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Winston Churchill on Christmas Eve 1941

"Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm."

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Ben Domenech
Dec 23, 2021
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On Christmas Eve 1941, in Washington on a diplomatic mission to organize the support of Britain's American allies in the efforts to stop the Nazi menace, Winston Churchill was offered the opportunity to address the American people from The White House. America as a nation had been attacked like never before just weeks earlier, and the horrors of Pearl H…

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