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Sanders Names Roosevelt and Churchill as Influencers (Original Post) Donkees Feb 2016 OP
Churchill Tribute on the 50th Anniversary of his death (Jan 30 1965) Donkees Feb 2016 #1
'He took the English language and sent it into battle.' Donkees Feb 2016 #2
This should help with the over 65 crowd. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #3

Donkees

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2. 'He took the English language and sent it into battle.'
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 12:43 PM
Feb 2016

"In the dark early days of the Second World War Churchill had few real weapons. He attacked with words instead. The speeches he delivered then are among the most powerful ever given in the English language. His words were defiant, heroic and human, lightened by flashes of humour. They reached out to everyone in Britain, across Nazi-occupied Europe, and throughout the world. As journalist Beverly Nichols wrote, 'He took the English language and sent it into battle.'

'http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-churchill-led-britain-to-victory-in-the-second-world-war

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