July 3, 1940. After only 54 days into office, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered his Navy to take control of French ships, or destroy them if the French refused to relinquish control.
Few people have affected the course of the world quite like former British prime minister Winston Churchill. A self-proclaimed "man of destiny" with a complicated and wide-reaching legacy, he is still ...
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