Later, in 1900 Churchill joined the parliament with the Conservatives. Having similar point of view as his father, he supported the social reform. After several disagreements with the Conservatives, he joined the Liberals in 1904, in search of social justice. He was appointed as the president of the Board of Trade in 1908. During this time, he introduced several reforms for the prison system, introduced the first minimum wage and helped set up labor exchanges and unemployment insurance. He then was named the first Lord of the Admiralty, in which he helped modernize the British navy. He remained in his post until 1915, when he forced out from government after his participation in the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I. In 1940, he became the British Prime Minister serving until 1945 and then again between 1951 and 1955. He is now recognized for successfully leading Britain throughout the Second World War. This began on September 3, 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. The Prime Minister at the time, Chamberlain, appointed Churchill to his old post in charge of the Admiralty. However he came to serve as Prime Minister after the German invasion of the Low …show more content…
At the point when Hitler propelled his sudden assault on the Soviet Union, Churchill's reaction was quick and unequivocal. He decided that it was the most accurate decision to support Soviet Russia as well as with the United States, thus forming the ‘grand alliance’. This grand alliance included the pooling of the nations' military and financial assets under consolidated sheets and a joined head of staff; the foundation of solidarity in all battlefields; and concurrence on the essential system for the defeat of Germany with greater priority over Japan's defeat. The grand alliance had come into being. Churchill could claim to be its principal