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  1. 2 days ago · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of ...

  2. 5 days ago · The two sides of Churchill. Episode 150312 / 12 Mar 2015. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death. He is known throughout the world for his role in defeating Nazi Germany ...

  3. 3 days ago · Silent motion picture of President John F. Kennedy presenting papers proclaiming Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States. The papers are accepted in behalf of Sir Winston by his son Randolph Churchill during a ceremony held in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Sir Winston and Lady Churchill watched the proceedings by Telstar.

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  5. 3 days ago · The opposite was the case. The British transformed the Dunkirk evacuation into a moment of national pride and perseverance. On June 4 Prime Minister Winston Churchill roused his country by declaring: “[We] shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with ...

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  6. Apr 24, 2024 · Winston S. Churchill. >. Quotes. > Quotable Quote. (?) “Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care ... We should not be wiped out.

  7. 4 days ago · The book depicts ‘a people who became actively committed to the project their leaders put before them, who cooperated with the drastic re-ordering of daily life that this entailed, and who, on the whole, did so in a spirit of stoical endurance that did not exclude good humour’.(p. 248) In a short but incisive survey of the literature ...

  8. 4 days ago · Winston Churchill on Michael Collins. On the last occasion the two men met (recounted in ‘The World Crisis’ by Churchill) he quotes Collins as saying “I shall not last long; my life is forfeit, but I shall do my best. After I am gone it will be easier for others.” He described Collins thus: “He was an Irish patriot, true and fearless…

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