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Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-45 & 1951-55).

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Winston Churchill speaking in Zurich on the United States of Europe

by Winston Churchill

Zurich (Switzerland) | 19 September 1946

I wish to speak to you today about the tragedy of Europe.
This noble continent, comprising on the whole the fairest and the most cultivated regions of the earth; enjoying a temperate and equable climate, is the home of all the great parent races of the western world. It is the fountain of (…)

Fulton Speech on the ’Iron Curtain’

by Winston Churchill

5 March 1946

‘The Sinews of Peace’
President McCluer, ladies and gentlemen, and last but certainly not least, the President of the United States of America:
I am very glad indeed to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and I am complimented that you should give me a degree from an institution (…)

The Atlantic Charter

by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill

14 August 1941

"The President of the United States and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing H.M. Government in the United Kingdom, have met at sea. They have been accompanied by officials of their two Governments, including high-ranking officers of their military, naval and air services.
The whole (…)