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Blood, toil, tears and sweat may, 1940 first speech as prime minister to house of commons on may 10, 1940, winston churchill became prime minister. The second world war, particularly the period from 1940 to 1942 when britain fought with the support of the empire and a few allies, was the climax of churchills career and his inside story of those days is. The second world war 6 volumes churchill book collector. Winston churchill the second world war triumph and tragedy. 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 whose reputation has been so solidly. The disastrous military events which have happened during the past fortnight have not come to me with any sense of surprise. If theyd died then, history would scarcely remember them.
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