How Churchill Wrote Memos
In the weeks leading up to Churchill’s 1940 memo on brevity, the Germans occupied Paris; De Gaulle formed an exile government; Hitler ordered the plans for an invasion of the United Kingdom; and the Battle of Britain.
In the weeks leading up to Churchill’s 1940 memo on BREVITY, the Germans occupied Paris; De Gaulle formed an exile government; Hitler ordered the plans for an invasion of the United Kingdom; and the Battle of Britain began.
Yet Churchill felt compelled to denounce “woolly phrases.”
History is a wise teacher.
