There is probably a lot more narrative in the chapter that included his maps. At this point I am limiting the excerpts mostly to his dated memos. He made it most convenient to do that in a time-line format such as we are constructing here, but I am resisting the temptation to let these threads become “The War According to Churchill.” Maybe I should make an exception in this special case.
Seems I recall he had a separate chapter about the Bismarck Episode. Is that correct?
I’m just spitballing here, but I wonder if he was waiting to see how the thing would turn out before he committed anything in writing in his diaries?
If the Bismarck escaped, obviously it would be a major PR disaster, with possible political fallout.
I may be completely off base, but as I get older, it seems every move by anyone in government had a political calculation, even in the depths of WW2.
Yes. Chapter 17 of “The Grand Alliance.”