in the world has never seen anything like it since. >> winston churchill called what happened here, quote, the greatest, most complicated operation ever. >> winston churchill wanted to be there. prime minister churchill, who was a combat veteran in his younger days, told the commander of the d-day invasion and future president of the united states, general dwight d eisenhower that he wanted the board and navy ship to get a closer view of the allied troops hitting the beach in normandy. general eisenhower told church hill that they could not take that risk. churchill told him, exasperated general eisenhower, that he would board a british navy ship and there is nothing the american general could do to stop him. and that was true. eisenhower couldn't stop church hill from ordering a british navy ship. but the king of england could. when king george heard that churchill was going to join the