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Gaining even more fame in the next World War, he built up the royal navy for WWI as First Lord of the Admiralty |
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NAVAL HISTORY |
2025-05-16 |
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(Erik Larson presents the clue.) My book "The Splendid and the Vile", set during the early days of World War II, takes readers inside Chequers, this prime minister's country home where he figured out how to keep his family & his nation together |
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HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON |
2023-01-02 |
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He's called "a flame of inspiration in freedom's darkest hour" in the proclamation making him an honorary U.S. citizen |
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20th CENTURY LEADERS |
2022-02-09 |
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John Lithgow is almost a foot taller than this prime minister he plays on "The Crown" |
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HISTORIC TV |
2021-01-18 |
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In May 1940 he became prime minister & began inspiring the British people |
Churchill
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IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY |
2016-11-10 |
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"The King's Speech" featured Timothy Spall as this quippy future prime minister |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORICAL ENTERTAINMENT |
2012-05-11 |
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Future leader of the UK seenhereon therightin the 1880s |
Churchill
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19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK |
2009-12-08 |
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He could've said, "I'm sure Clement will do a good job--for an Oxford man" after Attlee beat him to become prime minister |
Churchill
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PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE HISTORY |
2009-09-24 |
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He said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last" |
Winston Churchill
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20th CENTURY LEADERS |
2008-05-28 |
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In Len Deighton's "SS-GB", the Nazis have occupied England & sent this leader before a firing squad |
Churchill
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ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS |
2005-04-04 |
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In a July 14, 1940 speech, he told England, "We shall defend every village, every town and every city" |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORICAL QUOTES |
2003-11-26 |
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In his first speech as prime minister May 13, 1940 he delivered the blood, toil, tears & sweat line |
Winston Churchill
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THE '40s |
2001-01-30 |
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Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman |
Winston Churchill
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C IN HISTORY |
1999-07-07 |
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This ex-British PM announced in 1963 he wouldn't run again for Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1900 |
Winston Churchill
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MODERN HISTORY |
1999-05-05 |
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Scenes from a 1972 film in which Simon Ward played this British prime minister include one in a Boer prison |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORY ON THE SCREEN |
1998-10-23 |
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Situation wanted: this "ex-naval minister seeks post, nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, sweat" |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORIC CLASSIFIEDS |
1998-10-07 |
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During the Boer War, this future British prime minister escaped from a prison camp in Pretoria |
Winston Churchill
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TOUGH HISTORY |
1998-04-30 |
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On May 13, 1940 he told Britain's House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat" |
Winston Churchill
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THE 1940s |
1997-09-23 |
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This PM was Time Magazine's Man of the Year for the first & last years of the 1940s, 1940 & 1949 |
Winston Churchill
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THE 1940s |
1997-06-03 |
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Since 1940 only Harold Wilson & this man have served as British prime minister on 2 separate occasions |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORY |
1996-09-13 |
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In May 1940 he succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister |
Winston Churchill
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THE 1940s |
1996-04-24 |
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In 1963 this 88-year-old former P.M. announced he'd not run for another term in Parliament |
Churchill
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HISTORY |
1995-12-04 |
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About the Battle of Brit., he said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1993-02-26 |
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On February 9, 1941, he told FDR, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1991-07-19 |
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To defend Britain, he vowed, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds" |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1989-01-19 |
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World leader who died on January 24, 1965 |
Churchill
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RECENT HISTORY |
1988-06-28 |
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"Winnie" |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORICAL NICKNAMES |
1987-09-23 |
#698 |
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This world leader did not complete the Potsdam Conference, but was replaced by his successor |
Winston Churchill
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The '40s |
1986-05-28 |
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As news reporter in the Boer War, this statesman made a daring escape & crossed 300 miles of enemy territory |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORY |
1986-04-15 |
#417 |
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To honor him in 1965, Elizabeth II was the 1st reigning British monarch to attend a commoner's funeral |
Winston Churchill
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TWENTIETH CENTURY |
1986-01-24 |
#360 |
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In 1945 Clement Attlee defeated him, becoming British prime minister |
Winston Churchill
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HISTORY |
1985-09-19 |
#269 |