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Winston Churchill was a great man. People of my generation can never forget what we owe him. He was largely responsible for the development of the tank in World War I, along with Col. Estienne in France. Unfortunately, he did not keep up with military developments between the wars and did not, at first, understand what was going on in France in l940. But to answer your question directly, I believe his greatest blunder was sending HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse to the far east, thinking it would discourage the Japanese from starting a war!
I tend to agree with you about the Prince of Wales and Repulse.
The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm attack on the Italian fleet at Toranto by ancient bi-plane Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft, proved that the mighty battle ship is all too easy to destroy by air power, even slow moving 90 knots+/- aircraft. The Japanese studied the Toranto attack carefully during their planning to attack Pearl Harbour.
Unlike the British powers that be, Germany fully understood and developed the integration of armour with other arms such as aircraft and infantry on the battle field. A HUGE mistake on the part of the British.
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