The War Policies of Churchill
Winston Churchill was a British politician most famous being prime minister during the global turmoil of World War II, in which Britain was inextricably wrapped. He is frequently credited as a historical hero and one of the nation's greatest individuals.
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War Policies Before Becoming Prime Minister
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In the months and years leading up to World War II, Churchill advocated and advanced a number of war policies through his position as statesman. Key among these advocacies was a need to create a Ministry of Defense, rebuild the Royal Air Force, and increase national support for the League of Nations, an early forerunner of the United Nations. Together, these ideas reflected his belief that close cooperation with other nations was crucial to peace.
Foreign Relations
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When it became clear that Hitler was bent on much more than the transformation of Germany, Churchill abandoned his original intention of continuing a dialogue, realizing ideological difference to be too great. One of his trademark policies was the inevitability that power of will would triumph, and he stated on numerous occasions during the war that he planned never to surrender. He maintained excellent relations with the United States and President Franklin Roosevelt, a policy that eventually paid off when the United States added its might to the Ally strength.
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Other Policies and War Strategies
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Churchill, a former soldier himself, traveled thousands of miles around the world to meet, plan and talk with other key figures in the war. He was a crucial architect of the Morgenthau Plan to revitalize Germany once the war was won. He was rigidly anti-communist, and went back and forth between who he loathed more, the Soviet Union or the Axis Powers. Churchill also famously derided the massive slaughter during the Ally-led Dresden Bombings in Germany.
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