![]() He was also a descendant of the First Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, who designed the home where Winston would spend his early life. Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston’s father, was a well-known figure in Conservative politics in late 19 th-century Britain. Quite a legacy.Ĭhurchill comes from a long line of aristocratic politicians. He even won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. He earned himself a British War Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Order of Liberation and Crosses of Military Merit to name a few. As well as a politician, Churchill was also an author and a prolific artist, who painted over 500 canvases, exhibited at the Royal Academy and at Paris, and sold paintings.A post shared by History Everyday on at 11:40am PDTĪs far as accomplishments go, Churchill’s countless honours and awards speak for themselves. He has been played by an almost incalculable number of actors on screen, but three of the most notable and acclaimed screen portrayals were by Robert Hardy in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) (which covers Churchill's life from 1929 to 1939), Albert Finney in The Gathering Storm (2002) (also set in the 1930s before he became Prime Minister) and Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2017) (set in May 1940). Wrote to him on his death bed: "I owe you what every Englishman, woman,Īnd child owes you - liberty itself." As one of the most significant British politicians of the 20th century, Churchill remains one of the country's most widely recognized figures. Of first surviving and ultimately winning the war. ![]() In the common purpose, inspiring them with fortitude and strength toįace whatever hardships that would have to be incurred in the process Due to deteriorating health he retired in 1955. He lost the 1945 General Election by a landslide, lost again in 1950, but was re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951 despite receiving fewer votes than Labour. The US's participation wasĮxcellent news to Churchill and after success on D-Day and as the Naziįorces were gradually forced back, the war in Europe gradually drew toĪ close. You ask: 'What is our aim?' I can answer in one word: 'Victory! Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be for without victory there is no survival.'" The United States officially entered the warĪfter the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He made a speech on 13 May: "You ask: 'What is our policy?' I will say: 'It is to wage war by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalog of human crime.' That is our policy. Chamberlain recommended the King should ask Churchill to succeed him as Prime Minister. Chamberlain was widely blamed for the failed British invasion of Norway, although realistically Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty was largely to blame for the failure of the Norwegian Campaign. On Hitler's forces invaded Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg in order to invade France. When the UK and France declared war on Germany in 1939, Neville Chamberlain was British Prime Minister. The 1930s saw fascism grow in strength throughout Europe with dictators such as Italy's Benito Mussolini, Germany's Adolf Hitler and Spain's Francisco Franco. From here until 1929 he held various offices in British Parliament. He fought in various parts of the British Empire until in 1900 when he won the Conservative seat in Oldham in the general election. ![]() ![]() After passing through famous English public schools such as Harrow, he went on to fulfill his ambition for a life in the army. His mother, Jennie Jerome, was the daughter of an American financier. His father was the Duke's third son, Lord Randolph Churchill. Born in Blenheim Palace, the residence of his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough. ![]()
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