And in 1940 we needed someone who had 'It' to the same extent as the old bugger over there with the silly little moustache but the ∞∞∞ of 'It'. Fortunately he was there ~~ whatever one thinks of Churchill's political activities, I am not sure the war would have gone as it did without his "It"; & Montgomery's too ~~ apparently a horrible C-in-C to be on the staff of, but with whatever the 'It' is that a Commander needs to keep the troops going ~~ Compare Robert Graves' poem on Nelson's funeral:-

'And, Sir, the secret of his victories?'
'By his unServicelike, familiar ways, Sir,
He made the whole Fleet love him, damn his eyes!'

And it clearly wasn't just the dramatic & authorial talent with Noel Coward.

~M~