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    Quote Originally Posted by George L. Singleton View Post
    Not to digress but Churchill is my favor historic figure from my youth, followed by Teddy Roosevelt and Ike.

    And of course Churchill himself epitomized trial and error in his repeated moves "across the floor" of Parliament from one party, back to the other, back again, it makes historians dizzy. His failed Dardinelles campaign was another example of his "under belly" attack theories which didn't work.

    Churchill was originally opposed to the coast of France landings, wanted to go in from the south, as best I can recall, Vichy France.

    Have a good weekend. Correct me if my history recall is flawed.
    Churchill was obsessed with Italy and the Balkans, actually. He accepted Vichy as something of a compromise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Blair View Post
    Churchill was obsessed with Italy and the Balkans, actually. He accepted Vichy as something of a compromise.
    And Sicily and the Anzio operation in Italy...

    But he did have character

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