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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson channeled one of his famous predecessors, Winston Churchill, in a speech about Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders. He invoked one of Churchill’s most ...

The long-awaited third and last volume of William Manchester’s masterful biography of Winston Churchill covers the final 25 years of the subject’s life — nearly as long as it took to research and ...

Winston Churchill has been remembered since his passing on Jan. 24, 1965, as many things: a statesman, writer and leader, but many remember him as one of the “greatest speakers of the 20th century.” ...

It was one of the darkest months in European history — a darkness in June, prompted by how the Nazis, already in possession of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, and moving through the Netherlands, ...

On June 18, 1940, Churchill delivered his celebrated “Finest Hour” speech. The British army had been evacuated from Dunkirk. France, under Pétain, had decided to surrender. “Hitler knows that he will ...

Throughout his 60 years in politics, Winston Churchill played an enormous part in the direction of the British Empire, even though his career, mirroring his manic depression, ran fantastically high ...

Culled from the archive of London's Imperial War Museum, the 200-plus black-and-white photos collected in this volume show the direct way in which Churchill mobilized England during WWII--showing up ...

Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,000 bottles of champagne. He won the public schools’ fencing cup and rode in the last cavalry ...

The long-awaited third and last volume of William Manchester's masterful biography of Winston Churchill covers the final 25 years of the subject's life — nearly as long as it took to research and ...