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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1939–1943Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1939

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1 October 1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Churchill makes his 1st wartime broadcast, after the defeat of Poland

William Joyce1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Joyces upper class tones earn him the name "Lord Haw Haw". Broadcasts German propoganda from theThird Reich

1942

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillOctober 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Churchill broadcasts to Italy appealing to them to oust their leaders

1943

George VI25 December 1943

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Speaks with assurance of, "our coming victory"

Names involved

George VIWilliam JoyceWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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