Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(
30 November
1874
?
24 Januar
1965
) wis an Inglis politeecian maist weel-kent for his guideship o the
Unitit Kinrick
durin
Warld War II
. Houaniver he wis an officer in the
Breetish airmy
, a historian, a
Nobel Prize
-winnin author an an airtist an aw.
He wis born in
Bleinheim Pailace
in 1874, intae a weel-kent faimlie. As a bairn, he was nae guid at the schuilin, an gat intae tribble. He gaed tae
Harrow Schuil
1888, an while thare he jynt the Harrow Rifle Corps. Forby thon, while he wis thare he gat guid merks in
Inglis
an
History
an wis the schuil
fencin
kemp.
Efter he left Harrow in 1893, he applee'd tae the
Ryal Militar Academy Sandhurst
, houaniver it teuk him three shotties for tae git in. Whan he gat in, he graduatit 8t oot a cless o 150, an wis commeesioned as a Seicont Lieutenant in the
4t Queen's Ain Hussars
. As an officer in the
Breetish airmy
, he saw fechtin in
Indie
,
Sudan
an in
Sooth Africae
, durin the
Seicont Boer War
. Forby thon, he sert on the Wastren Front durin
Warld War I
.
In 1900 he wis electit tae be a Member o Pairlament for Oldham as a
Conservative
. Houaniver in 1904 he becam a
Leeberal
, an in 1906 becam Member o Pairliament for Manchester North-Wast. In 1911 he becam
First Laird o the Admiralty
, a poseetion he haudit intae
Warld Weir I
. He supportit reform sic as naval aviation, oncome o
tanks
an chyngin frae coal tae ile in the
Ryal Navy
. Houaniver, efter the
Battle o Gallipoli
, he resignt an jynt the airmy ance mair serrin on the Wastren Front (see abuin). In 1922 he jynt the Conservatives again, but didna git electit, sae he 1923 he retourt tae the Leeberals but didna git electit but he gat electit in 1924 as an independent in Epping, an the neist year he jynt the Conservatives yit again an wis appyntit thesaurer. In 1929 the Conservatives tint the General Election, an Churchill didna chuise tae try an git reelectit, but he chuist tae stey inrowed in politics.
At the ootbrak o
Warld War II
, Churchill wis appyntit First Laird o the Admiralty again, siclike he haed been at the ootbrak o WWI. But efter
Neville Chamberlain
resigned as Prime Meenister, Churchill teuk ower. As Prime Meenister, Breetain faced bein invadit bi Germany. His speeches wis o great inspiration tae the Breetish fowk, mony o thaim aye weel-kent nou. He haed a guid sibness wi
Americae
that helpit tae git supplies frae thaim, an keepit thaim as allies. Maugre o bein anti-communist, he supportit the Soviet Union durin WWII an gied thaim supplees an wappens. His speeches keepit Breetish fettle up, an he helpit tae guide the kintra's militar wi his generals tae win the war, whan it haed leukit lik Breetain wad be invadit. This makkit him verra faur ben wi Breetish fowk, an he is conseedered ane o the best orators e'er. Warld War 2 endit lang an lenth in August 1945.
Efter the war, maugre his undeemous popularity, he tint the neist general election. This is jaloused tae be acause the Breetish fowk socht reform efter the war. Houaniver he bid in politics, an wis reelectit as Prime Meenister in 1951. Durin this time, he haed tae deal wi the
Mau Mau rebellion
an the
Malayan Emergency
, but aucht unweel halth, he retired as Prime Meenister in 1955. He than spent less time in Pairlament till he retired frae poleetics awthegither in 1964. He dee'd in 1965. Nouadays he is conseedered ane o the best orators, leaders an Breetish fowk e'er.