274 Things You Should Know about Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill was undoubtedly the greatest leader of the Second World War, and unarguably the greatest Briton of his age. Born at the height of British imperial power and twice elected Prime Minister, he galvanized the British people and their allies to resist the onslaught from both Nazi Germany and Japan. In doing so, henbsp;became the architect of the destruction of these unquestionably evil empires. Because—or in spite—of his numerous and varied successes, Churchill was also a full-bloodied human being, with all of the foibles, attitude, distemper, pig-headedness, and conceit that are so often the shadows of such greatness.