![]() ![]() The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-40 ![]() Its leader, the new cabinet member, would be Sir Thomas Inskip.” On Saturday, March 14-exactly a week since German troops had crossed the Rhine-he announced that he was establishing, not a ministry of defense, but a ministry for coordination of defense. He suggested that Baldwin choose a man “who would excite no enthusiasm” and “create no jealousies.” The prime minister agreed. Baldwin said outright: “If I pick Winston, Hitler will be cross.” In his biography of Chamberlain, Keith Feiling writes that the Rhineland was “decisive against Winston’s appointment” it was “obvious that Hitler would not like it.” As the prime minister’s heir apparent, Chamberlain encouraged Baldwin to think along these lines. At this, of all times, it seems inconceivable that Baldwin would pick a weak man to supervise the defense of England. “Nazi aggression, one might think, should have lent support to Winston’s candidacy. ![]()
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