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He is so unhappy & that makes him very difficult. He hates his food (hardly any meat). . . . I can’t see any future. But papa is going to Italy. . . . —Clementine Churchill to their daughter Mary, August 26, 19451(p804)
In July 1945, Winston Churchill (1874-1965) ran for the first time for the office for prime minister of Great Britain in a national election. In wartime, he had assumed this position when Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) resigned. Churchill, a renowned and inspirational wartime leader, lost the election; it was a landslide victory for the Labor party. Although deeply disappointed, he publicly accepted the verdict of the electorate with grace. The votes had been cast on July 5, but there was a 3-week interval before the votes were fully counted; Churchill learned that he had lost on July 26 during the Big Three (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) Potsdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) in Berlin, Germany. During . . . [Full Text of this Article]
James C. Harris, MD
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