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Jun 11, 2024 · As war is declared, the King directly addresses his people both at home and overseas. He describes the coming fight as one for justice and peace against bondage and fear, and calls for all the...
Jul 1, 2024 · In those campaigns there have fought, side by side with our allies, representatives of almost every unit in our great community – men from the Old Country, men from the Dominions, from India, and the Colonies. They fought in brotherhood; through their courage and endurance they conquered.
Jun 18, 2024 · As Nazi Germany became more aggressive and war came closer to British shores, Joe Sr. and George's positions began to reverse. On September 3, 1939, George overcame his stammer to give a resolute speech (as depicted in the film The King's Speech) as Britain entered World War II.
Jul 1, 2024 · Though the British ruled New York for over 100 years when it was a colony during the 17th and 18th-centuries, no reigning monarch ever set foot in America until 1939. King George VI and...
3 days ago · Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s.
1 day ago · Neville Chamberlain. Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS ( ⫽ ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn ⫽; 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and ...
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2 days ago · The phrase "God Save the King" in use as a rallying cry to the support of the monarch and the UK's forces during the First World War. Like many aspects of British constitutional life, "God Save the King" derives its official status from custom and use, not from Royal Proclamation or Act of Parliament. [11]
