Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Sir Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 6 pages of information about the life of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Sir.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Sir Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 6 pages of information about the life of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Sir.
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The English statesman and author Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) led Britain during World War II and is often described as the "savior of his country."

Sir Winston Churchill's exact place in the political history of the 20th century is, and will continue to be, a subject of debate and polemical writing. Where he succeeded, and how much he personally had to do with that success, and where he failed, and why, remain to be established. That he was a political figure of enormous influence and importance, belonging in many ways to an age earlier than the 20th century, and that he fitted uneasily into the constraints of British party politics until his moment came in 1940 are not in doubt. Until recently his reputation during the years from 1940 onward was scarcely questioned. But now historians are beginning to reassess his career in just the same way as...

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