Winston Churchill

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe... All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow."

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Source: The Sinews of Peace. Winston Churchill's speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, www.nato.int. March 5, 1946.

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Politician, Writer, Historian

Winston Churchill was a British Prime Minister known for his leadership during WWII and his powerful oratory that inspired resilience and determination.

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