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Tag Tag Second World War

Authors

British prime minister · 1874-1965
Winston Churchill

British statesman who led the United Kingdom through much of the Second World War.

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American army general · 1885-1945
George S. Patton

US Army general noted for commanding fast-moving armoured forces during the Second World War.

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President of the United States · 1882-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thirty-second US president who led the country through the Great Depression and most of the Second World War.

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Works

Winston Churchill · 1948-1953
The Second World War

Churchill’s six-volume account of the Second World War, combining historical narrative, strategic analysis, political reflection, and personal experience.

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John F. Kennedy · 1940
Why England Slept

An analysis of why Britain rearmed slowly before the Second World War, examining appeasement, democratic politics, public opinion, economics and military preparedness.

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George S. Patton · 1947
War As I Knew It

Patton’s account of his Second World War campaigns, combining battlefield experiences with observations on command, tactics, discipline, and military leadership.

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Albert Einstein · 1939
Letter to President Roosevelt

A warning to the United States president that uranium research might produce extremely powerful bombs, and a call for government action.

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Winston Churchill · 1940
We shall fight on the beaches

A wartime address reporting the Dunkirk evacuation while preparing Parliament and the British public for continued resistance against Nazi Germany.

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Winston Churchill · 1941
Give us the tools

A wartime broadcast reviewing Britain’s military position and appealing to the United States for weapons, equipment, shipping, and material support.

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Winston Churchill · 1941
You do your worst—and we will do our best

A wartime address praising Britain’s civil defence services while urging continued vigilance, preparedness, and resistance to German bombing.

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Winston Churchill · 1941
Never give in, never

A wartime address to Harrow School urging perseverance, measured judgement, and resistance to apparently overwhelming force during the Second World War.

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Anthony Lewis · 1965
Churchill is Dead at 90; The World Mourns Him; State Funeral Saturday

Anthony Lewis’s obituary of Winston Churchill, reporting his death, international mourning, planned state funeral, public legacy, and political career.

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