Churchill

Boris Johnson to evoke Winston Churchill in a plea to private hospitals

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Boris Johnson to evoke Winston Churchill in a plea to private hospitals asking them to free up beds for NHS use to cope with coronavirus Prime Minister will go to private hospital groups asking them to free up beds  His request will mirror that of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill in 1938  This time threat … Read more

Winston Churchill cried before meeting the Queen and thought she was a baby, royal historian claims

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Winston Churchill cried at the thought of meeting the Queen and branded her a ‘child’ – despite the fact she was 25 and a mother-of-two, a royal historian claims in a new documentary.  Professor Kate Williams, who wrote Young Elizabeth: The Making of Our Queen, a biography of the formative years of Elizabeth II, said … Read more

Inspiration VE Day speech by Churchill to be rebroadcast across the country

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Britain will mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day with a spectacular three-day programme of events that will mix nostalgia, thanksgiving and sombre remembrance. On May 8, 1945, the nation cheered as Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that after six years of bitter conflict that had claimed millions of lives and demanded massive sacrifices … Read more

Our selection of brilliant military histories: When Churchill was labelled a traitor

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TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR  TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS   by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more