"Are there not other alternatives than sending our armies to chew barbed wire in Flanders?"
After the war's end, Churchill moved into the dual roles of Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air simultaneously. Upon his return to Parliament, a new coalition government appointed Churchill head of the Munitions Office. Forced to leave the Admiralty and given a token position, he resigned from government and rejoined the Army, commanding the 6th battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers in the trenches of France. One operation - the Dardanelles Campaign - cost him his position and haunted him for many years. When World War One erupted, Churchill threw himself into the operational details of the Royal Navy. "War, which used to be cruel and magnificent, has now become cruel and squalid."
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