On the eve of D-day, the wartime British PM drafted a letter that could have ended De Gaulle's political career.
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Casablanca Conference, (January 12–23, 1943), meeting during World War II in Casablanca, Morocco, between U.S. President Franklin D.
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Letters from Sir Winston Churchill expressing concern about Soviet expansionism in 1946 are included in a collection of General Charles de...
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Lot includes 'very unusual' correspondence between celebrated general and American singer Josephine Baker.
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UK PM Keir Starmer joined Emmanuel Macron in Paris, marking the first time a British Prime Minister has been in France for Armistice day since Winston...
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When told Churchill had died, de Gaulle was heard to murmur, 'Now Britain is no longer a Great Power.' For his part, while Churchill had often honoured de...
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The prime minister will also meet President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the wars in Ukraine and Gaza before the commemorations.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is understood to be the first UK leader to attend the Armistice Day ceremony in Paris since former Tory PM Sir...
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Shortly after noon, the door to the villa opened, and Churchill, de Gaulle, and Giraud walked out, while Roosevelt was carried to his chair.
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In exile during the Nazi occupation of France, the great general spent three years in the British capital, a period that defined his sense...
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