HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS CHURCHILL'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP?

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Created on: 17-05-16 15:03


	HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS CHURCHILL'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP?
	Advantages Powerful speeches - boosted morale Humorous, Charming, Rebellious Morale boosting visits Worked hard long shifts Generous to those who pleased him Made strong relationships with allies Hands on Does anything to protect the interests of Britain Confident in his ways and always willing to prove it Military experience - First Lord of the Admiralty Was right about the Nazi's Flamboyance - personality, outfits, speaking etc "The man that won the war"	Disadvantages Lost the people's vote Bad tempered Was prone to favoritism Made ridiculous accusations Obsessed with war Always a man of action Shied away from domestic policies Blinded by friendships Strayed away from the rest of his party Norway campaign Always on the offensive Fired those who pointed out his errors Interfered in matters that do not concern him Constantly altered plans + left soldiers confused Old-fashioned approach
	Evaluation Churchill was definitely the kind of Prime Minister that Britain needed in the time of the war. He protected the British Empire at all costs, which despite it causing problems, he always had made Britain his priority which is a quality that all Prime Minister's should have. Though after the war, Churchill lost his purpose as Prime Minister. He was a man who structured his specialties around war, so when WWII finished, people wanted a new Britain - and Churchill could not provide that as he lacked the ability to handle domestic matters.

HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS CHURCHILL'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP?

Advantages

Powerful speeches - boosted morale
Humorous, Charming, Rebellious
Morale boosting visits
Worked hard long shifts
Generous to those who pleased him
Made strong relationships with allies
Hands on
Does anything to protect the interests of Britain
Confident in his ways and always willing to prove it
Military experience - First Lord of the Admiralty
Was right about the Nazi's
Flamboyance - personality, outfits, speaking etc
"The man that won the war"

Disadvantages

Lost the people's vote
Bad tempered
Was prone to favoritism
Made ridiculous accusations
Obsessed with war
Always a man of action
Shied away from domestic policies
Blinded by friendships
Strayed away from the rest of his party
Norway campaign
Always on the offensive
Fired those who pointed out his errors
Interfered in matters that do not concern him
Constantly altered plans + left soldiers confused
Old-fashioned approach

Evaluation

Churchill was definitely the kind of Prime Minister that Britain needed in the time of the war. He protected the British Empire at all costs, which despite it causing problems, he always had made Britain his priority which is a quality that all Prime Minister's should have. Though after the war, Churchill lost his purpose as Prime Minister. He was a man who structured his specialties around war, so when WWII finished, people wanted a new Britain - and Churchill could not provide that as he lacked the ability to handle domestic matters.

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HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS CHURCHILL'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP?