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Tag Archives: King George VI
General Ike and Princess Elizabeth: First Meeting
General Eisenhower spent several months in England preparing for the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The King and Queen of WWII In no small part, the decisions and actions of Great Britain’s King George VI (1895-1952) were deeply influenced by the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, British King George VI, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, King Edward VIII, King George VI, King George VI of Great Britain, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential history, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Queen Consort Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, the abdication of Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, US history, Windsor Castle
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FDR and the Lend-Lease Metaphor
It’s an old story told thousands of times, but still rings true. FDR: The President on Two Fronts In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination for an unprecedented third term in office. Despite being crippled by … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, FDR and Lend-Lease, FDR's "firehose" speech, FDR's friendship with Churchill, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, King George VI, Lend-Lease, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Presidential history, Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, the beginning of World War II, The Great Depression, the Lend-Lease program, The onset of WWII, The outlook of Franklin D. Roosevelt, US history, White House history, Winston Churchill
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