. On May 10th 1940 Churchill was called to Buckingham palace to meet the King George VI. King George told him that a coalition government had been formed and that he was to be head of it. Winston Churchill was now the prime minister of Britain. Britain needed to be led and Winston Churchill was the one who would lead her.Winston Churchill set the manner of his leadership from the first day he became prime minister with a speech, which he dictated to the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat You ask what is our aim? I can answer with one word. It is Victory. Victory at all costs- Victory in spite of out terrors- Victory, however long and hard the road my be, for without victory there is no survival." However Churchill was not just a man of speech, he was a man of action. He had an intuition for making decisions, which would benefit his country. One of the first decisions Churchill had to make was whether or not to give aid to the French forces, which were being over taken by Hitler and his army. The French pleaded with Churchill to send fighter squadrons to help them. Churchill was faced with a horrible dilemma; however, Churchill decided that the squadrons they were asking for would not be enough to save the French, and in fact Britain would soon need them for her own air defense. Churchill refused France's plea, for the welfare of Britain. He did suggest that Britain and France join together under one government and military, but the French refused and later surrendered to Germany on June 22nd 1940. With the Battle of France over Churchill knew that the Battle of Britain would soon begin. Churchill also knew that because Britain had wasted years earlier not preparing for the war that she would need support from the isolationist country, America. It was because of one of Winston Churchill's speeches that Britain got this support. With the defeat of France, Churchill was to give a speech in the Hous...
