Winston Churchill’s former home, Chartwell, became the headquarters for Churchill’s campaign against Nazi Germany

A new book, Churchill ’s Citadel, is written by the curator of Churchill 's former home, Chartwell , in the 1930s .

David Frum : Chartwell was Churchill 's headquarters from which he mounted his campaign against Nazi Germany .

He says Einstein , Lawrence , Kennedy , Flandin , Coudenhovei, Caudenhovey , Brüning , Hitler met at Chartwell to discuss plans to form coalition of states to stop Hitler .

Frum says the book is a delight to read and shows how the house helped Churchill prepare for war.

Chartwell was where Churchill wrote his multivolume biography of the Duke of Marlborough and History of the English -Speaking Peoples.

Chartwell 's historical significance is as the citadel or fortress where Churchill began the work that eventually led him to save Western civilization in early years of World War II .