Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He led Britain to victory in World War II and helped rebuild the nation. Churchill was also an author and historian who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his mastery of historical writing and oratory. He had a long career as a soldier, war correspondent, and politician prior to becoming Prime Minister during Britain's darkest hour in World War II.

1.  (November 30 1874 – January 24 1965)
“History
will be
kind to
me for I
intend to
write it.”

2.  A noted statesman and
orator, Churchill was
also an officer in the
British Army, a
historian, a writer, and
an artist. He is the only
British prime minister
to have received the
Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1953
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

4.  The grandson of the 7th
Duke of Marlborough. His
father, Lord Randolph
Churchill, was a
charismatic politician
who served as
Chancellor of the
Exchequer; his mother,
Jennie Jerome, was an
American socialite.

5.  As a young army
officer, he saw
action in British
India, the Sudan,
and the Second
Boer War. He gained
fame as a war
correspondent and
wrote books about
his campaigns.

6. Churchill met his future wife, Clementine
Hozier, in 1904 at a ball in Crewe House,
home of the Earl of Crewe and Crewe's
wife Margaret Primrose

8. He was
Prime
Minister of
the UK from
1940 to 1945
and again
from 1951 to
1955.

9. A noted statesman
and orator, Churchill
was also an officer
in the British Arm

11. The Nobel Prize in
Literature 1953 was
awarded to Winston
Churchill "for his
mastery of
historical and
biographical
description as well
as for brilliant
oratory in
defending exalted
human values".

12.  Winston Churchill
giving his famous
'V' sign—on 20
May 1940, just ten
days after
Churchill became
Prime Minister,
German troops
reached the
English Channel.