BRITAIN’S STRATEGY CRITICIZED
LONDON, September 19. “Speaking as a trained strategist who has passed through two of Britain’s three staff colleges I am perturbed by the mistakes of our High Command,” said a member of the House of Commons, Commander R. G. Bower. “I seem to detect the hand of the amateur strategist and I have an uncomfortable feeling that the Germans are our masters both in the conception and execution of their plans. The enemy always has a plan, whereas our strategy is opportunist and hand-to-mouth.
“I am inclined to think that Mr Churchill’s triple_ office is largely responsible for this.” Mr Churchill is a superlative leader, but he has taken too much on his own shoulders and he has not always been judicious in selecting his subordinates. He has tended too much to make his a one-man government. I am glad to say that there are healthy signs that the Press and Parliament are tiring of this.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24546, 22 September 1941, Page 5
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