...Winston Churchill is well known for what he did as prime minister, but there is more information to know about him. Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 and was born into an aristocratic family. His family, being aristocrats, were very wealthy which gave him a good education. He was related to many high up people. His father name was Lord Randolph Churchill, who was a British statesman and his mother’s name was Jeanette Jerome, who was a New York socialite. In Winston Churchill’s early life he got in trouble a lot and did not do well at his first two schools. In April 1888, he went to a boarding school where he enrolled in a military program. At first, he did not seem fit to go to on a military path. It took him three tries to pass the test for the British Royal Military school. Once he got in he did well though. During this time he wrote letters to his mother asking her to come and visit him, but she hardly ever came. His father died when he was 21 and didn’t really know him that well, aside from his work and what he did. Even though he never got to see his parents that often, he loved them both. While in the military, and at the Battle of Omdurman, he found himself writing reports on newspapers....
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...Winston Churchill was one of the best known political leaders during the 20th century. He was born into privilege life, and devoted himself into population. He has a complicated endowment being that he was a soldier, idealist, orator, and pragmatist. People in Great Britain thought that Winston was a superhero. Winston Churchill was a defender of democracy, and a advocate of progressive. Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on Novmber30, 1874. Queen Anne gave this home to Churchill’s ancestors. Winston served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is best known as the leader that led his country to defeat the Nazis during world war 11. He is also known as Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Churchill became the...
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...Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (Knight of the Garter, Order of Merit, Companion of Honor, Territorial Decoration, Deputy Lieutenant, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Academian) was a British politician. He was prime minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II (1940-1945) and again from 1951-1955. His impact on World War II was almost immeasurably huge. He did after all lead the people of Great Britain against the Nazis, without him the Nazis would have been much harder to defeat, not only would Great Britain most likely have been knocked out of the war, the Nazis would have then been able to focus all their attention on the Soviets, which could have then proven too much for the Red Army to Handle. When Great Britain declared war against Germany, Churchill was made First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the War Cabinet, the same position he had held during the First World War upon being informed of this, the Board of the Admiralty the British Fleet a signal saying “Winston is back”. Churchill Argued for a preemptive occupation of Norway early on in the war, this was however shot down by then British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the rest of the War Cabinet, such action wasn’t taken until after successful German invasion of Norway, an event it seems Churchill saw coming. On May 10, 1940, only hours before the German Blitzkrieg invasion of France, it became painfully obvious that the country had little to no faith...
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...Two Leaders: One Goal Juan Camilo Perez University of Phoenix University Academic Writing ENG/220 Pamela Pruett March 08, 2015 Two Leaders: One Goal World War II is considered, by many, the most significant event of the 20th century. It was a turning point in history; one that united the world, saved democracy and changed international affairs. The defeat of Hitler and his allies would not have been possible without the leadership and collaboration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill. Both of them, viewed by their constituents as their only hope, came into power at a time of crisis. America was going through the Great Depression, and Britain was in Hitler's line of sight for invasion. These very different characters came together at the height of Hitler's plan to destroy all democracies. Roosevelt's calculative personality, Churchill’s strategic impulsiveness and their clear focus on the mission, slowly but surely led the allies to victory and the ultimate elimination of Hitler and his army. America’s leader during World War II was a result driven individual, capable of making difficult decisions and taking necessary measures to protect his country even if meant losing the support of his constituents. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was elected as a 32nd President of the United States in 1932.("FDR Biography," n.d.) He came into office in the aftermath of World War I and the middle of the Great Depression. Using his experience as New York State Senator, Assistant...
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...Winston Churchill There are not too many people that can say they were knighted and given an honorable state burial, however Sir Winston Churchill can. According to (Wikipedia.org), upon the death of Churchill on January 24 1965, the queen of Britain granted him the honor of a state burial. Churchill was granted this honor due to his many accomplishments during his life. These accomplishments range from him being a great war hero, to being awarded the Nobel peace prize. However, his biggest accomplishments came during his two terms as the First Lord of Admiralty and as Prime Minister, but people still wonder if he was the right man for the jobs. Winston Churchill grew up going to school like any other kid, but as he got older his personality and leadership skills propelled him ahead of the rest. It began with his leadership in the second Boer War, where he became well known as a brave war hero according to (GlobalSecurity.org). The acknowledgement of a war hero led to him being elected to Parliament. While in the Parliament, Churchill changed from the conservative side to the liberal side due to his beliefs on the Tariff Reforms. Then in 1908 Herbert Henry Asquith appointed Winston into the Cabinet as the President of the Board of trade according to (Wikipedia.org). Wikipedia also explains how he used his position as president of trade to set up the first minimum wages in Britain. After he was finished with minimum wages he helped write the first unemployment pension...
