The Right Honourable '''Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill''' (1874-1965) was a [[Britain|British]] statesman who served as [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] for most of the [[Second World War]]. The only statesman to achieve high office in both World Wars and to write profusely about his experiences, Winston Churchill dominated the 20th Century like few other individuals. Although best known for his courageous leadership as British prime minister during World War II, Churchill was a formidable political thinker and one of the highest-paid journalists from the days of Queen Victoria's "little wars" to his memoirs of World War II. | The Right Honourable '''Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill''' (1874-1965) was a [[Britain|British]] statesman who served as [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] for most of the [[Second World War]]. The only statesman to achieve high office in both World Wars and to write profusely about his experiences, Winston Churchill dominated the 20th Century like few other individuals. Although best known for his courageous leadership as British prime minister during World War II, Churchill was a formidable political thinker and one of the highest-paid journalists from the days of Queen Victoria's "little wars" to his memoirs of World War II. |