The genius of Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, an historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….3
THE CHAPTER 1. Family of Winston Churchill and his early life………………5
1. Family and early life of Churchill………………………………………….5
2. Marriage and children………………………………………………………6
3. Service in the army………………………………………………………….8
THE CHAPTER 2. Winston Churchill in politics 1900-1939………………….13
2.1. Early years in parliament………………………………………………….13
2.2. World War I and post war coalition. ……………………………………..15
2.3. Political isolation…………………………………………………………….17
THE CHAPTER 3. Role as wartime prime minister…………………………….23
3.1. Bitter beginning of the war………………………………………………….23
3.2. Relations with the USA and the Soviet Union……………………………..25
3.3. Bombing of Dresden in World War II. The end of World War II…………..27
THE CHAPTER 4. Activity of Winston Churchill after the World War II………30
4.1. Return to the power………………………………………………………….30
4.2. Later life of Winston Churchill…………………………………………….35
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………..39
LITERATURE……………………………………………………………………41