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    Anne Frank and Winston Churchill respond to conflict when it comes their way. One of these is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl about a girl that has to go into hiding away from the Nazis for many years, before be captured by the Nazis. Another one is Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat by Winston Churchill, a speech that inspired Great Britain to take a last stand against the powerful Nazi army that was knocking on Great Britain’s doorstep. First of all, Winston Churchill responded positively to…

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    relief at the unexpected deliverance.” Although he was born into a life of luxury, the privileged man dedicated his life to public service. Churchill had taken the position of Prime Minister of England on the 10th of May, which was 8 months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe. This speech was given around the period of the Battle of France. Churchill does an exceptional job at emphasizing the fact that the soldiers and the Nation as a whole must not give up, but keep fighting until the…

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    Winston Churchill (1874-1965), a journalist, war leader, and a British Prime Minister for the majority of WWII, stated one of his most famous quotes “never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”, on August 20th,1940 in his speech which is known as “The Few”. Churchill used the phrase “the few”, in reference to the R.A.F fighter-pilots. Winston Churchill made his speech during the Battle of Britain, right before Britain’s most dangerous time where the Germans were…

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    Winston Churchill Traits

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    Spencer Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill formally known as Winston Churchill was born into a wealthy family on November 30th 1874. He had a life full of events to put him in a place in every history book, he was a writer/journalist served in the British military and later in life being in the life of politics he eventually became the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War 2. He lived a long life until his death at 90 in 1965. The early life of Winston Churchill…

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    Winston Churchill was the 'clutch man' of WWII; I believe he is the reason for the victory with the Allies over the Nazis. He showed integrity to allow Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union, to join their cause. His humble upbringing helps because he was a great speaker, a great politician, and had a heart of valor. His Life Story is the reason he is a hero. This is why we think of him so highly today. Early Life Winston Churchill was born November 30, 1874 to aristocratic family where they didn't…

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    This essay will use primary and secondary sources to justify war. The primary sources used will be a speech from the Queen of the Celts, Boudicea, and one from Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The two secondary sources will come from scholarly, peer reviewed sources. They will be used to back up the primary sources. These two speeches took place at different times in history. However, both show the justifications that these leaders used to encourage their people to fight with…

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    kill him.”(Churchill, Winston) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is known as one of the greatest war time heroes of the twentieth century. He was also a British officer, author, historian, artist, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He had a strong influence in not just the United Kingdom, but all over the world. People have been inspired by his books, and his work in the army. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 to Lord Randolph Churchill and…

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    Special Relationship

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    Being a newly formed nation, America did not share the same intelligence institutions as its counterpart, Britain, and therefore relied on the British for their, for a lack of a better term, brains and geographical advantages. The American department of state policy outline in the creation of the Atlantic Alliance that the United Kingdom should ‘retain control of her outlying possessions’ so that certain territories such as Malaysia would not ‘fall into less friendly hands.’ The phrase ‘less…

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    Soon after the other Axis powers declared war on the United States, and we were in the war. The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was happy that we had finally joined the war. After the war ended, America finally made Hawaii a state in 1959. Some of the rumors that floated were facts, on November 30, 1941 the headlines on the Hilo Tribune Herald were “JAPAN MAY STRIKE OVER…

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    Air Power Influence

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    Air power influenced each member of the Allies and Axis powers uniquely through the context in which they viewed the effects of air power in World War I (WWI), the development of theories and technology in the interwar years, and the geopolitical situation facing the nations at the outset of World War II (WWII). These situations and experiences created a perception of the capabilities of air power that drove the creation and employment of the nations’ air arm. In turn, each belligerents’…

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