ABSTRACT
The news of the loss of Tobruk, underlining the British defeat and reaching Churchill in Washington from the lips of the American President, smote the Prime Minister like a physical blow. It could have been mortal to his dreams, sweeping him off the stage of war. The New York newspaper headlines left him in no doubt that his personal and political fortunes were at their lowest ebb.
anger in england. tobruk fall may bring change of government. churchill to be censured.
