

Answer 3

Immense. I'm not going to repeat all the information, some good some bad, provided by other respondents, however he was an inspirational leader in times of severe hardship and was present at all three meetings of the allied triumvirate, when the course and the outcome of the war, in terms of who controlled what, were decided, for better or for worse. This truly determined the following Cold War and its outcome. Great man.

Answer 4

His cold, hard determination to win inspired a nation to rise up and kick a*se! Without leaders like him, we would have been as apathetic then as we are now! Maggie was the last true leader this country has ever had, miners' strike, Falklands? Since her we have just had a bunch of puppets in power who are unable to inspire the population to do ANYTHING, for or against their wishes! Perhaps Mr Motivator should be the next PM?

Let's make this country great again!

Answer 5

JM, may one ask where you read this?

In the years leading up to World War II, while Germany was re-arming (in violation of the Treaty of Versailles), Churchill was one of the few voices calling attention to this fact. While others proposed DISARMING, Churchill rightly foresaw the events that were leading to World War II, and struggled to make his voice heard.

Churchill assumed the role of Prime Minister in May of 1940, following Neville ("Peace in our time") Chamberlain's resignation.

A string of defeats followed, and with France's surrender, Great Britain faced the tyranny of Nazi Germany and Facist Italy alone.

In the darkest days, Churchill was a very visible leader, publicly touring London, encouraging the population ("Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'")

However Churchill was more that a cheerleader. Reading his epic World War II books (a six part set), one clearly sees that he was fully aware of all aspects of the war - to the point of drafting memos directing the War Materials office to favor front-line personnel with such mundane items as playing cards.

Churchill did all he could to bring the US to Great Britain's side. While the US remained officially neutral until the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Churchill's relationship with FDR led to many policies that were helpful to Great Britain, while the US remained neutral, such as the Lend-Lease Act.

Following the US entry into the war, Churchill and FDR worked very closely until V-E day.

In July, 1945, he was voted out of office. As this was prior to the Japanese surrender, Clement Attlee (his successor) was the third Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.

Widely regarded among historians as one of the great war-time leaders of all-time, his impact on World War II, and ultimately, democracy in the 20th century, cannot be underestimated.

Answer 6

At the outbreak of the Second World War Churchill--after a brief offer by Chamberlain to appoint him as a minister without portfolio--was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the War Cabinet, just as he was in the first part of the First World War. According to myth, the Navy sent out: "Winston's back!"

In this job he proved to be one of the highest-profile ministers during the so-called "Phony War", when the only noticeable action was at sea. Churchill advocated the pre-emptive occupation of the neutral Norwegian iron-ore port of Narvik and the iron mines in Kiruna, Sweden, early in the War. However, Chamberlain and the rest of the War Cabinet disagreed, and the operation was delayed until the German invasion of Norway, which was successful despite British efforts.

On 10 May 1940, hours before the German invasion of France by a surprising lightning advance through the Low Countries, it became clear that, following failure in Norway and general incompetence, the country had no confidence in Chamberlain's prosecution of the war and so Chamberlain resigned. The commonly accepted version of events states that Lord Halifax turned down the post of Prime Minister because he believed he could not govern effectively as a member of the House of Lords instead of the House of Commons. Although traditionally the Prime Minister does not advise the King on the former's successor, Chamberlain wanted someone who would command the support of all three major parties in the House of Commons. A meeting with the other two party leaders led to the recommendation of Churchill, and as a constitutional monarch, George VI asked Churchill to be Prime Minister and to form an all-party government. Churchill, breaking with tradition, did not send Chamberlain a message expressing regret over his resignation. [7]

Churchill's greatest achievement was that he refused to capitulate when defeat by Germany was a strong possibility and he remained a strong opponent of any negotiations with Germany. Few others in the Cabinet had this degree of resolve. By adopting this policy Churchill maintained Britain as a base from which the Allies could attack Germany, thereby ensuring that the Soviet sphere of influence did not also extend over Western Europe at the end of the war.

In response to previous criticisms that there had been no clear single minister in charge of the prosecution of the war, Churchill created and took the additional position of Minister of Defence. He immediately put his friend and confidant, the industrialist and newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook, in charge of aircraft production. It was Beaverbrook's astounding business acumen that allowed Britain to quickly gear up aircraft production and engineering that eventually made the difference in the war.

Churchill's speeches were a great inspiration to the embattled British. His first speech as Prime Minister was the famous "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech. He followed that closely with two other equally famous ones, given just before the Battle of Britain. One included the immortal line, "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." The other included the equally famous "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' " At the height of the Battle of Britain, his bracing survey of the situation included the memorable line "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few", which engendered the enduring nickname "The Few" for the Allied fighter pilots who won it. One of his most memorable war speeches came on 10 November 1942 at the Lord Mayor's Luncheon at Mansion House in London. That day, word had come that American and British troops had surrounded the port of Casablanca in Africa. As most people were saying it was the beginning of the end, Churchill famously said

"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"

Answer 7

When we were down - he picked us up. He had a way with words that inspired the nation - no ifs and no buts - one of this countries truly great men.
How anyone could say Tony Bliar was his equal is beyond belief -Tony Bliar and his New McLabour Carpet Baggers are not fit to lace his boots.

Answer 8

He kept big fat cigar manufacturers in business at a time when they probably struggled due to money being scarce and all of the men who smoked them at home were away fighting the war. ;-)

Answer 9

he prolonged it by encouraging other countries to give in to demands in hopes of appeasing germany. but he did pull england through in the end.

Answer 10

He did a fantastic job,lifted morale,and smoked big cigars,permenantly drunk