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2 days ago · He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Mahdist War (also known as the Anglo-Sudan War), and the Second Boer War, later gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected a Conservative MP in 1900, he defected to the Liberals in 1904.
- Clementine Churchill
Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness...
- Descendants of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston, his only son Randolph, and grandson Winston....
- Winston Churchill (Disambiguation)
Other people. Winston Churchill (Cavalier), English soldier,...
- Diana Churchill
She was an officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service during...
- Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24...
- Anthony Eden
First World War. During the First World War, Eden's elder...
- Sarah Churchill
Catherine Grace Katz's book, The daughters of Yalta: The...
- Clement Attlee
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the Government faced...
- Death and State Funeral of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill, the British statesman, soldier, and...
- Clementine Churchill
1 day ago · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.
- What was the cause of World War II?World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on S...
- What countries fought in World War II?The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- Who were the leaders during World War II?The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- What were the turning points of World War II?The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- How did World War II end?The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- How many people died during World War II?Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
3 days ago · Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory. After a sensational rise to prominence ...
- What did Winston Churchill do during World War II?As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- What was Winston Churchill’s family background?Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- Where was Winston Churchill educated?At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
5 days ago · Funding & Distribution. Transcript. Nebraska Public Media Originals is a local public television program presented by Nebraska Public Media . Journalist Robert Reuben was working as a war ...
6 days ago · Front Woman – Frank McNally on a pioneering war correspondent, Maggie Higgins. After Korea, she went to Moscow, the first American correspondent allowed into the post-Stalin USSR. Expand....
1 day ago · During World War II, Salinger met and corresponded with Hemingway, whom he acknowledged as an influence. In a letter to Hemingway, Salinger claimed their talks "had given him his only hopeful minutes of the entire war" and jokingly "named himself national chairman of the Hemingway Fan Clubs".
1 day ago · Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev [b] [c] (15 April [ O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor ...
