https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l en-us 2023-02-03 15:34:01 UTC 2023-02-06 15:47:06 UTC hello@padlet.com mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467750549 2023-02-03 15:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467750549 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467751892 2023-02-03 15:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467751892 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467753115 2023-02-03 15:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467753115 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467754904 2023-02-03 15:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467754904 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467756350 2023-02-03 15:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467756350 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467756934 2023-02-03 15:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467756934 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467765550 https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/winston-churchill]]> 2023-02-03 15:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467765550 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467768210 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his many published works. More information including archive footage can be found at the Churchill War Rooms.]]> 2023-02-03 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2467768210 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470253511 https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/joseph-stalin]]> 2023-02-06 15:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470253511 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470260410 In 1912, Lenin, who was then in exile in Switzerland, appointed Stalin to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. Three years later, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power during the Russian Revolution. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, with Lenin as its first leader. During these years, Stalin continued to move up the party ladder, and in 1922 he became secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, a role that enabled him to appoint his allies to government jobs and grow a base of political support. After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. By the late 1920s, he had become dictator of the Soviet Union.]]> 2023-02-06 15:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470260410 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470273501
Following Neville Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940, Churchill was chosen to succeed him as Prime Minister of an all-party coalition government. Churchill, who also adopted the self-created position of Minister for Defense, was active both in administrative and diplomatic functions in prosecuting the British war effort. Some of his most memorable speeches were given in this period, and are credited with stimulating British morale during periods of great hardship. However, Labour leader lement Attlee’labor leader Cs unexpected General Election victory in 1945 saw Churchill out of office and once again concentrating on public speaking. In his 1946 speech in the USA, the instinctive pro-American famously declared that “an iron curtain has descended across the Continent”, and warned of the continued danger from a powerful Soviet Russia.]]> 2023-02-06 15:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470273501 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470281469 Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874, in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire and was of rich, aristocratic ancestry. Although achieving poor grades at school, his early fascination with militarism saw him join the Royal Cavalry in 1895. As a soldier and part-time journalist, Churchill travelled widely, including trips to Cuba, Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa.]]> 2023-02-06 15:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470281469 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470286796
In 1906, Stalin married Ekaterina “Kato” Svanidze, a seamstress. The couple had one son, Yakov, who died as a prisoner in Germany during World War II. Ekaterina perished from typhus when her son was an infant. In 1918 (some sources cite 1919), Stalin married his second wife, Nadezhda “Nadya” Alliluyeva, the daughter of a Russian revolutionary. They had two children, a boy and a girl (Stalin’s only daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva. Stalin also fathered several children out of wedlock.]]> 2023-02-06 15:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470286796 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470291652 He took the name Stalin, from the Russian for “man of steel.”]]> 2023-02-06 15:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470291652 mcdonaldk22 https://padlet.com/mcdonaldk22/2leagfkw7bhpd49l/wish/2470297165 Adolf Hitler is also known as Der Führer which means German: “The Leader”

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