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...Winston Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874. He lived in an aristocratic family, and eventually married Clementine Hozier on September 12th, 1908, with whom he had five children. He had a long and impressive military career, which involved fighting in at least 5 countries. He also participated largely in military politics, serving in the parliament off and on until 1939. He became the British Prime Minister in 1940, and served until he resigned in 1945. He won the general election of 1951, and again became prime minister until he resigned in 1955. He retired until his death in 1965. Winston Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough to Jennie Jerome (Lady Randolph Churchill) and Lord Randolph Churchill. They were...
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...Winston Churchill Winston churchhill was born on November 30, 1874, in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England, an died in Hyde Park Gate, London, England, on Janaury 24,1964. Also, he came from a wealth family, and started serving in the british military at a young age. He was a many things a journalist, Prime minister, and Serve in the british military. He was known mostly as a prime minister. As prime minister, Winston Churchill rallied the British people during WWII, and led his country from the getting defeat to victory. In these paragraph I will be talk about who he led this country from getting defeated in WWII. Before every thing with Hitler in WWII happened,Churchill was a leading advocate for British rearmament. By September 3, 1939, the day that Britain declared war on Germany, Churchill was appointed first lord of the Admiralty and a member of the war cabinet, and little later, became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee. On May 10, King George VI appointed Churchill as prime minister and minister of defense. Quickly, Churchill...
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...Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was born in 1874 at Blenheim Palace. His mother was an American while the father, Lord Randolph Churchill, belonged to one of England’s most distinguished families; he became Member of Parliament the same year that Winston Churchill was born. He was representative for the modern points of view in the Conservative Party and many people had expected of him to become Prime Minister. However, in 1887 he withdrew from the government and died a few years later. After having attended Sandhurst, Winston Churchill became an officer and afterwards a journalist, among other things during the Boer War. He became Member of Parliament in the year of 1900; at that time he was a Conservative. A few years later, however, he became a Liberal and subsequently a member of the government. He had many different ministerial offices, but he also spent a period in France as a soldier in WW I. At the election in 1922 he lost his seat in the House of Commons and when he was re-elected two years later it was as a Conservative. He became Chancellor of the Exchequer but afterwards he lost his political influence. He warned against Hitler and the rearmament of Germany several times in the thirties, but only few people listened to him. When it turned out that he was right in his warnings he returned to the government in 1939. For six months he was Minister of the Navy and in May 1940 at the age of 66 he then became Prime Minister. Many regarded him a symbol of the...
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...Political Carrer Winston Churchill | | | 11/22/2011 11/22/2011 The Life and Career of Sir Winston Churchill Churchill was involved in every important event of England’s from the Boer War to World War II. He served six British monarchs, from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II. Through his life he was a statesman, soldier, author, journalist and twice prime minister, Churchill’s career has no parallel in modern history. The Early Years Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, on November 30, 1874. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a brilliant politician, even though he was one of the most hated. His mother was the American Jennie Jerome. One of his ancestors was John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, a great military hero. Winston Churchill himself showed no early signs of greatness. He was in fact a stubborn, unruly, manipulative, and often difficult red-haired boy and a poor student. He was also given to unpredictable behavior. Before he was even seven years old, it was already clear that he was headstrong, highly opinionated, and virtually impossible to control. He spent four years at Harrow School at the very bottom of his class. However during this time he showed that he had a remarkable memory similar to his father's. He particularly enjoyed English. From early childhood soldiers and warfare fascinated Churchill and he often played with a large collection of lead soldiers in his nursery. His later years at...
