Maybe a poor word choice.
I should have said: "he was demoted, then resigned his position, and volunteered to fight for the infantry in hopes of resurrecting his career, which he believed to have ended."
Mind you, I have a high level of respect, over all, for Churchill, but Gallipoli was not a success for him.
“Mind you, I have a high level of respect, over all, for Churchill, but Gallipoli was not a success for him.”
Perhaps I did not express myself with adequate clarity.
He *opposed* the attack on Gallipoli, very strenuously.