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Originally Posted by angus58
Had Britain decided to engage in talks with the Germans, who knows whether the genocide that followed could have been averted by diplomatic intervention. We shall never know because by then Churchill was PM and was intent on pursuing the war, rejecting any peace talks. It is no coincidence that when the war was over, the voters overwhelmingly voted him out of office as he was seen as a "war monger".
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The bit about Churchill is a little unfair.
He was negotiating with Hitler and exploring avenues to avoid all out war, he wasn't comfortable with it - but he was doing it.
Eventually he reached the conclusion that Hitler was just paying lip-service and wasn't serious about an agreement being reached.
Hitler felt he had what he wanted and didn't need to compromise.
This was the period immediately before Churchill's "Fight them on the beaches" speech.