Roosevelt and Churchill the Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy Kluger Michael
Roosevelt and Churchill the Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy Kluger Michael Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. Dark clouds had hovered over him from the moment…
Specifikacia Roosevelt and Churchill the Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy Kluger Michael
Roosevelt and Churchill the Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy Kluger Michael
Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. Dark clouds had hovered over him from the moment he became Britain's Prime Minister in May 1940. They had engulfed him in various ways throughout his long career and he had always turned to face them with jutting jaw and indomitable spirit.
And another storm awaited - this time one of a meteorological kind as his ship, HMS Prince of Wales, ran into a howling gale within hours of leaving its base at Scapa Flow.Churchill demanded to be escorted to the Captain's cabin. Now, fifteen harrowing months later, he was setting out to meet President Franklin Roosevelt, the one man who could offer real assistance in his hour of need. His escort was a nervous young officer who feared that, in total darkness up swaying stairs, the Prime Minister, a man of some girth, might fall into the roiling sea.
But Churchill relished it, remarking