1. Battle of Britain
... , and swept to the English Channel. On 22 June, France surrendered (although a Free French force continued to fight). Britain, under Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was left to fight alone. The only question that remained was: Would England continue to fight, or would they concede and pursue peace with ... the King himself urged a settlement with Germany. In Spain, Nazi emissaries were having direct talks with the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare. Churchill, in an attempt to gain more time, encouraged both appeasers in parliament and intermediaries in neutral countries in the belie...
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