 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1940, seshamwari yaivimbwa nayo, Wood akaudza Chamberlain nomutsa asi zvakasimba kuti pashure pokukundikana kwechiBritish muNorwayuye nhaurirano yeCommons yakatevera, chinzvimbo chake saMutungamiriri wehurumende chakanga chisingabviri uye aifanira kusiya basa. Akarayirawo Winston Churchill kufuratira dzvinyiriro inobva kuavo vaida Ishe Halifax, kwete Churchill, somutsivi waChamberlain. Chamberlain akabvuma kusiya basa musi wa 9 Chivabvu, asi akafunga kudzokera kumashure pane zvaakasarudza zuva raitevera sezvo kurwisa kweGerman kuWestern Front kwakatanga; Wood akamuudza kuti aifanira kuenda kuburikidza nekurega basa. Varume vacho vose vakaita maererano nezano raWood. Churchill akava Prime Minister musi wa 10 May 1940; Wood akagadzwa Chancellor of the Exchequer musi wa 12 May. 