Winston+Leonard+Spencer+Churchill

The Right Honourable sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 1874 to Lord Randolph Churchill and the American born Jennie Jerome. Churchill fought in the British army before he began his career in politics and was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty Board and eventually Prime minister of England. Churchill is widely regarded as one of the best public speakers in histor Military Champaign and War Correspondent Churchill was educated at Harrow then attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the British military in the Fourth Hussars. Church battled on the the Indian north-west frontier an in Sudan. While Churchill was in the military he wrote reports for the Daily Telegraph and wrote several books about war. Churchill left the British Army in 1899 and became the war correspondent for the Morning Post. Churchill was taken prisoner during the Boer War when he was reporting in South Africa and made headline when he escaped. Start of government career

pre WWII an the Beginning When Hitler gained power in Germany, Churchill supported rearmament and suggested, with much controversy, that Britain and France form an alliance with the Soviet Union. When WWII broke out Churchill was appointed to the First Lord of the Admiralty Board again and became the chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee. After Prime Minister Chamberlain lost support and resigned in May, 1940, George VI appointed Churchill as the new Prime Minister on the same that Germany began invading the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Churchill became good friends with Franklin D. Roosevelt which led to the lend lease agreement of 1941 allowing Britain to buy war supplies from the U.S. on credit. Churchill was criticized for being to involved in military matters but was able to easily say the public of Britain to his view point with his public speeches. Churchill worked closely with Roosevelt after Pearl Harbor and was a loyal ally to the Soviet Union after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. Churchill met with Roosevelt and Stalin regularly during the war. His relationship was strained Churchill did manage to keep their alliance strong enough to make a united strategy against Germany. The main conflict between Stalin and Churchill was Stalin’s wish for Churchill to send allied forces to France to form a second front in 1943, while Churchill believed they should not send in the troops until the defeat of Nazi Germany was insured. Churchill continued to inspire the people of Britain, build a strong relationship with the U.S. and maintain the alliance with the Soviet Union for the remainder of the war Churchill’s impact on the world Queen Elizabeth II knighted Churchill and gave him the insignia of the order of the garter in 1953. Churchill was also given honorary citizenship to the U.S. by president Kennedy. Churchill fought for what he believed in. He fought for the truth, peace, and freedom. While Churchill was not an American but he knew what it meant to be an America. To Churchill being an American was about freedom, the truth, and fighting for what you believe

Annotated Bibliography "BBC - History - Winston Churchill (pictures, Video, Facts & News)." BBC - Homepage. BBC. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. . This site is like an in-between of the other two sites it goes into more depth than Nobelprize.org but still not enough info on Churchill’s career. This was the last site I visited so I didn’t get much info from it because most of the info was also on Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Good for a person that would like to sound insightful about Churchill but not want to do to much study.

"Winston Churchill - Biography". Nobelprize.org. 13 Jan 2012 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1953/churchill-bio.html This is a good site for a starter on Churchill it gives you a brief description of his life and all the books he wrote. It is the Nobel prize website so it is most likely reliable. I would not recommend it for an in-depth study of Churchill but it is a good starting site.

"Winston Churchill : Biography." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. . This site goes into more depth than Nobelprize.org I got most of my info for my page on this site. It gives a good account of his political career before and during WWII and a brief description of his military career as well. Great site to learn about Churchill’s life.