The following is the way in which Sardis, was taken. On the fourteenth day of the siege Cyrus bade some horsemen ride about his lines, and make proclamation to the whole army that he would give a reward to the man who should first mount the wall. After this he made an assault, but without success. His troops retired, but a certain Mardian, Hyroeades by name, resolved to approach the citadel and attempt it at a place where no guards were ever set. On this side the rock was so

During the War Churchill had to have the entire country working towards the same goal.  Germany was far ahead in military output therefore every minute counted. Churchill shows here how leaders know the details.