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Hace 5 días · It is to this great task that I call you now, and I know that I shall not call in vain. In the meantime, from the bottom of my heart I thank my Peoples for all they have done, not only for themselves but for mankind. Three months have passed since I asked you to join with me in an act of thanksgiving for the defeat of Germany. We then rejoiced ...
Hace 5 días · At 9.00pm on 8 May 1945, King George VI made a radio broadcast to his people. Together we shall all face the future with stern resolve and prove that our reserves of will-power and vitality are inexhaustible. Today we give thanks to Almighty God for a great deliverance.
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Hace 4 días · Insiders/Outsiders is a year-long nationwide arts festival celebrating the indelible contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to British culture.
Hace 3 días · Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
- As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
Hace 2 días · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940, after the fall of France.
Hace 5 días · Nicole Saraniero. Though the British ruled New York for over 100 years when it was a colony during the 17th and 18th-centuries, no reigning monarch ever set foot in America until 1939. King...
Hace 1 día · Attlee advised King George VI to appoint Mountbatten Viceroy of India on 20 February 1947 [56] [57] charged with overseeing the transition of British India to independence no later than 30 June 1948.
