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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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  • TIME magazine's man of the year 1940 and 1949.
  • First Honorary Citizen of the United States.
  • Lost his seat in parliament in the 1922 elections.
  • Received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Was given a state funeral by decree of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the UK during the Second World War and helped lead the Allies to victory in Europe. Churchill served in various military capacities around the world and then became a member of Parliament in 1901. He later worked to modernize the navy as First Lord of the Admiralty and was involved in WWI. Afterwards Churchill became Secretary of State for war and air and he pressed for air power development. He then fell into political obscurity and spent his time writing. With the outbreak of war in 1939 he was recalled as First Lord of the Admiralty and was then called to exercise supreme power as prime minister and minister of defense in 1940.
 

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