Winston Churchill's Accomplishments

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Britain. He was born into an elite family with a rebellious personality in his early years. In his later years, he suffered from a brain disorder and had a state funeral. Churchill’s accomplishments are what made him a great person by establishing the first minimum wage system in Britain to helping with People’s Budget. In Winston’s political career he has made amazing speeches and one of his famous quotes during the Air Raid of London. And his military career at Royal Military College, Sandhurst almost ended before it even started. Winston Churchill was a man of both intelligence and courage, which is that he has shown both of those characteristics through his life.

Winston Churchill was born as

Also in 1909, the famous People’s Budget was introduced in the British Parliament by David Lloyd George, and Churchill vigorously supported the budget, which introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy and radical social welfare programmes in Britain. In 1911, Churchill was made the First Lord of Admiralty, a post he held onto until 1915, and his primary contribution in this capacity were naval reforms which included setting up in 1912 of the Royal Naval Air Service, a department of naval aviation. Winston Churchill served as the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air from 1919 to 1921, so Churchill was responsible for demobilization after the First World War. On September 3rd, 1939, the day UK declared war on Germany, following the outbreak of World War II, Winston Churchill was re-appointed First Lord of Admiralty, and during the Battle of France, Neville Chamberlain resigned and Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 10th, 1940. Winston gave his electrifying “This was their finest hour” speech in which he asked Britain to prepare for the Battle of Britain, urged its people to “brace ourselves to our duties” and prepared the British for a long war. He gave stirring speeches in Parliament and on the radio to unite the nation and make it stand as one, and under the

Following his father into politics, he also followed his father’s sense of independence, becoming a supporter of social reform. Unconvinced that the Conservative Party was committed to social justice, Churchill switched to the Liberal Party in 1904. He was elected a member of Parliament in 1908 and was appointed to the prime minister’s cabinet as president of the Board of Trade. That same year, he married Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, after a short courtship. As president of the Board of Trade, he joined newly appointed Chancellor Lloyd George in opposing the expansion of the British Navy. Churchill’s famous quote during Nazi Germany Air Raid of London on May 11th, 1941: ‘You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory--victory at all costs, victory in spite of terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no