British Response to a Worse BoB

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The reason I asked was specifically because the Blitz was generating demands within Churchill's cabinet for a negotiated settlement with Hitler.
I've never come across any evidence that the Luftwaffe bombing campaign had any such effect. The only time there was a discussion about seeking terms for a negotiated settlement was in late May 1940 just before Dunkirk, but Churchill managed to persuade the cabinet members involved (Halifax and Chamberlain ) that it was in the UK's best interests to carry on with the war. After that there is no record of any cabinet member ever raising the subject again.
 

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I've never come across any evidence that the Luftwaffe bombing campaign had any such effect. The only time there was a discussion about seeking terms for a negotiated settlement was in late May 1940 just before Dunkirk, but Churchill managed to persuade the cabinet members involved (Halifax and Chamberlain ) that it was in the UK's best interests to carry on with the war. After that there is no record of any cabinet member ever raising the subject again.

The BBC had an article on it years ago. I remember being very surprised at the time hearing it, because that was the first time that anyone had mentioned it. Basically they had found tape recordings of cabinet meetings where certain individuals (unnamed) were trying to convince Churchill to negotiate to end the Blitz. I don't have a link unfortunately, which makes my claim somewhat specious I know, but I distinctly remember the BBC going on about it at length, stating how surprising the discovery was.
 
The BBC had an article on it years ago. I remember being very surprised at the time hearing it, because that was the first time that anyone had mentioned it. Basically they had found tape recordings of cabinet meetings where certain individuals (unnamed) were trying to convince Churchill to negotiate to end the Blitz..
Tape recorders didn't arrive in Britain until after WW2 :rolleyes:
 
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