Skip to main content
Like
Create new Glog
previous
next
Email share
1048 views | 0 likes | 0 reposts
Was a Prime Minister of the UK (1940-1945), and was also the officer in the British Army.
Mini biography: *Born on 30 November 1874 at Blenhiem Palace in Oxfordshire, England, into an aristocratic family. His father is a Conservative politician, his mother an American heiress. Churchill receives his schooling at Harrow then is admitted to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, where he studies to become an officer. *1900- Standing for the Conservitive Party, he elected to the British Parliament as the member for Oldham. *1917 - In July he is appointed minister of munitions in Lloyd George's coalition government and works to push through the development of the tank and its deployment on the Western Front. *1940 - On 10 May Churchill is appointed prime minister of a coalition war government. He also takes charge of the Ministry of Defence and the leadership of the House of Commons.
When he faces the house for the first time as prime minister on 13 May. He commits himself and the nation to all out war until victory is won. '' I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat,'' he says.
On May 10th, 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and during the war, he was the most dominant figure in British politics – a role that received huge praise once the war was over.
WiNSTON CHURCHiLL Nov. 30, 1874-Jan 24 1965
After a brief but eventful career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century.
PICTURES: http://stgabss.net/SpecialNeeds/images/stories/famous/496px-winston_churchill. & http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MEPOD/10086138-FB~Winston-Churchill-British-Prime-Minister-in-Later-Life-Reading-a-Letter-Posters.jpg INFO: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/winston_churchill.htm VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehNTmCCQ7s
