(1874-1965) First lord of the Admiralty, 1911-15; chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1915; commanded a battalion on the Western Front, 1915-16; minister of munitions, 1917-19; war (and air) secretary, 1919-21.
Churchill was prime minister of Britain from 1940 to 1945. He was one of the Big Three Allied leaders along with Roosevelt and Stalin. His eloquent statesmanship and steady leadership inspired the British people during the dark days of World War II.