winston churchill
When World War II broke out Neville Chamberlain was Britain's prime minister but in 1940 Winston Churchill took over. he was a tough confident leader whose famous speeches gave hope to the soldier of Britain. Winston Churchill never gave up.
HERE IS A FAMOUS SPEECH FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL,CALLED MASTERS OF OUR FATE. |
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his childhood
Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874, in Blenheim Palace near Oxford.Blenheim Palace was built for John Churchill. He was Duke of Marlborough and a famous soldier, he was Winston Churchill's ancestor. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill, he was an important person. Winston Churchill lived his life with his little brother,Jack. His mother, Jennie Jerome had barely no time to look after them so they hired a nurse to look after them.
Winston Churchill did not like school because he was beaten by his teacher and never got enough to eat but he changed school and this time he liked it that's because it was near the sea and he learned to swim and ride a horse.Then came the exams... He was so curious with the the first exam that for the next one he only wrote his name but he passed the exams! He went to Harrow school in 1888, it was a famous.
wars and adventures
In 1893, Churchill join the Army college in Sandhurst. He want to be a great soldier.Sadly in 1895 his father tragically pasted away and so did his nurse. He went to America and Cuba ,he also wrote for the newspaper about his adventures. Churchill was sent to India in 1896, at this time India was part of the British Empire,he asked if they can help the British fight in the Sudan(This a big country in east Africa)
Next, he went as a newspaper reporter to South Africa. There, the British Army was fighting the Boers(white south Africans who fought Britain). There Churchill got captured by the Boers but luckily he escaped through a window and hid on a train, he came to Britain as a hero. In 1908 he got married to Clementine Hozier after this he took charge of The Royal Navy, Britain has the world's biggest Navy. but he died in 1965 which was very sorrowful for a lot of people, he died because of smoking big cigars.