Churchills and World War II

Winston Churchill was known as renown Prime Minster of Britain  when the world  at the brink of World War II. Earlier, he was ousted from the cabinet in late 20s, found himself embarked on the writing  voluminous biography of  Duke Of Marlborough , His life and times. It was meticulous effort for almost 10 years to produce the masterpiece which later shaping his mastermind behind the triumphant defeat over the German Nazi.

The book he wrote traced  his ancestral James the Duke of Marlborough in great War of Blenheim against Louis IVX of French . James liberated Britain by his infamous maneuvering tactics of calvary. Winston went down to the actual battlefield  and tremendously captured in the great details how the war was fought.  Later, the written biography became ultimate source and references depicting Winston mind in thread his troop during brutal WW II.

His influential decisions during WW2 has undermined Nazi Blitzkrieg campaign. He sets his own version and decide how the war should be fought. He dictates that the Allied should give priority to fight against Hitler  only when Berlin had fallen and  the  thrown all resources  into the war against Japan . To win the war, the Allied would have to reinvent conquered France. He called this peripheral strategy and was played out  in 1942 . In 1943 , he stands that the allied should fought on 3 principles of objectives.

First was supplying the Russian who are fighting on the German Eastern front. Secondly unmounting a offensive bombing against German industry while the third to thrust a front in Mediterranean that was designed to knock down Italy until they were out of German Axis. Only these 3 campaign would force Hitler to shift significant number of divisions to Western Europe, then should Allied dare to mount a frontal attack in Nazi occupied France.

Later Winston met  with US Roosevelt privately  in Hyde Park , reorganizing their plan. The   earlier suggestion  invasion of France  to be postponed instead there was to be a join Anglo American invasion of North  Africa under Operation Torch.  The campaign proved a turning point in the war, where almost 300,000 Axis soldier captured and more surrendered at Stalingrad. Subsequently,  Allied went on to invade Sicily and Italy. By 1944 , Hitler been forced to commit 45 divisions to Mediterranean theatre leaving fewer  defense in France.  Allied now stood to exploit the weakness created to hit this position. D-day landing in Normandy  on 6^th June 1944 when far better than Winston had dared hope. The grand strategy he shaped for a half year previously was vindicated.

All this massive plan foretold earlier in his written Biography of James Duke of Marlborough. 10 years of spending his solace time finishing the book become impetus how the later war was fought . It sets the foundation that have lasted to this day.  History may declare that if he had more power, his country would have more strength and Europe would accelerate a great progress.