Winston Churchill Essay

Sort By:
Page 5 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Better Essays

    courage to continue that counts.” (Brainyquote) This famous quote is from the even more famous Sir Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was one of the greatest leaders this world has ever seen. He turned the tides against Hitler and Nazis in World War II, using the power of his words. He stood up for what was right and led others to do the same, by helping to bring the Allies to victory. Winston Churchill, a single political leader of Great Britain, made a choice that greatly impacted the destiny of

    • 2059 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Winston Churchill: His Impact before, during, and after World War I and II “Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be”, said Winston Churchill(Keegan, John pg 10-11). This was one of his famous quotes during World War II. Winston Churchill was many things during his lifetime. Over the course of his life and his service during World War I and II, he filled the role of soldier, reporter, politician, historian, and Prime Minister of England

    • 1517 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Everything has a history, and Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill played one of the biggest in Europe’s. Born November 30, 1874 in Oxfordshire, England he experienced a tough childhood, but no doubt did he prosper to do great things for his country. At a time of chaos during World War II, Winston Churchill brought strategic ideas and courage to defeat one of Europe’s greatest, yet worst leaders, Adolf Hitler. Churchill was a british statesman, army officer, writer, and served as Prime Minister

    • 1349 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Winston Churchill is perhaps known as England’s most famous Prime Minister. His brief career in office in WWII brought England through the war relatively unscathed, as well as the rest of the Allies. His political career, while no doubt less lustrous, was no less impressive, making several radical changes to how England operated. Many of his acts not only impacted his home country, but also the world. Churchill was truly a great man as well as one of the best world leaders. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

    • 1459 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    taking. This man, Winston Churchill, is considered one of the greatest and most successful wartime leaders the world has ever seen. One might ask “how does one become a successful leader during a war”? Or they might even ask “why he was considered one of the greatest wartime leaders”? Or “what makes someone a good leader”? To be a successful leader one must have the right leadership qualities, for that time, that specific conflict or war, and for his/her people. In his case Churchill had the qualities

    • 768 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    forces. Winston Churchill, becoming the prime minister of World War

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Every person's story has a beginning, and Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill's started on November 30, 1874. From the day he was born until the day he died, he created a name for himself, a name that many have heard and few understand. His childhood schooling was poor, but his military life thrived. He became a soldier that fought and would suppress others and gained the title Prime minister of Britain by age 36. Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, the master British politician capable of uniting

    • 496 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    introduced these three terms to rhetoric. One speech in particular which exhibits the three classical appeals pathos, ethos, and logos is the famed wartime speech “Their Finest Hour,” given by Winston Churchill. The where, when, why, and who of “Their Finest Hour” The basic message of this speech which Churchill is trying to convey is that Hitler and Nazi Germany were growing more powerful everyday, winning nearly every battle, and the threat of world domination was truly on the rise. With Germany on

    • 815 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30 1874 and died on 24 January, 1965. He was the son of politician Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome (an American). He was a direct descendant of the first Duke of Marlborough. Physically he was a small man at 5 feet tall. Churchill attended Harrow and Sandhurst. When his father died in 1895, Churchill was commissioned in the fourth hussars. He later obtained a leave and worked during the Cuban war as a reporter for the London

    • 1651 Words
    • 7 Pages
    • 2 Works Cited
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Challenging the Process: How Churchill utilized his influence, authority, and persuasive power to Reinvent the Art of War... Sun Tzu’s Art of War is just as useful in business as it is in war. Winston Churchill not only incoroprated these ideas into politics, business and war but he redefined it in broad new ways that was consistent with the overall mandate. His use of influence, authority and persuasive power not only reinvented the Art of War but also helped Britain survive the war when it seemed

    • 1262 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays