_ If Hitler had consolidated his moves in late 1938 after the Munich Accords and not invaded the rest of Czechslovakia in March of 1939 we would not have had the Second World War. He would not have provoked the British people. Sentiment would not have turned against him. The Chamberlain government would not have fallen in May of 1940, and Churchill would not have become Prime Minister. He probably would not have even been in the cabinet. Chamberlain felt compelled to bring him in as First Lord of the Admiralty only after declaring war on September 3, 1939.

No war, no Churchill — it’s as simple as that.