During the Second World War, 24 Chinese naval cadets took part in the Normandy landings. They received personal thanks from Prime Minister Winston Churchill for their gallantry.

第二次世界大战期间，24名中国海军学员参加了诺曼底登陆战役，他们不畏艰险，英勇善战，受到丘吉尔首相嘉奖。

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Sir Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945, during which time he played a decisive role in the conduct of the Second World War.

温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士在1940年到1945年任英国首相，在这段时间里，他在指挥第二次世界大战中起了决定性作用。

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And he suggested that it might be better to halve the number of ministers - back to the levels that served the Churchill government well during the Second World War.

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He had just published his diaries, which made it sound as though he, not Churchill, had been central to winning the Second World War.

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