Churchill openly opposed this agreement proclaiming, "That there has been a gross neglect and deficiency in [Britain's] defenses." But still no one listened to Winston Churchill. Finally the rejoicing of peace came quickly to a halt when Nazi troops invaded Prague, Poland in the spring of 1939. It was inescapable that Britain would pay its price for not listening to Churchill's warnings. Britain had wasted about five years of valuable time, which could have been used to strengthen Britain's Army and arm the Air Force. This price would ultimately be war. Germany invaded Poland on September 1st 1939, and after two days of bombing, Britain, on September 3rd 1939 gave Germany two hours to evacuate its troops from Poland. There was no response, and thus Britain was at war with Germany. As the people as well as the government began to realize the danger of this approaching war they also realized the importance of having a man like Winston Churchill in the cabinet. In the same month as war began, Churchill was once again appointed to the cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty. Consequently, Churchill did not remain First Lord of the Admiralty for long. When Hitler invaded Britain's allies, Norway and Denmark, Prime Minister Chamberlain became defensive saying he could not "believe that there [was] anything different [he] could have done [He] had a clear conscience." While Chamberlain was defensive, Churchill was defiant. Churchill gave a speech the same day saying, "There is no question of fighting for Danzig or fighting for Poland. [Well will] fight to save the world from a pestilence of Nazi tyranny. Let us go forward together in all parts of the empire, in all parts of the island. There is not a week, nor a day, nor an hour to lose." The defeat of Norway triggered a debate on the appropriateness of Chamberlain for prime minister. Churchill's courage and his ability to lead were becoming more and more obvious to the people of Britain...
