Feature Why Chamberlain Really Fell Tony Corfield offers a provocative new interpretation of the events that brought Churchill to power in the spring of 1940. Tony Corfield | Published in History Today Volume 46 Issue 12 December 1996 The Second British Naval Action Off Narvik. 13 April 1940. Admiralty Official Collection/IWM/Wiki Commons. To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5. Start my trial subscription now If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems. Second World WarNeville ChamberlainWinston Churchill Popular articles Jane Austen: A Partial and Prejudiced Historian ‘Rot: A History of the Irish Famine’ by Padraic X. Scanlan review