Winston Churchill
Born:
November 30, 1874
Died:
January 24, 1965
Age:
90
Signature:
Winston Churchill signature
Summary

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party.

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Churchill wrote a biography of his ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough in the mid-1930s
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Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference, with Roosevelt and Stalin beside him
Churchill at Potsdam, July 1945
Churchill at Potsdam, July 1945
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Churchill at the Cairo Conference in 1943
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Churchill's grave at St Martin's Church, Bladon
Churchill's grave at St Martin's Church, Bladon
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Statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill in New Bond Street, London
The destruction of Dresden, February 1945
The destruction of Dresden, February 1945
Churchill in the cockpit of B24 Liberator Commando, in which Captain William Vanderkloot flew him to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin, August 1942, and to the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.
Churchill in the cockpit of B24 Liberator Commando, in which Captain William Vanderkloot flew him to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin, August 1942, and to the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.
Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train passing Clapham Junction
Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train passing Clapham Junction
 
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