Pays tribute to Churchill's extraordinary qualities, gives insight into his leadership, and exposes the blunders he and his cabinet made during World War II.

Churchill out of favour -- Churchill at admiralty in phoney war -- Norwegian disaster -- Churchill takes over: peace feelers banned -- The French collapse and surrender -- Undeclared war with France after Britain sinks the French fleet -- Britain stands alone: Churchill and Roosevelt June 1940-June 1941 -- The Middle East and the Balkans disaster 1940-41 -- Keyes, Turkey and Iraq -- October 1940-June 1941: Churchill, Vichy and Syria -- Wavell and Auchinleck under the lash -- The USA and Japan in the war -- Roosevelt and Churchill hand in hand -- Singapore falls -- Churchill and India 1942-45 -- North Africa and Casablanca -- The Italians surrender, 1943 -- Eastern Aegean frustrations -- Tito and Mihailovic blunder -- D-Day to long-delayed German surrender -- Invasion worries: gas, anthrax and de Gaulle -- Potsdam and atom bombs.