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.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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