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- 2. Who was Winston Churchill? O Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November the 30th of 1874, in Woodstock. O He was a Conservative politician and a British statesman, famous mainly for his performance as UK prime minister during the second World War. Churchill in 1900 when he was 26 years old.
- 3. His personal life O He was born in the aristocratic family of the Duke of Marlborough. O His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a successful politician, having served the Conservative Party as Minister of Finance in 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill
- 4. O His mother, Jennie Jerome, was an American socialite, daughter of the financier Leonard Jerome, which had a multi-million dollar fortune. Jennie Jerome
- 5. O Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace. Since he was two until he was six years old, he lived in Dublin where his grandfather was the viceroy of Ireland. O He was both a journalist and a writer but at the end he became a politician.
- 6. His political life O In 1900, he became a member of the Parliament and was elected twenty-six times by the Conservative Party. O In 1905 he joined the Liberal Party. He was undersecretary of the colonies and a full member of the Cabinet as Minister of Commerce.
- 7. O He was the First Lord of the Admiralty during the first World War. O After serving at the front in France, he returned to the government as minister of munitions, returned to the conservative party and became finance minister after the war.
- 8. O In 1910, he became Home Secretary. O He rejoined conservative party in 1924, due to a division in the liberal party. O In May of 1940 he became Prime Minister until 1945. O In 1945 the conservative party lost the elections for the Labour party, led by Clement Attlee, who became prime minister.
- 9. O Throughout the 1930’s, Winston Churchill spoke out concerning German rearmament, Britain’s lack of comparable military strength, and Adolf Hitler. O Churchill said that Europe should be aware of the German danger.
- 10. O From 1951 to 1955 he became again prime minister. O In 1953 he received the Nobel Literature Prize. O In 1964 there was a speculation that Churchill may have had the Alzheimer's disease, and in the period of 1949-1963 he had 10 strokes which have made him more vulnerable.
- 11. Ialta´s Conference O Ialta’s Conference was held in 1945 between February the 4th and 11th, near the Black Sea, in Crimeia. O The government leaders of the USA (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and URSS (Josef Stalin), and the prime minister of UK (Winston Churchill) joined in Ialta to decide the end of second world war.
- 12. Potsdam’s Conference O Potsdam’s Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, between July 17th and August 2nd , in 1945. O The attendees were the victorious allies of World War II, who came together to decide how to administer Germany, which unconditionally had yielded nine weeks before.
- 13. O The objectives of the conference also included the establishment of the post-war order, matters related to peace treaties and the effects of the war. Churchill, Truman and Stalin
- 14. Cold War – Iron Curtain speech On March 5, 1946, the former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill went to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri to receive an honorary degree. That was when he delivered the famous Iron Curtain speech. Churchill used the expression to describe the division of power between the Eastern Bloc and the West. He condemned the Soviet Union’s policies in Europe and afterwards he declared: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” He also warned about Soviet designs for expansion.
- 16. O On the 15th January of 1965 he suffered a severe stroke that left him severaly ill. O He died in his London home nine days later, when he was 90 years old, on the 24th January 1965.
- 18. The Nobel Literature Prize - 1953 He was the author of:
- 19. In 1953 he received the Nobel Literature Prize He was the author of:
- 20. In 1953 he received the Nobel Literature Prize He was the author of:
- 21. Churchill´s cigars Churchill was famous for smoking only Cuban cigars.
- 22. Churchill said:
- 34. O https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#/media/File:Churchill_V_sign_H U_55521.jpg O http://aanirfan.blogspot.pt/2015/05/who-was-churchills-father.html O http://sarahemitchell.com/category/women-history/ O http://www.emersonkent.com/history_notes/winston_churchill.htm O http://www.saak.nl/battlefield%20tour/2008%20england/churchill/churchill%20n l.htm O http://www.londresenespanol.com/2015/02/28/la-estatua-de-churchill-en-la- plaza-del-parlamento/ O http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/384327/Winston-Churchill-the-young-man- about-town O http://news.nationalpost.com/news/winston-churchill-spurred-scientific- innovation-as-he-dreamt-of-turning-icebergs-into-aircraft-carriers O http://www.colegioweb.com.br/segunda-guerra-mundial/conferencia-de- ialta.html O http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/winston-churchill-a-life-of-one- liners-10012926.html O http://cabinedotempo.com.br/historia-2/cabine-historica/cabine-historica- viagem-ao-passado-do-dia-17-de-julho/ O http://www.dw.com/pt/1945-confer%C3%AAncia-de-potsdam/a-593737