Labels:text | human face | newspaper | screenshot | man | person | news OCR: BIOGRAPHIES The figures who helped shape the century ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Churchill, Winston Winston Churchill LLLL LLLL Prime minister during World War 11, Winston Churchill because lateur as the "greatest living Englishman." His inspired leadership and brillant oratory rallied Britain in the daricest days of the war against Adoy Heder and the 20TH CENTURY Nuis, and played a large past as the ultimate vietery. IN FOCUS ICON In addition to being a pollician, he was also a writer on political and historical subjects as well as a painter. Som Click this icon to go to a related into the aristooratio Marleerough family, Churchill trined as a soldier, saw action in India and the Sudan, med served 20th Century In Focus feature. as a war correspondent in South Afrioz. First elected to Parlament as a Conservative, Churchill changed political parties twice. He served in Herbert RETURN TO BIOGRAPHIES MENU Asquith's Liberal government, then returned to the Conservative party in the 1920s. The 1930s zur Wirdten Churchill, British Him isolated, urging reinmachenit to cemthat the statesman and vartime leader, German miltary threat Chosen as prime 1874-1965 minister in 1940, Churchill forged the aliance with the U.S. med U.S.S.R. that made watery possible. Defeated in the 1945 election, he jecanbe prime minister again in 1951. On His death he was given a state funeral. I Click to go to In Focus feature HELP CONTENTS
