Two Years of WWII: What’s Transpired?

For roughly two years now, members of Winston Churchill’s Cabinet have campaigned fiercely to find a solution to this war–but what has transpired in that time?

In the midst of nearly constant bloodshed, rampage and death, Cabinet members such as Hastings Ismay and Lord Halifax plan to end this World War posthaste, whether that be through a diplomatic approach or formulated extensive attacks on Nazi-German troops. From the fall of France, to the kidnapping of Winston Churchill himself, the Cabinet has never had a single moment of peace.

On April 9th of 1940, Norway was first invaded, and the Cabinet has been focusing much of their efforts on liberating them for the majority of two years. Cabinet members have substantially opposing approaches to achieving this, as explored later in Hasting Ismay and Lord Halifax’s interviews.

About a month later, on May 10th of 1940, Germany invaded France, which was left without any defense from British troops.

In an exclusive interview, Lord Halifax reflected that “The fall of France was honestly a misjudgment by the entire Cabinet. We did not choose to defend France at all. We chose to give up France in exchange for Norway, because we believed that the [iron] ores are far more important than the troops in France.” He added later, “In hindsight, [we] were totally wrong.”

Hasting Ismay shared his plan to withdraw the British Expeditionary Force from France into a place down in Norway, owing to the prevalence of iron ore through a port city up in the North Norway. By doing so, they should be able to successfully hold the Germans and managed to repel them once seamines are place around in protection of the Navy.

In hopes of recruiting more men in the army, Hasting Ismay has produced movies like Sergeant Simon and more recently-released Simon Warden and accompanied them with action figures. He described this as propaganda to promote joining the army, adding “I was largely responsible [....] in encouraging more British citizens to join up the Army” In addition, Simon Three is in the making.

In a shocking turn of events, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was kidnapped this month by the Germans, but was rescued quickly by his Cabinet (against their majority opinion to leave him). With his return to his position, the stability of the government has greatly increased compared to the time of his brief absence.

As for the current situation, Germans are still stationed in England, but right now the Cabinet plans to invade Germany. “It is a race of who gets to the Capital first,” stated Hasting Ismay.

While Cabinet members currently discuss Britain potentially receiving help from the Americans, Lord Halifax revealed some of his concerns following Cabinet’s shocking choice to bomb the United State’s Senate building, which was framed as a Nazi attack.

Lord Halifax said, “I’m a bit skeptical. After all, we did bomb the Capitol building, and tried to pretend it was the Germans–but besides that, I’m quite optimistic.”

Throughout the interview, he maintained his stance that a diplomatic approach is the only way to end the war. He stated “I do not see the need to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives. Instead I propose peace negotiations with Germany, because no matter what we do, the only way Britain stays as a global world superpower is by negotiation.”

Hasting Ismay remains optimistic for the future, as he claimed “raising other people through propaganda is the cheapest option.” Moreover, with the support of Russian and Americans to aid, when entering World War II, defending London should be at ease and Hasting Ismay is watching the attack on Germany with caution as German forces sped through to finish the fight on multiple fronts.

Truthfully, no one knows how the following events will play out; but every single Cabinet member hopes that their efforts over the past two years will finally lead to the end of the war.

This article was written by Raeann Cheong and Ariel Liao.