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How Did Winston Churchill Impact The World

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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. Winston Churchill is widely known to history as a defender of democracy. Despite difficulties in his early life, he still overcame the setbacks to rise to prominence. When Churchill was a child, he was not a good student. He got horrible grades. When he tried to join the military, he failed. “At first it didn’t seem the military was a good choice for Churchill”(www.biography .com). When he got in on his third try, he was one of the worst in the class.
After joining the military, he fought in the Boer War. This …show more content…

He thought that he could help his country more as a soldier than a politician at that point in time. On November 18, 1915, he resigned from his political career, though not permanently, and decided to fight as a soldier in the war at the regiment at the front. Two days later, he went and joined the Second Battalion Grenadier Guards. However, on May 6, 1916, he decided to resign from his regiment and went back to his political career because he decided he had done enough on the front lines and should help out at home. He didn’t hold a specific position in government, other than Parliament, until 1917, when he became minister of munitions. Two months after the war ended, he became secretary of state of war and air. Afterwards, he became Colonial Secretary. Soon after, he wrote a series that describes the events that occurred during World War I. Twenty years later, World War II came to

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