In 1956, Israel, Britain, and France invaded Egypt in protest of its nationalization of the Suez Canal. The U.S.S.R. and the United States, both vying for greater influence in the Middle East, forced the three nations to end their occupation of the strategic canal.
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
During the Battle of Britain, the children of King George VI delivered a radio address to British children who had been evacuated abroad. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, like their parents, weathered the dark days of World War II in Britain.
Gerald Ford
Nine days before the fall of Saigon, President Ford spoke on the resignation of South Vietnamese President Thieu. Soon after, the United States launched a massive helicopter evacuation of tens of thousands of anticommunist South Vietnamese and the last few Americans remaining in the country.
Mohandas Gandhi
In 1931, Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, was released from prison to attend the London Round Table Conference on India as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress.
Gorbachev
As leader of the U.S.S.R., Mikhail Gorbachev was a great force for peace, even at the cost of the Soviet governments downfall after 74 years in power.
Adolf Hitler
A few days before his occupation of the Sudetenland, a confident Hitler addressed a Nazi rally at Berlins Sportpalast stadium, and reassured the crowd that if war came with Britain and France the German Wehrmacht would be victorious.
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