Dan Snow

But actually, in June 1944, it's hard to think of anything that had ever taken place on a bigger scale. than D-Day, and he goes through some of the challenges that the troops faced. He talks about how tactical surprise has been attained, and we hope to furnish the enemy with a succession of surprises during the course of the fighting.

And then, as with all these Churchill speeches, he comes back to one of his central points, and that is the centrality of his alliance with the He says, "'Complete unity prevails through the Allied armies. There is a brotherhood in arms between us and our friends of the United States.'"

And then, as with all these Churchill speeches, he comes back to one of his central points, and that is the centrality of his alliance with the He says, "'Complete unity prevails through the Allied armies. There is a brotherhood in arms between us and our friends of the United States.'"

And then, as with all these Churchill speeches, he comes back to one of his central points, and that is the centrality of his alliance with the He says, "'Complete unity prevails through the Allied armies. There is a brotherhood in arms between us and our friends of the United States.'"

The quickest way to win World War II was the great powers working as closely as possible together, and that's particularly the United States and the British Empire. And Hitler's only chance of success, for example, by this stage, is to try and drive a wedge between the British and the Americans. And Churchill was just not going to let that happen.

The quickest way to win World War II was the great powers working as closely as possible together, and that's particularly the United States and the British Empire. And Hitler's only chance of success, for example, by this stage, is to try and drive a wedge between the British and the Americans. And Churchill was just not going to let that happen.

The quickest way to win World War II was the great powers working as closely as possible together, and that's particularly the United States and the British Empire. And Hitler's only chance of success, for example, by this stage, is to try and drive a wedge between the British and the Americans. And Churchill was just not going to let that happen.

I'd love to ask you, Lindsay, is FDR under the same kind of pressures to talk to the American people on the 6th of June?

I'd love to ask you, Lindsay, is FDR under the same kind of pressures to talk to the American people on the 6th of June?

I'd love to ask you, Lindsay, is FDR under the same kind of pressures to talk to the American people on the 6th of June?

Yeah, I think that's very interesting, Lindsay. I mean, clearly, look, we're all imperfect. They were both imperfect men. There's a huge debate here in the UK about Churchill, hero, villain. And actually, he's all those things. He's everything.

Yeah, I think that's very interesting, Lindsay. I mean, clearly, look, we're all imperfect. They were both imperfect men. There's a huge debate here in the UK about Churchill, hero, villain. And actually, he's all those things. He's everything.

Yeah, I think that's very interesting, Lindsay. I mean, clearly, look, we're all imperfect. They were both imperfect men. There's a huge debate here in the UK about Churchill, hero, villain. And actually, he's all those things. He's everything.

He was the man who attempted to preserve the British Empire, who didn't want to give India its independence, and yet the man who also defended liberal democracy in Britain. You know, he was a bundle of contradictions, a truly extraordinary man, but clearly the right person at the right time for that particular job. Yeah. I'm fascinated by coalition warfare.

He was the man who attempted to preserve the British Empire, who didn't want to give India its independence, and yet the man who also defended liberal democracy in Britain. You know, he was a bundle of contradictions, a truly extraordinary man, but clearly the right person at the right time for that particular job. Yeah. I'm fascinated by coalition warfare.

He was the man who attempted to preserve the British Empire, who didn't want to give India its independence, and yet the man who also defended liberal democracy in Britain. You know, he was a bundle of contradictions, a truly extraordinary man, but clearly the right person at the right time for that particular job. Yeah. I'm fascinated by coalition warfare.

Those coalitions are capable of delivering such enormous resources, which in modern industrial total war is the key to success. And when you can harness a coalition, when you can bring together the intelligence gathering, the manpower, the industrial output, it's very, very hard to defeat those big coalitions. But they take a very particular kind of leader to make them work.

Those coalitions are capable of delivering such enormous resources, which in modern industrial total war is the key to success. And when you can harness a coalition, when you can bring together the intelligence gathering, the manpower, the industrial output, it's very, very hard to defeat those big coalitions. But they take a very particular kind of leader to make them work.

Those coalitions are capable of delivering such enormous resources, which in modern industrial total war is the key to success. And when you can harness a coalition, when you can bring together the intelligence gathering, the manpower, the industrial output, it's very, very hard to defeat those big coalitions. But they take a very particular kind of leader to make them work.

And Roosevelt and Churchill were prepared to compromise. They were prepared to give and take. And they were also prepared to accept that each of their nations, each of their publics had different agendas, and that was okay. And their job was to try and triangulate that. And that, I think, is the great lesson of leadership in a coalition.