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W H E N A S B O R Winston churchill was born on November 30th, 1874 in Oxfordshire, England He was actually born in a room in a palace named Blenheim Palace. His parents were wealthy aristocrats. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a politician who held many high offices in the British government

R I S E T O P W Winston churchill In 1900 Churchill was elected to Parliament. Over the next 30 years he would hold a number of different offices in the government including a cabinet post in 1908.

W O R L D A I Soon after becoming Prime Minister, Germany invaded France and Britain was alone in Europe fighting Hitler. Churchill inspired the country to keep fighting despite the bad circumstances. He also helped to forge an alliance of Allied Powers with the Soviet Union and the United States. Even though he did not like Joseph Stalin and the communists of the Soviet Union, he knew the Allies needed their help to fight Germany.

W H E N D I Winston Churchill died on 24 January 1965 in London, England

A M Z I N G F C T S He wrote a number of historical books and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. He was named an honorary citizen of the United States. Churchill married Clementine Hozier in 1908. They had five children including four daughters and one son. Winston did not do well in school as a child. He also had trouble getting into the Royal Military College. Although, once in, he finished near the top of his class. he was not healthy during World War II. He had a heart attack in 1941 and pneumonia in 1943.