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Battle of the Atlantic
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Longest Campaign: Winston Churchill and the Atlantic Battle, 1940-43
26
Jul
2021
By CHRISTOPHER M. BELL
The protracted Atlantic battle hinged on desperate choices between defense and taking the fight to the enemy. The crux came in 1943.
“Wresting Victory…from the Narrowest of Margins”
12
Jan
2017
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Question: I am editing a volume of papers and speeches by Field Marshal Lord Bramall, former Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of the General Staff here in Britain. He has quoted a saying from Churchill which I cannot pin down, and I wonder if you have it: “All the great struggles in history have been won by superior will power wresting victory in the face of odds or upon the narrowest of margins.”