|Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain, October 1, 1939
Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. On the same day, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain brought Churchill back into government as First Lord of the Admiralty. Churchill threw himself tirelessly into all aspects of war policy and direction. This letter, written to his chief during a prolonged lull in the ground action known as the "Phony War," shows his aggressive approach.
Typescript letter with manuscript annotations. Churchill Papers, Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, U.K. (98)© Crown copyright 1939, Archival Reference # CHAR 19/2C/303