Agree Churchill was useless after 1942. His idea that Italy was the soft underbelly of the Axis was ridiculous and tied down Allied armies with huge casualties until the end of the war. Attacking from the southern tip and fighting uphill in a northern direction was idiocy. Napoleon had it correct when he said Italy should always be invaded from the top of the boot and not the toe
In addition, Churchill and Montgomery’s paratrooper attack on Norway (A Bridge too Far) was a disaster.
Most of the reasons people think of Churchill as a great leader and a bright fellow are he outlived Roosevelt and Stalin and wrote a ton of books after the war letting everyone know what a genius he was.
Agree Churchill was useless after 1942. His idea that Italy was the soft underbelly of the Axis was ridiculous and tied down Allied armies with huge casualties until the end of the war. Attacking from the southern tip and fighting uphill in a northern direction was idiocy. Napoleon had it correct when he said Italy should always be invaded from the top of the boot and not the toe
In addition, Churchill and Montgomery’s paratrooper attack on Norway (A Bridge too Far) was a disaster.
Most of the reasons people think of Churchill as a great leader and a bright fellow are he outlived Roosevelt and Stalin and wrote a ton of books after the war letting everyone know what a genius he was.