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Churchill's Legacy represents how Churchill wielded his impact in postwar politics to permit the restoration of Europe through two key speeches in 1946. Having first helped bring victory to the Allies in 1945, Churchill continued to protect the flexibility of the world by attaining the support of the United States in the restoration of Europe. In Fulton, Missouri, Churchill alerted America to the truth of 'Uncle Joe' - a tyrant motivated to dominate Europe no matter what. Churchill needed an Anglo-American alliance based on their shared beliefs and the deterrent of America's possession of the atomic bomb. Churchill also urged the People in america to recognise the debt they owed Britain for opposing Hitler in 1940. In doing this he contributed to the united states thinking behind the need for the Marshall Plan. In Zurich, Churchill boldly proposed a relationship between France and Germany: a USA of Europe. The hatred stirred up by the war had to be replaced by relationship for Europe to recuperate its economic vitality and gain back its moral stature. Together the Anglo-American Alliance and a USA of Europe led by France and Germany would have the energy to 'smite the crocodile' of Soviet ambition. To comprehend what Churchill planned with these two speeches requires perspective. The daring of his creativeness and the range of his architecture for a new American Alliance was amazing. At that time not many identified the symmetry of what was proposed. At Churchill's funeral in 1965, commentators bemoaned the finish of an era. In reality Churchill was the catalyst of a new age - one built after effective defence, economic revival and European unity. His speeches have been added to UNESCO's international Storage area of the World Register.
