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Winston Churchill

Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

Person

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  • Winston Churchill
  • Born on: Nov. 30, 1874
  • Born in: Woodstock, Groot-Brittannië
  • Died on: Jan. 24, 1965
  • Died in: Londen, Groot-Brittannië

Winston Churchill

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Publiek domein

Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 May 1940 to 26 July 1945.[1] On 27 March 1944 the newspapers reported Churchill's most recent radio broadcast. He spoke about the advancing fighting and the American troops that were gathering on British territory.[2] Anne referred to this speech in her diary.[3] After the invasion on 6 June 1944, she mentioned Churchill several times.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Zie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill (geraadpleegd maart 2012).
  2. ^ De Tijd, 27 maart 1944.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 27 March 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6, 9 and 13 June 1944; Diary Version B, 9 November 1942, 27 February 1943, 4 March 1943, 27 March 1944, in: The Collected Works.