The Narvik Landings Fiasco: In its wake why was its progenitor Churchill appointed as Prime Minister

A Personal View – April 2014 The Parliamentary Session in the British House of Commons on the 9th May 1940 was acrimonious. The emergency debate revolved around the catastrophe in Norway. This campaign had been Churchill’s brainchild as the First Lord of the Admiralty. As Churchill rose to speak, he instinctively knew that this speech … Continue reading The Narvik Landings Fiasco: In its wake why was its progenitor Churchill appointed as Prime Minister