Tag: Churchill

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14th August 1941: Roosevelt and Churchill issue the Atlantic Charter

• 14th August 2023
• Tagged as: Atlantic Charter, Churchill, Roosevelt, Second World War

The Atlantic Charter was issued by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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3rd July 1940: British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

• 3rd July 2023
• Tagged as: Algeria, Axis Alliance, Battle of the Atlantic, Britain, Churchill, France, Mers-el-Kebir, Navy, Nazi, Second World War, Ship, Vichy

British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.

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26th May 1940: Start of the Dunkirk evacuation

• 26th May 2023
• Tagged as: Army, Britain, Churchill, Evacuation, France, Germany, Navy, Nazi, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Second World War

Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.

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4th February 1945: Yalta Conference begins, attended by the ‘Big Three’ of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

• 4th February 2023
• Tagged as: America, Britain, Churchill, Crimea, Germany, Nazism, Roosevelt, Second World War, Stalin, United States, USA, USSR, Yalta, Yalta Conference

The conference saw Allied leaders United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war Europe.

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14th January 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco

• 14th January 2023
• Tagged as: Casablanca Conference, Churchill, Morocco, North African Campaign, Roosevelt, Second World War, Sicily

The Casablanca Conference saw the Combined Chiefs of Staff join American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss the future strategy for fighting the Second World War.

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1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed and signed by the four major Allied nations during the Second World War

• 1st January 2023
• Tagged as: America, Britain, China, Churchill, Litvinov, Roosevelt, Russia, Second World War, T. V. Soong, UN, United Nations, United States, USA, USSR, WW2

The original signatories – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the USSR’s Ambassador to the US Maxim Litvinov, and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs T. V. Soong – were joined the next day by a further 24 nations.

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20th December 1924: Adolf Hitler released from Landsberg Prison

• 20th December 2022
• Tagged as: Bavaria, Churchill, Criminal, Germany, Hitler, Landsberg, Mein Kampf, Nazi, Prison, Treason

In November 1923 Hitler was imprisoned after he led a failed coup against the Weimar Government by trying to seize power in the Bavarian city of Munich.

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3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand

• 3rd September 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Hitler, Invasion, Nazi, Poland, Second World War, War

German Nazi forces had invaded Poland two days earlier, claiming to be acting in self-defence following a ‘false flag’ operation.

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5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

• 5th March 2022
• Tagged as: America, Britain, Churchill, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Russia, Truman, United States, USA, USSR

Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech played a significant role in changing western perceptions of their former Soviet ally.

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14th January 1943: Churchill and Roosevelt meet at the Casablanca Conference

• 14th January 2022
• Tagged as: Allies, Axis Alliance, Britain, Churchill, Conference, France, Morocco, Roosevelt, Stalin, USA, USSR

On the 14^th January 1943, the Casablanca Conference began in Morocco.