Wat heeft Churchill gedaan?
Als minister van Marine en als minister van Munitie was hij betrokken bij de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Later werd hij ook minister van Financiën. Daarnaast was hij een productief en succesvol schrijver en ontving hij in 1953 de Nobelprijs voor Literatuur voor zijn geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
De Britse politicus Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is vooral bekend vanwege zijn optreden als Brits premier tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij begon zijn carrière als militair en journalist. Churchill vocht onder meer in India en Zuid-Afrika, en publiceerde in 1898 zijn eerste boek. In 1901 ging hij de politiek in.
Who is Sir Winston Churchill?
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
How did Winston Churchill lose the 1945 election?
A political debacle ensued that brought the shaky coalition government down in ruins, with Churchill as one of the worst casualties. Gripped by a sudden attack of appendicitis, he was not able to appear in public until two days before the election, and then only in a wheelchair. He was defeated humiliatingly by more than 10,000 votes.
What happened to Winston Churchill when he had a stroke?
On the evening of 23 June 1953, Churchill suffered a serious stroke and became partially paralysed down one side. Had Eden been well, Churchill’s premiership would most likely have been over. The matter was kept secret and Churchill went home to Chartwell to recuperate. He had fully recovered by November.
What happened to Winston Churchill on his holiday in 1893?
On a holiday to Bournemouth in January 1893, Churchill fell and was knocked unconscious for three days. In March he took a job at a cram school in Lexham Gardens, South Kensington, before holidaying in Switzerland and Italy that summer.