He was prime minister of the united kingdom from 1940 to 1945 when he led the country to victory in the second world war and again from 1951 to 1955.
Winston churchill ww2. The second world war can be read with profit by students of the period as a memoir by a leading participant rather than a comprehensive history by a professional and detached historian. He was the prime minister of britain during world war ii and was also involved in the government during world war i. He was a gifted journalist a biographer a historian a talented painter and an orator of rare power. Winston churchill the man who had done so much to secure eventual allied victory was once again out of office.
Winston churchill winston churchill leadership during world war ii. Sir winston leonard spencer churchill 30 november 1874 24 january 1965 was a british politician army officer and writer. Churchill had an unhappy childhood. A student historian and veteran of.
However churchill was to pay the price for the bloody failure of the dardanelles campaign in 1915 it was winston churchill who proposed the expedition to the war council and as a result he was held responsible for its failure. A romantic believer in his country s greatness and its historic role in europe the empire and the world. The second world war particularly the period from 1940 to 1942 when britain fought with the support of the empire and a few allies was the climax of churchill s career and his inside story of those days is. A devotee of action who thrived on challenge and crisis.
Winston churchill put a strong emphasis on modernisation and he was an early supporter of using planes in combat. An electorate weary of war was looking ahead to a new britain. Churchill was a leader a historian a writer and a painter. Winston churchill winston churchill was chosen as one of the most influential leaders of all time.
In a sense the whole of churchill s previous career had been a preparation for wartime leadership. The moment churchill announced the end of ww2 jump to media player at exactly 1500 on 8 may 1945 british pm winston churchill announced the end of the war in europe. Winston churchill before world war 2 winston churchill was born on november 30 1874 the eldest son of lord randolph churchill and jennie jerome.