Churchill

In 1946 Sir Winston Churchill, who had spoken often of European union during the war, advocated the formation of `` a kind of United States of Europe ''.

This divergence between American English and British English once caused George Bernard Shaw to say that the United States and United Kingdom are " two countries divided by a common language "; a similar comment is ascribed to Winston Churchill.

* 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

A photograph from October 1918, reproduced in many biographies, shows the then unknown Lt .- Col. Montgomery standing in front of Winston Churchill ( Minister of Munitions ) at the parade following the liberation of Lille.

By this time Churchill was not so cordial toward moving Poland westward as he had been at Teheran, where he and Eden had both heartily approved the idea.

The race is one and a quarter miles ( 2 km ) at Churchill Downs.

The U. S. and Soviet heads of Government have met three times since Sir Winston Churchill in 1953 introduced a new word into international diplomacy with his call for a fresh approach to the problem of peace `` at the summit of the nations ''.

Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science ( 1975 ) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a Ph. D. in computer science ( 1979 ) from the University of Cambridge, England, where he was a student at Churchill College.

Marlborough now had to turn his attention from the fleeing enemy to direct Churchill to detach more infantry to storm Blenheim.

Churchill had met Beatty when Beatty was commander of a gunboat on the Nile supporting the army at the Battle of Omdurman, in which Churchill took part as a cavalry officer.

Enfield also appeared as King George VI in Churchill: The Hollywood Years ( 2004 ), a satire on Hollywood's tendency to change elements of history.

* 1972 – The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.

* 1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.

Churchill County is a county located in the western U. S. state of Nevada.

This gave him an admiration for Churchill as a military strategist, which improved their working relationship in later years.

* 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

The New Zealand Māori rugby union team ( in black ) playing England Saxons in the 2007 Churchill Cup.

British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill on 10 May 1940.

In addition, the Mark IV version of the Centaur tank and the Mark V and the Mark VIII versions of the Churchill tank were fitted with 95 mm howitzers.

Working closely with Winston Churchill of Britain, and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, Roosevelt sent his forces into the Pacific against Japan, then into North Africa against Italy and Germany, and finally into Europe starting with France and Italy in 1944 against the Germans.

Failing to heed the lesson so clearly contained in the satellite treaties, President Truman re-declared the Cold War on March 12, 1947, in the Truman Doctrine, exactly one week after the Herald Tribune editorial was written, and a year after the Cold War had been announced by Churchill at Fulton, Missouri, in Truman's presence.

The army ( assembled by the Duke's brother, General Charles Churchill ) consisted of 66 squadrons, 31 battalions and 38 guns and mortars totalling 21, 000 men ( 16, 000 of whom were English troops ).

* Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player after whom the Clive Churchill Medal is named

They were given a set of buildings in the Palace of Whitehall known as the Cockpit as their London residence, and Sarah Churchill became one of Anne's ladies of the bedchamber.

Ronald later became a member of parliament, during World War II became a link between the British and United States governments, and lent his country house, Ditchley Park near Oxford, to Churchill for weekend visits when the official residences were considered unsafe.