Transcript Winston Churchill (1874

Winston Churchill
(1874-1965)
"This is your victory. It is the victory of the cause
of freedom in every land. In all our long history we
have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone,
man or woman, has done their best. Everyone has
tried. Neither the long years, nor the dangers, nor
the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way
weakened the independent resolve of the British
nation. God bless you all.”
---Winston Churchill 1946
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Quotes
• A joke is a very serious thing.
• A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you
and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every
opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in
every difficulty.
• However beautiful the strategy, you should
occasionally look at the results.
• History is written by the victors.
Churchill’s Life
Winston Churchill enjoyed one
of the longest and most interesting
lives of any person who has ever
lived. From his birth at Blenheim
Palace on November 30th, 1874, to
his death at Hyde Park Gate in
London on January 24, 1965, his
life was one of action, controversy,
setback and achievement. It was
never dull.
Churchill’s Life
• Family
• Politics
• Literature
• Art
• Honors
FAMILY
Father: Randolph Churchill, a Conservative
politician
Mother: Jennie Jerome, the daughter of Leonard
Jerome, a New York businessman.
• The Right Honorable Sir Winston
Leonard Spencer Churchill (18741965) was educated at Harrow and
Sandhurst.
POLITICS
• 1900…Conservative MP for
Oldham
• 1906…Under-Secretary
of State
• 1908…President of the Board of Trade.
• 1910...Home Secretary
• 1911…First Lord of the Admiralty
• 1912…Royal Naval Air Service & Air Department
• 1915…Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1919...Minister of War and Air
• 1921…Colonial Secretary
POLITICS
• Defeated by E.D. Morel at Dundee in 1922
General Election
• Successfully elected to represent Epping in the
1924 General Election
• Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the new
Conservative administration, appointed Churchill
as Chancellor of the Exchequer
• In 1929, Churchill lost office
Churchill in World War Ⅱ
On the outbreak of the Second World War Churchill was
appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and on 4th April 1940
became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee.
In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister
of Defense and remained in office until 1945.
After Pearl Harbor Churchill worked closely with
Franklin D. Roosevelt to ensure victory
over Germany and Japan. He was also a
loyal ally of the Soviet Union after Adolf
Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in
June, 1941.
Churchill held important meetings with
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at
Teheran (November, 1943) and Yalta
(February, 1945).
POLITICS
The End of Churchill’s Political Life
He took over the premiership again in the
Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955 .
He remained a Member of Parliament until the
general election of 1964, when he did not seek reelection.
LITERATURE
• Churchill's literary career began with campaign reports:
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River
War (1899)
• 1900, he published his only novel, Savrola
• 1906, his first major work, the biography of his father,
Lord Randolph Churchill
• 1933-1938, his other famous biography, the life of his great
ancestor, The Duke of Marlborough
• 1923-1929, Churchill's history of the First World War The
World Crisis
• 1930, an autobiographical account of his youth, My Early
Life
• 1948-1953/54, his memoirs of the Second World War
• 1956-1958, History of the English-speaking Peoples
• His magnificent oratory: The Unrelenting Struggle (1942),
The Dawn of Liberation (1945), and Victory (1946).
ART
• Churchill, a gifted amateur painter, wrote Painting
as a Pastime (1948).
HONORS
• 1953, Churchill was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• 1953, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him the
dignity of Knighthood and invested him with the
insignia of the Order of the Garter.
• 1963, President Kennedy conferred on him the
honorary citizenship of the United States.