1944 ⟶ Patton's Controversial Speech in England
LTG George Patton suffered yet another controversy setback, ...
Year
1937
1944
🗣️ Roosevelt Delivers Quarantine Speech
President Roosevelt gives the Quarantine Speech outlining a move away from neutrality and towards "quarantining" all aggressors.⟶
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🗣️ Patton's Controversial Speech in England
LTG George Patton suffered yet another controversy setback, when giving a speech at the welcome Center in Knutsford, England. He opined that "the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union" were destined to rule the post-war world. A reporter's story the next day left out Soviet Union, and the Kremlin was offended; Patton was reprimanded by Eisenhower.⟶
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