And he never forgave Cunningham for refusing to sink the French fleet. ABC was the better man and better leader and Churchill could do nothing about it, it infuriated him
the historiography around operation catapult is fucking hilarious actually, 'it demonstrated the british willingness to keep fighting to the americans' fucking LOL. churchill wanted sommerville replaced bc he wasnt as bloodthirsty as well and had objections about blasting the french. everything libs accuse stalin of doing as a military leader (interfering with command staff, trying to sack competent officers for stupid reasons) churchill did.
He also allegedly wanted to get my other beloved boy of the Royal Navy, Captain Leach court martialed for refusing to needlessly kill his men during the Battle of the Denmark Straits. The Mighty Hood fucking explodes, Bismark and Prinz Eugen are bearing down on him, of course he lived to fight another day and joined reinforcements he knew would be on their way so he could give chase in numbers. Pound for sure wanted him axed and Churchill anecdotally was at the very least livid. Tovey claims he threated to flat out resign as First Sealord if they tried that and would submit himself as character witness. Maybe he was mistaken in his memory, but it is certain Churchill wanted needless deaths there, telling Tovey to keep HMS King George V in battle "Bismarck must be sunk at all costs ... even if it ... means towing King George V". when she was low on fuel and exposed to possible U-Boats. Tovey says he would have disobeyed and been court martialed if ordered to follow through with that BS.
Churchill was a menace and just about everyone who worked with him loathed him
And he never forgave Cunningham for refusing to sink the French fleet. ABC was the better man and better leader and Churchill could do nothing about it, it infuriated him
the historiography around operation catapult is fucking hilarious actually, 'it demonstrated the british willingness to keep fighting to the americans' fucking LOL. churchill wanted sommerville replaced bc he wasnt as bloodthirsty as well and had objections about blasting the french. everything libs accuse stalin of doing as a military leader (interfering with command staff, trying to sack competent officers for stupid reasons) churchill did.
He also allegedly wanted to get my other beloved boy of the Royal Navy, Captain Leach court martialed for refusing to needlessly kill his men during the Battle of the Denmark Straits. The Mighty Hood fucking explodes, Bismark and Prinz Eugen are bearing down on him, of course he lived to fight another day and joined reinforcements he knew would be on their way so he could give chase in numbers. Pound for sure wanted him axed and Churchill anecdotally was at the very least livid. Tovey claims he threated to flat out resign as First Sealord if they tried that and would submit himself as character witness. Maybe he was mistaken in his memory, but it is certain Churchill wanted needless deaths there, telling Tovey to keep HMS King George V in battle "Bismarck must be sunk at all costs ... even if it ... means towing King George V". when she was low on fuel and exposed to possible U-Boats. Tovey says he would have disobeyed and been court martialed if ordered to follow through with that BS.
Churchill was a menace and just about everyone who worked with him loathed him