Winston Churchill's Political Speech During World War II

The selected text is a political speech given by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1945 . The historical context of the speech could be considered to start a year before.
At the beginning of 1945, the Allied forces were closing in on the borders of Germany in three directions, and the geographical natural barriers offered the Allied powers protection from the other sides . The major Allied leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, who became known as the Big Three, met at the resort city of Yalta, at the Livadia Palace, to address issues regarding the ending of the war against Germany . This treaty was called the Yalta agreement, and included several points. Among them, a German unconditional surrender to the Allied forces. Otherwise, the Allied armies would advance, placing Berlin in the Red Army battle zone. Additionally, the agreement said that once Germany was defeated, certain zones of occupation were to be
established, basically depending on where each Allied army had entered to fight. Among some exceptions, it stated that Berlin would be occupied jointly by all three forces. Lastly, in broad terms, there would be another meeting after the war to address all issues .
Berlin was to be initially occupied by the Soviets, so they began the battle in April, while the USA fought from the other side . Meanwhile, Mussolini was captured while trying to escape, and Hitler committed suicide with other Nazi members and families.
Victory in Europe Day was proclaimed on May 8th, 1945 .However, there remained some issues. On the one hand, the Allied forces had started the invasion of Okinawa, an island only 350 miles from Japan. There was no perspective of a quick end to this war against the Japanese. Additionally, Europe was destroyed after two World Wars, also with minimal foresight of a recovery in material and economic productivity .
The response from European countries was a political shift to the left, and all countries opted for governments devoted to social and economic modification. Churchill was replaced by Clement Attlee . Thanks to the radical changes in government throughout Europe, Soviet troops were able to occupy much of the continent, mostly in the East. Consequently, Eastern Europe was slowly becoming controlled by the Soviet Union . This was not the agreement the Allied forces had come to in the Postdam Conference following the war .
Although Churchill had been defeated in the elections, he quickly started to redirect his attention to the post-war doings of the USSR.
At this time, he was invited to receive an honorary degree at Westminster College . His speech was an opportunity to draw attention to the new realities of the world. Although the leaders of the UK and America were already familiar with the content of the speech, it came as a surprise to citizens of Britain and the USA, leading to a very critical response. Churchill was labeled, as he had been in the past, as an alarmist and a war-monger.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874. He was Prime Minister of the UK from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955, leading the conservative party during the whole period. He led Britain to victory during the Second Word War, but also was prolific writer. He passed on January 24th, 1965. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values
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Winston Churchill directs his speech it toward Americans because its focus is the description of the divide among the Communist and Capitalist nations, and asking them to take part . The speech was given not in the capital of the USA, but in the heartland of the country. The University of Westminster in Fulton, Missouri, is where it took place .