Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "HMS King George V - Guide 021 (Human Voice)" video.

  1.  @BillFromTheHill100  By the time Churchill became Prime Minister, Britain had already been at war for almost nine months. The Phoney War had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with France, who dictated Allied military policy on land, and Chamberlain, who was simply not equipped to be a war leader, and who was already dying of cancer. Churchill during the so-called Phoney War period was First Lord of the Admiralty, and could influence the way in which the Royal Navy was used, but had no control at all over bombing policy, which was dictated by the Air Ministry and the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood. In any case, there was no bombing of 'sleeping German cities' during the Phoney War period. You do seem to have a fascinating obsession about Churchill, and you are indeed blessed in that you don't seem to let simple facts get in the way.
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  2. But Churchill didn't declare war on Germany. Chamberlain did. Didn't you know that?
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  3.  @BillFromTheHill100  If by 'war hawk' you mean that from the mid 1930s onward, whilst out of political office, he consistently warned about the danger posed by a resurgent, rapidly re-arming, Germany, wasn't he, in fact, correct?
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  4.  @BillFromTheHill100  The size of the German navy merely meant that Germany was not a threat to Great Britain (not England, by the way). The rapid expansion of the German army & army and air force was , correctly, seen as a threat to European peace by Churchill.
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  5. Probably because Anson & Howe were not involved in any significant actions.
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  6.  @BillFromTheHill100  What has any of this got to do with your original complaint about Churchill declaring war on Germany?
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  7.  @HydroSnips  I agree entirely. I wasn't belittling Howe or Anson, simply explaining why they never became as well-known as their three sisters.
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