Winston Churchill on Peace with Hitler

It is argued, strongly in John Charmley’s Churchill: The End of Glory, that Churchill’s singleminded obsession with Hitler blinded him to the longterm implications for Britain. He had the opportunity to back away from the Hitler war, goes the argument. But alliance with the Soviets after Hitler’s attack on Russia in June 1941 led to the end of Empire and Britain’s decline. What do you think? The…