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Page 1: Presentation Margit Uiboaid. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 1874-1965.

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Margit Uiboaid

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Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill  1874-1965

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He was...

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice

1940-1945 1951-1955 Statesman and orator Artist Writer British first lord of the

admiralty 1911-1915, 1939-1940

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He got...

Nobel Prize in Literature 1953

Made honorary US citizen 1963

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Early years

His father was a Tory politcian His mother a daughter of an American

millionaire Was born 2 months premature Had one brother Didn’t have close relationship with his

parents but became close to his nanny, called her Woomany

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He said...

She shone for me like the Evening Star. I loved her dearly - but at a distance.

Churchill on his mother

I then had one of the three or four long intimate conversations with him which are all I can boast.

Churchill on his father

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Problem

He had a speech impediment Worked hard to overcome it Finally stated that this is no hindrance It is said that he excelled because of, rather

than in spite of, his cluttering

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He said...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

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Marriage

Got married to Clementine Hozier in 1908, he was 34 then

They had 5 children Their youngest

daughter Mary is still alive

It was a life-long romance

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Career

Worked as a war journalist during Boer War, was captured and made a prisoner-of-war before escaping

Served both as a Conservative and a Liberal MP

In 1940 became a British Prime Minister who inspired people with his brilliant speeches through these difficult times

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He said...

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches...

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Holocaust

Churchill was the one who spoke against holocaust, called it the cruelest forms of persecution

To help refugees, in March 1944 Churchill by-passed the pre-war British government's restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine

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Churchill as a writer

His topic was history As with all Churchill's works, they have

nothing to say about economic or social history

These are very personal writings about war and politics

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Death

Churchill died on 24 January 1965 and was given a state funeral

He died at the age of 91

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Materials used:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Sir_Winston_Churchill/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/

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