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...Date: Sir Winston Churchill Introduction Being a high profile personality is at times beneficial to an individual not only during the person’s lifetime but also after his death. It is always good to realize that anything that an individual does always affect people around either positively or negatively and having a positive impact is always the best thing and does last for ages even after death. In stands that in the society there are people of higher ranks than others either in politics, workplace, business and many others. Often when these people quite a career that was known of them or even die they will leave a legacy behind for either the right or bad things they did while on serving in their area of influence. Doing good things to others while holding such positions is something that everyone longs for but that has never been the case for many. The many politicians and other professions in various high posts in the society have had always had their reputations to build; however, not everyone will always have the heart to help others in the society, not even those people he leads. Some will be selfish and will only be interested in being financially stable from illegal sources such as soliciting taxpayer’s money(if he is a politician) while some will be bad enough to take even away people’s lives for selfish gains. All these are traits that describe those people around us especially the high profile personalities. But there lived this man, Winston Churchill, who is not...
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...Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England. He had died January 24, 1965 at Hyde Park Gate, London, England. Winston's nickname is “Winnie” and his full name is, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. Winston, was not only a Prime Minister, but he was also a Journalist. All of his education was located at these locations; Brunswick School, Harrow School, and Royal Military College (Academy) at Sandhurst. As Winston got older, and his life started to unravel, he portrayed the same traits as his father who is, Lord Randolph Churchill which is a statesman who is British and is from an established English family. His mother, Jeanette “Jennie” Jerome, who is very independent in her work, and is a New...
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...Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and C.S. Lewis were [1] Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were great leaders for the Allies during World War II. They led their countries during very difficult, very tying, very dangerous times. Franklin Roosevelt was President of the United States, and Winston Churchill was Britain’s prime minister. [4] Preparing for a life in politics, Franklin Roosevelt attended Harvard University. He eventually ran for president and was elected. [2] In 1921, when he came down with polio, he was paralyzed from his waist down. [5] Since Europe was rapidly falling to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, the United States joined the war. [3] Reluctantly, Roosevelt, who brought the United States into the war was on the side of the Allies. Franklin Roosevelt had promised during his reelection that the United States would remain neutral in the war. [1] Winston Churchill was born and grew up in Oxford shire. When...
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...Luis De Los Santos English 9H Sarmiento Speech Analysis 12/18/14 Sir Winston Churchill, a man “Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest statesmen who ever lived” was born into to an aristocratic family. As he grew up, he showed a rebellious independent attitude which naturally would make him a bad a bad fit for military politics, but, on the contrary, he fit right in. His time in the military helped shape his future. As he worked his way up from a small town member of parliament to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, almost all of that was shaped from his military campaign. When Winston Churchill delivered his famous “We will fight them on the beaches” speech on June 4, 1940, he was a newly elected British Prime Minister in the midst...
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...Leadership Styles Identify five leaders from the lists given in Appendix A. • Select one leader’s name from List 7. I selected Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Provide the reason for selecting this leader. Emperor Hirohito was a great leader who adjusted well to change while he was in power. • Select one leader’s name from List 4. I selected Jimmy Carter • Provide the reason for selecting this leader. Jimmy Carter may not have been the best leader when it came to his presidency, but he was a great leader when it involved his humanitarian work. • Select the remaining three leaders from Lists 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6. Ensure you select only one name from a list. Ross Perot, Winston Churchill, Hillary Clinton • Provide the reason for selecting...
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...1013 Mid-Term Paper | Jerry JesseauCO 1013October 22, 2013 | Intro to Communications Mid-Term Paper Winston Churchill was a British politician who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 which is during most of the second World War, and also again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill is very commonly known for his memorable addresses to the British people at the beginning of World War II, speeches such as; We Shall Fight on the Beaches; Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat and Their Finest Hour are some of his more well-known speeches given in 1940. In this essay, how Winston Churchill kept Great Britain’s morale afloat during the dim times of World War II will be examined with the use of some of his more famous speeches. Poland, France and the majority of Europe had fallen to Hitler and Germany and Churchill was vastly responsible for keeping his nation calm. Winston Churchill’s first speech as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom came on May 13th, 1940. When speaking for the first time to the house of commons he had this to say regarding his entrance; "I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many long months of toil and struggle.” Churchill reveals that his takeover of the British government will not solve the massive struggle they have ahead, however they must act now...
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