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Speech

Great Britain · Politics / Conservative Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1946

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill5 March 1946

Fulton · Politics / Conservative Party

Makes his famous "iron curtain" speech at Fulton, Missouri, USA

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill19 September 1946

Zurich · Politics / Conservative Party

Gives a speech at the University of Zurich calling for a "United States of Europe", similar to the United States of America

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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