Thande
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Sounds almost like a N00BWI, but I don't recall a scenario like this being voiced before.
Churchill is killed in January 1945. Doesn't matter how; even if it was by an accident they would probably cover it up and claim it was a Luftwaffe bomb in order to stir up public outrage. Anyway, this is more or less too late to have any significant impact on the outcome of the war, but as for what follows...
Firstly, who would become Prime Minister in his stead? Attlee, as Deputy Prime Minister? The Tories in the Cabinet would not be happy, to say the least. If it was Attlee, I think he would probably call a general election ASAP to try and get himself a mandate. And my guess would be that he might get it, but nothing on the scale of OTL's landslide, partly due to public sympathy for Churchill and uncertainty over his successor - but the fact that a Tory-led national government has been around for more than a decade has got to count against the Conservatives.
What are your thoughts?
Churchill is killed in January 1945. Doesn't matter how; even if it was by an accident they would probably cover it up and claim it was a Luftwaffe bomb in order to stir up public outrage. Anyway, this is more or less too late to have any significant impact on the outcome of the war, but as for what follows...
Firstly, who would become Prime Minister in his stead? Attlee, as Deputy Prime Minister? The Tories in the Cabinet would not be happy, to say the least. If it was Attlee, I think he would probably call a general election ASAP to try and get himself a mandate. And my guess would be that he might get it, but nothing on the scale of OTL's landslide, partly due to public sympathy for Churchill and uncertainty over his successor - but the fact that a Tory-led national government has been around for more than a decade has got to count against the Conservatives.
What are your thoughts?