The Most Controversial Periods Of Winston Churchill

Decent Essays
Alberto Gruyair
Mr. Saleeba
English IV
22 September 2017
Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was a famous name since the Second World War. We have known him as the Prime Minister of England and helped us win the war. He stood strong against the enemies of Germany, Italy, and Russia, and Japan He wasn’t always so successful, during the First World War he messed up. “One of the most controversial periods of Winston Churchill’s long career was that as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 to 1915. During this period of WWI, he championed a plan to break through the Dardanelles Straits to open a supply line to the Russians and break the stalemate on the front in France.” (winstonchurchill.org). The plan failed and he left politics for

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