By refusing an armistice with Germany, Churchill kept resistance alive in the British Empire and created the basis for the later Allied counter-attacks of 1942–45, with Britain serving as a platform for the supply of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Western Europe.
Ved at afvise en våbenstilstand med Tyskland hold Churchill modstanden i live i Det britiske imperium og skabte dermed grundlaget for De Allieredes modoffensiver i 1942–45, hvor Storbritannien var base for forsyning af Sovjetunionen og befrielsen af Vesteuropa.