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May 13, 1940: The Day the English Language Was Mobilized and Sent Into Battle

Seventy-nine years ago, on Monday, May 13, 1940, a man who had been the Prime Minister of England for just three days, and who’d only ascended to the position as the candidate of last resort after internecine squabbling within his own party, and only with the reluctant support of his King, made his maiden speech… Continue reading May 13, 1940: The Day the English Language Was Mobilized and Sent Into Battle