Winston S. Churchill - Onwards to Victory
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The brilliant politician and military strategist Winston S. Churchill was a master not only of the battlefield, but of the page and the podium. Over the course of forty books and countless speeches, broadcasts, news items and more, he addressed a country at war and at peace, thrilling with victory but uneasy with its shifting role in global politics. In 1953, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values. During his lifetime, he enthralled readers and brought crowds roaring to their feet; in the years since his death, his skilled writing has inspired generations of eager history buffs.
As WWII enters its final years and the US enters the fighting, an Allied victory is tantalizingly within reach. This period saw President Roosevelts proposal of the unconditional surrender policy; the defeat of Mussolini and Rommel; Russias dominance over Axis forces at Stalingrad; and a powerful new bombing campaign bringing the air conflict to the heart of Germany.
Suddenly, victory seemed within the Allies grasp. In this fourth volume of Churchills famous wartime speeches, his stirring tone takes on an edge of hope and a glimmer of the triumph to come, as Britain rallied from the Blitz and readied itself for the final push.
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First published 1944. Speeches Estate of Winston S. Churchill
Cover art to the electronic edition copyright 2013 by RosettaBooks, LLC.
Cover jacket design by Alexia Garaventa
ISBN e-Pub edition: 9780795331695
January 1. | Russians captured Veliki Luki and developed an offensive along the Black Sea coast. The Eighth Army massed West of El Kebir. |
January 2. | General de Gaulle proposed a meeting between himself and General Giraud on French soil. |
January 3. | Russians captured Mozdok and other towns in the Caucasus. |
January 6. | Four thousand people arrested in Roumania following discovery of Iron Guard plot against Antonescu Government. |
January 7. | President Roosevelt, in a speech to Congress, declared: We shall strike in Europe and strike hard. |
January 12. | Russian advance in Caucasus reported to have covered 100 miles in nine days. |
January 14. | Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt met in secret at Casablanca, North Africa, but the meeting was not announced to the world until January 26. |
January 16 and 17. | R.A.F. made heavy raids on Berlin on two successive nights. On the second night the Germans attempted a reprisal raid on London, but were beaten off by a great barrage, and ten raiders were destroyed. |
January 18. | Russians captured Schlusselburg and, raised the siege of Leningrad which had lasted for eighteen months. On the South-Western front Soviet troops forced the Donetz and captured Kamensk. Eighth Army reached to within 40 miles of Tripoli by capturing Misurata. |
January 19. | Announced that Marcel Peyrouton, former Vichy Minister of Interior, had been appointed Governor-General of Algiers. |
January 20. | In a surprise daylight raid on London a school was hit and 45 children and six teachers killed. Fourteen raiders were destroyed. Russians made advances all along the front from Voronezh to the Caucasus. |
January 22. | Salsk, important railway junction south-east of Rostov, was captured by the Russians. Japanese troops in the Sanananda sector of North Papua were overwhelmed and all enemy resistance in Papua was ended. |
January 23. | The Eighth Army captured Tripoli and started pursuit of Rommels forces towards Tunisia. Russians, continuing their advance, took Armavir, pivot of the German position South-East of Rostov. |
January 26. | The world learned that Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt, with their chiefs of staffs, had conferred for ten days at Casablanca, drawing up plans for the 1943 offensive. Unconditional surrender was the name Mr. Roosevelt gave to the conference, as it was decided that this was the only peace term ever to be offered to the Axis. General Giraud and General de Gaulle also met at Casablanca in an effort to unify the French war effort. The Soviet announced the final stage of the Battle of Stalingrad, stating that the surrounded German troops were being liquidated. |
January 27. | American heavy bombers made their first daylight attack on Germany with a raid on Wilhelmshaven. |
January 28. | An order was made in Germany requiring all men from 16 to 65 and women from 17 to 45 to register for national defence work. The Russians made a 50-mile advance to capture Kastornaya and threatened Kursk, a German key base. |
January 30. | R.A.F. Mosquito bombers made two daylight attacks on Berlin and disturbed celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of Hitlers accession to power. |
January 31. | Battle of Stalingrad ended with the capture of Field-Marshal Paulus, commander of the German forces, 16 generals and the remnants of the Axis forces. |
February 1. | Announced that Mr. Churchill had visited Turkey and conferred with President Inn. |
February 2. | First news of a series of important sea and air actions between America and Japan in the Solomons area. |
February 3. | Mr. Churchill visited the British troops in Tripoli. |
February 5. | Mussolini dismissed his son-in-law, Count Ciano, from the post of Foreign Minister, and Count Grandi from his position of Minister of Justice. Ciano subsequently became Italian Minister to the Vatican. |
February 7. | Russians captured Azov at the mouth of the Don, and cut the main road from Kursk to Orel and the railway from Kursk to Byelgorod. Mr. Churchill arrived back in London from his visit to N. Africa and the Middle East. |
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