Churchill as wartime PM Flashcards
(39 cards)
Why did churchill become prime minister in 1945
- failure of the norway cmapaign
-meeting of the rebels
-labour loss of confidence
-Halifax’s refusal
-war cabinet meeting
How did the failure of the norway campaign contibute to churchills election into pm
Chamberlain asked to resign as Hitlers forces invaded norway and denmark.
how did the meeting of the rebels contirbute to churchills posiiton as pm
the rebels decided to support any pm who could form a national government, in which chamberlain fialed in creating a coeletion gov with labour
how did labour loss of confidence contirbute to churchills positoon as pm
Atlee and his parliamnet had decided against a chamberlains proposition of a coalition government therfore this led to futher dislike of chmaberlain
How did Hlaifax’s refusal benefit churchill as pm?
9th may The posiiton was originally offered to Halifax, this mean that churhcill became the only other r suitable option for Pm thus he was offered the posoiton
How did the phoney war contribute to churchills posiiton as pm?
The end of the phoeny war 10th may 1940, holland and belguim were bith invaded by hitler. This was a further contributing factor in chmaberlains resgnation
what were the major problmes that churchill faced regarding the war in 1940
-japan was a threat to asia (empire)
-italian entry to the war threatened the suez canal and egypt
-halifax making discreet approaches for appeasement
-gold reserves running out
-fear of large sacle german bombing
What was churchills overall stance to war in 1940
he wanted to wage war energetically, he createda cbainent with his own supporters
What improved the war time situation in 1940?
evacuation?
Dunkirk evacuaiton on 26th may 1940, 225,000 troops evacuated created a dircet appeal to usa
What was an example of a bold descion that churchill made regarding sending british troops
he decided to send british troops to egypt although there was threat of german invasion, victories in n africa
How did Hitler decide to change tactics in sept 1940
Convert from the bombing of British RAF bases to the major boming of British cities
How did Hitlers change in tactics benefit britian
the lack of bomibng on RAf fields aloowed them to recover and strengthen, Sir Hugh Dowding was then able to establish small groups of fighters
what made churhchills leadership so significant
- powerful speeches in the HOC proved him to be a strong leader
-he was well travelled and had wartime experinece (1st lord of the admiralty ww1)
-His daring and ruthess attitudes(plans tp destroy germans with poisioned gas)
-strong personal relationships with his generals
What straied churchills relationships with his generals?
-they were aware of his lack of millitary experience and failure(Gallipoli1915,
norway 1939)
-he was unpredicatble and had a ‘lack of strategy’
-he made many criticisms of the millitary
What was Churchills relationship like with Brooke?
Brooke was oftern annoyed by churhcill as he beleived that troops should be deployed careully. His thoughts werre ignored by churhcill who snet british troops to egypt and the suez canal. Churchill viewed himn as slow-paced and ineffective
Who was wavell?What was the relationship like between wavell and churchill?
The commander in chief durig the british victories in 1940. He was personally disliked by churhcill. Italian invasion 1940 a disaster, churchill took away wavellsforces, the victories of NA were undone as wavelll was unable to recat to rommels froces
what was the relationship like between Auchinelck and montogomerery?
Auchinleck was wavells succesor, he annoyed churchill as asked to delay attack on german forces until he was well-prepared
What was churchills relationship like with montgommerey?
He demonstrtaed an air of self-confidence which pleased churchill. He asked fro doublethe men that auchinleck had previously asked for the el alamaian attack in 1942,he was slow but churchill favoured him
Wheree did britain have contorol of in the mediterrainian
Britain had control of the suez canalo, egypt,iraq, transjordan, and a colony in somalia, it was also a key for the defebce of oil supplies in the middle east
After 1941, why did Britain have to seriously consider usa?
Large threat of problems from Rommell in north africa. America favoured an invasion into northern france
What happened to italy after 1943?
italy had seriously weakened and was no longer such a big threat. British and us forces were devoted to a sicillian invasion
why was further italian invasion considered a threat?
the med was secured with allied hands,the extended campaign was deemed a failure as did not result in german defeat, only fufilled churhcills ambition for a balkan front
When was the Nazi soviet pact agreed
1939
When did the Nazis invade poland,how long after this did Britain declare war?
1st sept 1939.
Britain= 3rd sept
