Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and had a second term spanning from 1951 to 1955. He was also an officer of the British Army and writer, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953 (Mishra).
Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill was a politician, his mother an American socialite. As a young army officer, he served in British India and fought in the Anglo-Sudan war, where he became famous for his various correspondences. Churchill held many political positions during his fifty years of leadership in British politics. Before the First World War, he was the President of the Board …show more content…
Germany had already invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and would lead to being the ultimate test for Churchill as leader of Great Britain. He managed to keep Britain in defiance from Hitler. The British people were overwhelmed by Churchill’s effort- his war strategies and how he kept the British moral up during the war was admirable and would remain so throughout the rest of history as part of his legacy. Britain was part of the Allies, fighting next to the Soviet Union and the United States. Churchill had a good relationship with Roosevelt, as Churchill turned to United States after Nazi Germany had invaded Poland in September 1939 (Axelrod). Churchill met Roosevelt in August 1941 and signed the “Atlantic Charter”, a plan that was for International peace and adherence to national sovereignty (Mishra). Churchill´s tactic was often controversial. He wanted to avoid an invasion of the European mainland until the “soft underbelly of Europe” had breached by clearing North Africa and the Mediterranean of the enemy (Axelrod). The U.S. commanders thought this was waste of resources, but Roosevelt agreed upon this and sent more men to North Africa. It was not until D-day in Normandy 1944 that allied forces would usher in the main offensive of Europe …show more content…
When Churchill realized that Allied victory was getting closer, he turned his focus toward Soviet as a future threat. It was not his hate for communism that was his fear, but the thought of a totalitarian regime finding its way into Great Britain. As a part of this fear, he wanted the western Allies to take control of Berlin, so it would not be occupied by the Soviets (Axelrod). The Americans did not agree on this, as they saw Berlin as a political, not a military objective. They did not want anymore casualties on their conscience. The last war conference Churchill attended was the Yalta Conference in February 1945, right before the end of the war. This time the difference between the Soviet Union and the United States and Britain was emerging (Mishra). Churchill had gone many verbally exhausting rounds with Stalin over Poland´s fate, as well as how to divide Germany and Berlin. As soon as their common enemy was defeated, the cold war
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and had a second term spanning from 1951 to 1955. He was also an officer of the British Army and writer, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953 (Mishra).
Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill was a politician, his mother an American socialite. As a young army officer, he served in British India and fought in the Anglo-Sudan war, where he became famous for his various correspondences. Churchill held many political positions during his fifty years of leadership in British politics. Before the First World War, he was the President of the Board …show more content…
Germany had already invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and would lead to being the ultimate test for Churchill as leader of Great Britain. He managed to keep Britain in defiance from Hitler. The British people were overwhelmed by Churchill’s effort- his war strategies and how he kept the British moral up during the war was admirable and would remain so throughout the rest of history as part of his legacy. Britain was part of the Allies, fighting next to the Soviet Union and the United States. Churchill had a good relationship with Roosevelt, as Churchill turned to United States after Nazi Germany had invaded Poland in September 1939 (Axelrod). Churchill met Roosevelt in August 1941 and signed the “Atlantic Charter”, a plan that was for International peace and adherence to national sovereignty (Mishra). Churchill´s tactic was often controversial. He wanted to avoid an invasion of the European mainland until the “soft underbelly of Europe” had breached by clearing North Africa and the Mediterranean of the enemy (Axelrod). The U.S. commanders thought this was waste of resources, but Roosevelt agreed upon this and sent more men to North Africa. It was not until D-day in Normandy 1944 that allied forces would usher in the main offensive of Europe …show more content…
When Churchill realized that Allied victory was getting closer, he turned his focus toward Soviet as a future threat. It was not his hate for communism that was his fear, but the thought of a totalitarian regime finding its way into Great Britain. As a part of this fear, he wanted the western Allies to take control of Berlin, so it would not be occupied by the Soviets (Axelrod). The Americans did not agree on this, as they saw Berlin as a political, not a military objective. They did not want anymore casualties on their conscience. The last war conference Churchill attended was the Yalta Conference in February 1945, right before the end of the war. This time the difference between the Soviet Union and the United States and Britain was emerging (Mishra). Churchill had gone many verbally exhausting rounds with Stalin over Poland´s fate, as well as how to divide Germany and Berlin. As soon as their common enemy was defeated, the cold war