Journal of the International Churchill Society - Winston Churchill

Inside the Journals
Continued from Issue f46, page 19.
Lloyd George, despite his own misjudgments,
was incomparably the best
man for the job. And for him the war was
all one. Every front, every country, land
sea and air, food supply and food economy,
national service, shipping control,
trade union and House of Commons
politics, diplomatic relations with Allies,
finance, comprehending leadership of the
Empire —over every one of these spheres
he presided, and often ruled, and brought
them into grand general harmony.
(Was WSC writing about his friend 18
years previously or himself a mere six
years hence?)
LLOYD GEORGE'S BITTER FOURTH
VOLUME (A review of Volume IV) Daily
Mail, 26 October 1934, page 12, Woods
C249.
This volume carries the story to the
end of 1917. It may not be Literature,
but it is certainly History.
The lay reader will note that the decisive
victory gained by the Allies was a
hideous muddle conducted throughout
by fools or knaves, but that, luckily,
things were just as bad or even worse on
the other side. And so, thank God, we
won. The professional soldiers will be left
to consider what lessons can be learned
from this merciless endictment of the
national • heroes: Haig, Robertson and
Jellicoe.
'
L-G was anxious to attack Turkish
power, but he did so by invading Turkey
from Egypt. This was like attacking from
the Turkish finger-tips upwards, whereas
a thrust at Haifa, the elbow; or at Alexandretta,
the armpit; or above all a renewed
thrust at Gallipoli, the heart, would have
brought Turkey to her knees.
The crux of this volume is Passchendaele.
The views of the author and the
reviewer are in complete harmony on this.
In 1917 there was no justification for a
major offensive by the Allies. With Russia
out of the war, the British Empire and
France should have husbanded their manpower
until American power arrived in
1918.
L-G saw this with terrible clarity, but
Haig and Robertson had a willpower and
a backing which the Prime Minister could
not overrule. They controlled the military
machine and the Press-claque. Together,
for nearly five months, they drove on
through the mud of Passchendaele, lost
400,000 men, and almost broke the heart
of the British Army. We must now await
with respect such answer as Lord Haig's
biographer will bring to these calamitous
charges.
Meanwhile, to cheer our spirits, we
must remind ourselves that we won the
war, and that all these men, soldiers and
statesmen alike, tried their best, according
to their lights, when things were
worst.
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