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Many of the grandest suites are named after the great figures that worked in them: the Haldane, for instance, was occupied by successive Secretaries of State for War; while the Churchill Suite was originally the army council room, where critical decisions were made during the Second World War.
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Leaf Arbuthnot, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 June 2024
Every president also has to make political calculations, not just these two presidents, but presidents as far back as President Roosevelt in the Second World War had to balance internal U.S. political objectives with what was going on around the world.
—CBS News, 2 June 2024
The passing of time had done little to make the Second World War look any less like a struggle for the very soul of the planet, one that could easily have been lost at several turning points — the D-Day Invasion of Normandy among them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Ventotene is also where the manifesto for a united Europe (the precursor to the EU) was written during the Second World War.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
The battles on D-Day of June 6, 1944, and in the weeks that followed, pushed the German forces back from the coast and across France and were among the most important in bringing about the end of the Second World War, which ended almost a year later.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Mussolini built the neighborhood for the Esposizione Universale Romana of 1942, which never took place because of the Second World War.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
Ancient Artifacts from Different Ages In advance of a highway restoration project that started in March 2023, archaeologists have discovered over 10,000 artifacts from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman periods, in addition to some more recent items dating back to the Second World War.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
After the defeat of Japan in the Second World War, when the country was in ruins, the new democratic government stepped up this transformation.
—Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
Leaf Arbuthnot, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 June 2024
Every president also has to make political calculations, not just these two presidents, but presidents as far back as President Roosevelt in the Second World War had to balance internal U.S. political objectives with what was going on around the world.
—CBS News, 2 June 2024
The passing of time had done little to make the Second World War look any less like a struggle for the very soul of the planet, one that could easily have been lost at several turning points — the D-Day Invasion of Normandy among them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Ventotene is also where the manifesto for a united Europe (the precursor to the EU) was written during the Second World War.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
The battles on D-Day of June 6, 1944, and in the weeks that followed, pushed the German forces back from the coast and across France and were among the most important in bringing about the end of the Second World War, which ended almost a year later.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Mussolini built the neighborhood for the Esposizione Universale Romana of 1942, which never took place because of the Second World War.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
Ancient Artifacts from Different Ages In advance of a highway restoration project that started in March 2023, archaeologists have discovered over 10,000 artifacts from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman periods, in addition to some more recent items dating back to the Second World War.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
After the defeat of Japan in the Second World War, when the country was in ruins, the new democratic government stepped up this transformation.
—Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
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