over the conduct of the campaign in norway led the unexpected resignation of prime minister neville chamberlain on may 9th, in circumstances of extraordinary drama and tension, and to the even more remarkable political intrigue, that brought winston churchill to power as prime minister instead of lord halifax, whom chamberlain, most of the conservative party and the king would have preferred to so-called, rogue elephant as churchhill's new private secretary called him. churchhill's long political career had been marked by tremendous ups and downs. he was widely distrusted by his own party and the royal family. he had been stubbornly long about a whole range of things, including, but not limited to, independence for india, finance, the gold standard, the strength of the french army, and the marriage t of former king edward the 8th to wallace warfield simpson. but from 1933 on he was right about the one and only thing that mattered. adolf hitler. churchhill had been against appeasing hitler. he had been in favor of rearming britain. he had constantly pointed out the dangers of nazi germany and th