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Bulletin #212 - Jan 2026

Why Churchill Matters

January 20, 2026

The Hottest Ticket in Town, 1946 By Donald P. Lofe, Jr. President and Chief Transformation Officer and Churchill Fellow, Westminster CollegeDirector, International Churchill Societ...

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Churchill addressing British troops in the old Roman amphitheatre, Carthage, Tunisia, 1 June 1943

Churchill crossing the Rhine in March 1945

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Churchill watched the momentous crossing with General Bernard Montgomery – and even had a picnic lunch on the banks of the river He and Montgomery then crossed the Rhine into enemy...

Churchill leaves the ruins of Hitler’s Chancellery in Berlin during his tour of the city, 16 July 1945

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Churchill’s victory wave

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Churchill waves to jubilant crowds from the balcony at the Ministry of Health, Whitehall, London copyright: IWM (H 41849)...

Churchill in a jeep outside the Reichstag during his tour of the ruined city of Berlin, 16 July 1945

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Churchill makes his VE Day BBC radio broadcast from 10 Downing Street on 8 May 1945

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Churchill with Clementine on the Thames, 25 September 1940

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Churchill, wanting to inspect the recently bombed areas, travelled by launch as the threat of unexploded bombs in the city made it dangerous to travel by road; Clementine went with him...

Churchill’s ‘Never in the field of human conflict’ speech

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Top copy of typescript speaking notes laid out ‘psalm style’, annotated with changes in black ink by Churchill, showing the page from the speech with ‘Never in the field of human...

Churchill inspecting a ‘tommy gun’

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Churchill inspecting a ‘tommy gun’ while visiting coastal defence positions near Hartlepool in July 1940 copyright: IWM...

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