Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
''I have not become the King''s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.''
Winston Churchill''s famous statement in November 1942, just as the tide of the Second World War was beginning to turn, pugnaciously proclaimed his loyalty to the world-wide institution which he had served devotedly for most of his life. The majority of the British people, who believed t...
''I have not become the King''s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.''
Winston Churchill''s famous statement in November 1942, just as the tide of the Second World War was beginning to turn, pugnaciously proclaimed his loyalty to the world-wide institution which he had served devotedly for most of his life. The majority of the British people, who believed t...
