Bombing Auschwitz: “Get everything out of the air force you can.” -WSC
“Bombing Auschwitz” is Chapter 31 in my book, Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What he Actually Did and Said. Available in Kindle or paperback from Amazon.
The Auschwitz myth“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders,” Churchill wrote. [1] Once the signal is given, a war leader is “no longer the master of policy.” He is “the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations—all take their seat at the Council Board….” [2]
The failure to act, when action would seem in hindsight imperative, is often laid at the feet of statesmen.…
