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[narrator]
But many historians today think Churchill
was also motivated by his desire to keep
the British Empire alive. Churchill
is particularly concerned that the Mediterranean remain
under British control, because it's
the connection point, with the Suez Canal at one,
end and Gibraltar at the other, of the British Empire, and particularly, of course,
the important part of the British Empire,
the trade
But many historians today think Churchill
was also motivated by his desire to keep
the British Empire alive. Churchill
is particularly concerned that the Mediterranean remain
under British control, because it's
the connection point, with the Suez Canal at one,
end and Gibraltar at the other, of the British Empire, and particularly, of course,
the important part of the British Empire,
the trade
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[narrator]
But many historians today
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think Churchill
was also motivated
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by his desire to keep
the British Empire alive.
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Churchill
is particularly concerned
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that the Mediterranean remain
under British control,
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because it's
the connection point,
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with the Suez Canal at one,
end and Gibraltar at the other,
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of the British Empire,
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and particularly, of course,
the important part
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of the British Empire,
the trade.
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