The Conservatives agreed to the Liberal's offer on one condition: that Churchill, who was taking the brunt of the blame for the disastrous attack, be demoted from his position as First Lord of the Admiralty, and therefore revoked of any major command. Politicians took this opportunity to punish Churchill and temper his rise to power. Churchill took this demotion as an extreme insult, and after a few months in his new position resigned from the government and joined the British Army in the Western front in attempts to rehabilitate his reputation. This is an example of Churchill's personality backfiring on him. He attempted a bold move that, if successful, would have done much towards winning the war. Although the failure and lives lost were not entirely Churchill's fault, he was heavily involved in the planning, and its approval by a War Council of five leading military figures was likely due to his domineering personality and enthusiasm, which caused him to control the planning and execution of the attack, and once in that situation, you accept all the glory or all the
The Conservatives agreed to the Liberal's offer on one condition: that Churchill, who was taking the brunt of the blame for the disastrous attack, be demoted from his position as First Lord of the Admiralty, and therefore revoked of any major command. Politicians took this opportunity to punish Churchill and temper his rise to power. Churchill took this demotion as an extreme insult, and after a few months in his new position resigned from the government and joined the British Army in the Western front in attempts to rehabilitate his reputation. This is an example of Churchill's personality backfiring on him. He attempted a bold move that, if successful, would have done much towards winning the war. Although the failure and lives lost were not entirely Churchill's fault, he was heavily involved in the planning, and its approval by a War Council of five leading military figures was likely due to his domineering personality and enthusiasm, which caused him to control the planning and execution of the attack, and once in that situation, you accept all the glory or all the