I am not going to talk about onto thisor aftermath, the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. How different was the world and how different was the United States after pearl harbor. What changes were made. It was the Holiday Season of 1941. It wasnt any different than it was in 1940 or 1939. Or other years just before that in peacetime. About the impact of the war, didnt make a difference in our lives, immediately. Collector of bubblegum cards. Largely baseball cards, as quick as could be, the bubblegum makers came out with four cards war cards. I collected is when i was a kid. I brought them to show you. One of the heroes of my book was winston churchill. War cards. In the less of a hero in my book but never the less a major they gear was General Macarthur. Becausee so important we needed a hero. He wasnt much of one that he was there in the philippines. He became card number one among the war cards. They taught us a lot about what was going on and the
It will be open from 9 00 until 12 00. It will be closed at noon. That will be the end of that. The churchill display in their is worth looking at. We need you to get the word out about that to the schools in your community. We have a special guest with us this morning who just arrived because he was finally given permission by the u. S. Navy to leave his ship for a few hours. He is the president present Commanding Officer of the uss Winston Churchill. [applause] with that, i will turn it over to our moderator, i very good friend. Good morning. I want to begin by congratulating all of you for joining us at this hour of 9 00 a. M. Winston churchill was a man of tremendous energy, but i cannot livedut bill that if we in history spirit, we would all still be in bed at this time of day. We would have already the newspapers and work through all the daily correspondence by this point. Unfortunately, i feel like many of us are lacking in the amount of domestic and secretarial assistance that
Afternoon nap. I dont think he was drunk. I have to say that that advice on Alcohol Consumption may be the most encouraging thing ive heard for a very long time. Lets go to the gentleman at the book of the room now. I would like to start by saying how much i appreciate the canadians arrival in england in 1940. The First Canadian division arrived and they were virtually the only group or troops we had to protect us. I also appreciated them because i can remember them with our feet up on our fender in our kitchen. Giving me lollipops and american comics, including little orphan annie. The question i would like to ask is that at the end of the war i believe the canadians forgive britain debt. I would like to ask, if you know, how much that was in financial terms. Im not sure exactly here. Okay. Im not sure exactly how much they gave. The total amount that canada gave to britain and to join the war was 3. 2 billion. That was used for manufacturers and food stuffs and machinery and military
Afternoon nap. I dont think he was drunk. I have to say that that advice on Alcohol Consumption may be the most encouraging thing ive heard for a very long time. Lets go to the gentleman at the book of the room now. I would like to start by saying how much i appreciate the canadians arrival in england in 1940. The First Canadian division arrived and they were virtually the only group or troops we had to protect us. I also appreciated them because i can remember them with our feet up on our fender in our kitchen. Giving me lollipops and american comics, including little orphan annie. The question i would like to ask is that at the end of the war i believe the canadians forgive britain debt. I would like to ask, if you know, how much that was in financial terms. Im not sure exactly here. Okay. Im not sure exactly how much they gave. The total amount that canada gave to britain and to join the war was 3. 2 billion. That was used for manufacturers and food stuffs and machinery and military
Lived in the true spirit of churchill, we would all be in bed at this time of day. Of course, we would have read all of the newspapers and have worked through all of the daily correspondence by this point. I feel many of us are lacking in the amount of domestic and secretarial assistance sir winston had through much of his life so perhaps our failure to emulate his morning routine is pardonable. Im a Senior Research fellow at the Margaret Thatcher center for freedom located in washington, d. C. The title of our panel today im great contemporaries has a truly churchillian ring to it and i am delighted to be joined by three distinguished churchillians who will be speaking on men who played important roles in different ways in churchills life. John anderson, mackenzie king, and lord morris. Is professoraker of modern history at Christchurch University in the united kingdom. Chartsest book churchills evolution as a nuclear statesman and has been described as impressive, gripping reading, a