Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: Section 1 Summary

Introduction of the War Cabinet (or Gentlemen, You Can't Fight in Here, This is the War Cabinet)

  • Churchill sums up what's been going on the past few days. The king asked him to put together a new cabinet that included people from all parties.
  • Churchill has already assembled a War Cabinet of five MPs from three different parties.
  • Churchill says he had to put together the War Cabinet immediately because of the war, but other positions will be filled soon, hopefully tomorrow after he submits his final choices to the king that night.
  • It usually takes a bit longer to fill those jobs anyway.