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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 an English statesman, orator, soldier and historian who served as [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom}Britain]] in the [[Second World War]].  He was one of the few leaders to achieve high office in both World Wars and to write profusely about his experiences. Best known for his courageous leadership as British prime minister standing alone against Hitler's Germany, Churchill was a formidable politician over a half-century, as well as the historian whose intereptations shaped English language studies of both world wars.  

A larger-than-life character, famous for his trademark cigar and his overblown reputation as a drinker (which he joyfully exaggerated), Churchill was also a talented amateur [[painter]] and pilot, soldier, farmer, bricklayer, and orator. When he retired from the House of Commons in 1964, he had spent over six decades in public life, a career that ran from the last great British cavalry charge to the nuclear age.

A larger-than-life character, famous for his trademark cigar and his reputation as a drinker (which he joyfully exaggerated), Churchill was also a talented amateur [[painter]] and pilot, soldier, farmer, and even bricklayer. When he retired from the House of Commons in 1964, he had spent over six decades in public life, a career that ran from the last great British cavalry charge to the nuclear age.

==History==

==Career==

Born in 1874 to Lord [[Randolph Churchill]] and an American mother, the former Jennie Jerome, Winston spent a typical upperclass childhood in the hands of nurses and headmasters at a succession of private schools from the age of eight. While he was no more neglected than most boys of his age and class, his sensitive nature suffered as a result of his parents' aloofness and he always regretted his failure to achieve a close relationship with his father, who died in 1895 at the age of only 45. His mother later became his ardent ally, helping him achieve key assignments as a war reporter and smoothing his career in politics.

Born in 1874 to Lord [[Randolph Churchill]] and an American mother, the former Jennie Jerome, Winston spent a typical upperclass childhood in the hands of nurses and headmasters at a succession of private schools from the age of eight. While he was no more neglected than most boys of his age and class, his sensitive nature suffered as a result of his parents' aloofness and he always regretted his failure to achieve a close relationship with his father, who died in 1895 at the age of only 45. His mother later became his ardent ally, helping him achieve key assignments as a war reporter and smoothing his career in politics.

* [[Yalta conference]]

* [[Yalta conference]]

* [[Charles de Gaulle]]

* [[Charles de Gaulle]]

* [[Polymath]]

* [[Frankin D. Roosevelt]]

 

==Links==

==Links==

*[http://www.churchill.navy.mil/default.aspx USS ''Winston S. Churchill'' DDG-81; official website]

*[http://www.churchill.navy.mil/default.aspx USS ''Winston S. Churchill'' DDG-81; official website]

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