Churchill was wrong about many things. But we must credit him with one towering achievement. In May & June 1940 the whole of Europe lay at Hitler's feet. Many i

Churchill was wrong about many things. But we must credit him with one towering achievement. In May & June 1940 the whole of Europe lay at Hitler's feet. Many in Britain wanted to reach an accommodation with the Third Reich, fearing that fighting on would lose all [1]. Churchill refused to consider any compromise and insisted on a fight to the end. If Britain had acceeded to a Nazi dominated Europe in 1940, where would the world be now? [1] Lukacs, Five days in London, May 1940