THE MAJESTIC MONTH OF MAY
CHURCHILL IN MAY 1940-2024
May is the month of Winston Churchill’s ascendancy as wartime Prime Minister. Churchill became PM on May 10, 1940. Germany had just invaded France. Britain would soon stand alone. From his first day in charge, onwards to victory (on May 8, 1945, VE Day), Churchill’s wisdom, wit, bravery and profoundly humane spirit guided the British people, and the world, through World War II. His resolution to inspire by appealing to the very best in those around him remains an object lesson in leadership.
May is a good month to celebrate that leadership.
And so, we are.
Celebrate with us.
~NEW BOOK RECOMMENDATION OF THE MONTH~
MIRRORS OF GREATNESS
CHURCHILL AND THE LEADERS WHO SHAPED HIM
by David Reynolds
From the esteemed author of IN COMMAND OF HISTORY (one of our 40th READINGS at Chartwell Booksellers best books of the last forty years), a new reassessment of Winston Churchill’s leadership gifts. Prof. Reynolds examines how Churchill’s relationships with other powerful figures of his age, including Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Roosevelt, Stalin, Gandhi, and Clement Attlee, shaped his triumphs and his failures as a leader.
~PRECIOUS PRIZE OF THE MONTH~
“BE YE MEN OF VALOUR”
Wartime Hanging Display Card
Churchill’s first broadcast speech as Prime Minister on May 19, 1940 yielded this elaborately designed keepsake, headed:
“BE YE MEN OF VALOUR,” atop a lengthy quotation strikingly printed in gilt, orange, red and black inks on thick card stock, measuring 6 x 8 inches, with a pristine red ribbon for hanging.
“Arm yourselves and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict, for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altars. As the will of GOD is in HEAVEN, even so, let HIM do.”
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We continue to adapt our 40th READINGS video series into Podcasts that you can listen to anywhere. Latest additions include Esther, Lady Gilbert, the widow of Churchill’s Official Biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, reading ROAD TO VICTORY, Volume VII of the Official Biography.
A MAJESTIC MONTH OF MAY TO YOU!