Summary of Boris Johnson's The Churchill Factor

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The British War Cabinet was meeting in May 1940 to decide whether Britain should fight the Nazis or not. They were close to calling the war quits in 1940, but they decided to fight instead.

#2 The news from France was not just bad, but it was unbelievably bad. German forces were lunging towards Paris, and it seemed as if they belonged to some new military master race, pumped with superior zeal and efficiency.

#3 The British were offered no support from the Americans, and were left to face Germany alone. The French Prime Minister, Paul Reynaud, believed that if he could persuade the British to enter negotiations, the humiliation would be shared and palliated.

#4 Churchill was determined not to get into the same position as Chamberlain had done by negotiating with Hitler. He understood that if Britain accepted Italian mediation, the sinews of resistance would relax and the will to fight would be gone.