Cost Of War!

“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter; the statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”- Winston Churchill.

Winston Churchill was appointed the Prime Minister of the UK in May 1940 amid the German Invasion of France. In anticipation of a war that could severely damage London, the UK built “Cabinet War Rooms”, which were ready by 1939. Churchill, after his appointment, visited the Cabinet War Room and declared that:

“This is the room from which I will direct the war.”

Ironically, more than 115 Cabinet meetings were held at the Cabinet War Rooms. The movie “Darkest Hour” beautifully portrays the War Cabinet scenes.

The UK financed the …