MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
Halifax in my opinion was more of a pragmatist and far less of a dreamer than Churchill.
Halifax was pro-appeasement in terms of the occupation of the Rhineland and Austria but he wanted to support Czechoslovakia and seemed happy to go to war over Poland.
Further to this he was prepared to at least listen to German peace overtures in 1939-40 but there seems little chance he would have sued for peace had no equitable one been offered by Germany indicated by this quote to the American President...
Just another hypothetical question...
Halifax was pro-appeasement in terms of the occupation of the Rhineland and Austria but he wanted to support Czechoslovakia and seemed happy to go to war over Poland.
Further to this he was prepared to at least listen to German peace overtures in 1939-40 but there seems little chance he would have sued for peace had no equitable one been offered by Germany indicated by this quote to the American President...
'If necessary, we shall continue the war alone and we are not afraid of that. But I trust you realise, Mr President, that the voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.' - 15 May 1940:
Just another hypothetical question...