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    Sir Winston Churchill once said that Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Churchill had faced many challenges and set backs all through his life before he became one of the most influential leaders in our modern history. Churchill was passed on by members of his own political affiliation and the British monarchy to be elected as a member of the house committee. He was only approached, during time of need; when British government realized the lack of

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    While serving as First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill helped to modernized the British Navy. He ordered that new warships be built with oil-fired instead of coal fired engines. Among other things, Churchill was appointed the title of Minister of Munitions for the last year of the war and oversaw the production of tanks, airplanes and munitions. There were fractures eventually in the Liberal Party which lead to the defeat of Churchill as a member of Parliament in 1922 so he rejoined the Conservative

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    The British made valiant efforts to defend their homeland from German invasion and the battle was mostly fought in the air. The Britain and its allies fought very courageously, as Churchill later said: “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” A major factor in Germany's inability to win the battle was that they failed to destroy the English fighter command installations and didn’t realize that the British were using radar extensively along with an army of observers that thoroughly communicated

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    Conflict Brings People Together Winston Churchill once said “ Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.” ( Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat) Churchill was giving one of his most iconic speeches, and bringing hope to Great Britain. The people of Great Britain needed this hope to fight against the Axis Powers. In the U.S, the war actually brought them together and got them through the Great Depression. After the war was won people in the U.S and in Great Britain were so proud

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    March 5, 1946, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill uttered a phrase that will put two of the most militarized countries in the world at that time against each other. "The Iron Curtain," Winston is quoted as saying (Olsen). Churchill says these words in reference to The Soviet Union and their hunger for empirical growth after their victory, as a part of The Allies, over the Axis Powers in WWII. Many historians speculate that it is this phrase, included in his "The Sinews of Peace" speech, that started

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    position of Prime Minister while a world-wide war will erupt on your very steps with unbridled intensity in a matter of days. Winston Churchill addressed the British House of Commons May 13th, 1940, aimed at the public, as the new Prime Minister due to the resignation from previous Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a time that many people needed reassuring. Churchill is largely a revered leader in Britain’s history, which can be attributed to his confident and decisive leadership when the British

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    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 for

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    the German advancement. However, Great Britain, under the leadership of Winston Churchill, managed to stall the German forces from defeating more countries and eventually won the war. This would not have been likely without Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the time, making the decisions that could potentially stop the German advancement or be thoroughly defeated. Despite the many losses Britain suffered, Churchill persevered and his tenacity as a leader brought Britain and the Allied Powers

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    Winston Churchill is one of the most influential characters in U.S. and European history. Born in 1874, Churchill would lead a life of reverence. After serving in the British army, Churchill became prime minister of Britain in 1940 at the age of 66. As the prime minister of Britain, Churchill helped serve in World War 2 by aiding the U.S. and Russia against the axis powers: Italy, Germany, and Japan. Churchill, along with the U.S. and Russia who were the allies, participated in building peace and

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    The Gallipoli campaign was an attack on the Turkish shore of Gallipoli by the Anzacs (Australian, New Zealand Army corps) and other forces including India, France, Britain and Canada (the allies). The main objective of the Gallipoli campaign was to capture the capital city of Turkey to preclude them from supplying troops to the central powers. It was an eight month campaign went from April 25, 1915 to January nine, 1916. However it was one of the greatest defeats in the history for the Allies in

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