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Introduction
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Prime minister to the United Kingdom and Honorary citizen of the United states, was born of November 30, 1874 ("Wintson Churchill") -
The battle of Omdurman
While serving in the British Calvary, Winston Churchill participated in what came to be known as the "last effective british calvary charge" at the battle of Omdurman in the Sudan. During this time he published his second book, a firsthand account of the battle titled "The River War" ("Winston Churchill: The River War") -
First Speech to the House of Commons
Churchill ascended to the rank of Prime minister of the United Kingdom on May 10, 1940. Less than a week later he addressed House of Commons in parliament for the first time. Churchill understood the implications of the escalating war in Europe and stated, "We have before us an ordeal of the most grevious kind. We have before us many long months of struggle and suffering." ("Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat") a full transcript of the speech can be viewed here -
All Behind You, Winston
Despite the dire situation that the British Empire faced in 1940, the British people stood with Winston Churchill and trusted in him to lead them to victory. ("Winston Churchill") The image presented here is a political cartoon from the listed date. It shows how the British people were fed up with the war mongering of Nazi Germany and were prepared to stand with Churchill in order to put a stop to it. ("All Behind You, Winston") -
The Finest Hour
By the time that Churchill spoke to the House of Commons again the situation in Europe had become increasingly dire. France had fallen under Nazi occupation, and Churchill understood that Hitler would set his sights on the UK next. ("Winston Churchill") -
The finest hour continued
He knew that if Britain fell, all of Europe and the United States would follow so he told the people of Britain, " Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, This was their finest hour" ("Their Finest Hour") a full recording of the speech can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB5wZtV1MWM -
The Iron Curtain
Throughout the course of WWII, Churchill voiced his disdain for working with the Soviet Union. He knew that after the war ended, another struggle would begin between the forces of Communism and Capitalism. He also knew that the Soviets would occupy the territory that they gained during the war. In a speech to a college in Missouri he stated, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent" ("The Sinews of Peace) -
The Iron Curtain continued
The transcript of the speech as well as a video of it can be found here -
Death
On the 24th of January, 1965 Sir Winston Churchill died of natural causes
