lee pollack: i think that is a fair comment. he was always coming up with some innovative strategies. the soft underbelly of europe, the campaigns he proposed in the mediterranean. and he was certainly more than roosevelt very anxious about the invasion of france. there is a whole dialogue about whether that might have happened in 19 43. churchill was afraid it would fail, or even 1942. there is a thread that goes from these experiences in the first world war both at high levels of leadership as well as at the his responseames in the second world war. you see that in the discussions about the landing, second front, and so forth. churchill was someone who is stubborn as all get out, but he did learn things over time, sometimes even admitting them. there was a connection between his experience in the first war and who he was in the second. >> thank you. please thank me -- join me in thanking lee pollack. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute,

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