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Leaders returning from the dead
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:20 pm
by Nial
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Admiral Jellicoe was killed in a naval engagement early in the war. Yet returned to life with an appoint new leader political choice in late 1915.
Must be a zombie admiral now.
What did Churchill say about Jellicoe: "He is the only admiril I know that can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
Nial
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:58 pm
by calvinus
Yeah! It means the "dead" on/off marker is not taken into account when performing that political option!
Naval Defeats?
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:13 pm
by tagwyn
Sir Winston could tell you about Naval defeats... . It was why he was canned as Naval leader and went to France to serve in the trenches. t
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:12 pm
by Nial
tagwyn wrote:Sir Winston could tell you about Naval defeats... . It was why he was canned as Naval leader and went to France to serve in the trenches. t
Personaly, I think his fall from grace had more to do with his support of the Gallopali (spelling) fiasco. But history is funny like that. Politics is a perverse mistress to say the least.
One could say Churchill's greatest asset and his biggest flaw were both the same. His total confidence in his own judgement.
Nial
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:28 pm
by PhilThib
Nial wrote:What did Churchill say about Jellicoe: "He is the only admiril I know that can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
I believe he also said as a kind of 'praise' right after Jutland: "He was the only man that could lose the war in one afternoon"
