A lot of the blame is squarely on Churchill’s soldiers.
It would have been the ruin of a lesser man’s career.
UGGGGGH!
That should be A lot of the blame is squarely on Churchill’s shoulders.
It did indeed ruin him for many years, and he carried that around, no doubt.
But thank GOD he was the man he was. He was so stubborn that he refused to let that define him.
Many a lesser man has worn an albatross like that around his neck, helped by the bottle all the way to the grave.
But he did think about it, in much the same way Halsey did think on his performance at Leyte Gulf and in Typhoon Cobra in WWII.
Churchill and Halsey, both great men, with flaws. I find them both fascinating including their flaws.
When I say it ruined Churchill, it ruined him in the eyes of many others...not himself.
Yes, but when you land troops on a beach you dont let them loitering about. Get them to hell off there and inland.