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2 days ago · Sassoon ben Salih (1750–1830) and his family were the chief treasurers to the pashas of Baghdad and Southern Iraq. His sons David (1792–1864) and Joseph Sassoon (1795–1872) fled from a new and unfriendly wāli, Dawud Pasha. In 1828 David first went to the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr and in 1832 to Bombay, India, with his large family.
Jul 27, 2024 · Winston Churchill(born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister(1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War IIand led his countryfrom the brink of defeat to victory. After a sensational rise to prominence in ...
- As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
Aug 1, 2024 · The Iron Curtain speechwas delivered by former British prime ministerWinston Churchillin Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Churchill used the speechto emphasize the necessity for the United Statesand Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism, which had lowered an “iron curtain” across ...
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Jul 22, 2024 · Churchill, however, saw the war as a unique event in world history, a conflict determining the future of western civilization, a primal battle of good versus evil. To this day, Churchill’s interpretation has become the mainstream popular view, not just in Britain and the United States, but in Germany itself.
1 day ago · Churchill's first recorded use of the term "iron curtain" came in a 12 May 1945 telegram he sent to U.S. President Harry S. Truman regarding his concern about Soviet actions, stating "[a]n iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind". [15] [16]
2 days ago · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and ...
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Jul 31, 2024 · Dismissing the critique in terms subalterns typically did not employ in letters to generals, Churchill declared: “The severe censure enhances the praise. I may repeat the style without the faults. At any rate, my vanity—which you know is extraordinary—has not been shocked [emphasis added].” 9 “Decide now”…Hamilton’s advice
