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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. „ History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. “ by Tereza Lišková. History C heck I 1874-1900. Queen : Victoria (1837-1901) Prime Ministers : Gladstone, Disraeli No. of Men in army: GB:113 00 0 , RUS:

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

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  1. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill „History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.“ by Tereza Lišková

  2. History Check I1874-1900 • Queen: Victoria (1837-1901) • Prime Ministers: Gladstone, Disraeli • No. of Men in army: GB:113 000, RUS: 3 400 000, GER: 2 800 000, FRA: 412 000 • 1876- Victoria's coronation in India • 1878- Britain gains Cyprus • 1898- End of Mahdi revolt in Sudan • 1899- SecondBoer War

  3. Early life • Born in Blenheim Palace in Woodstockon 30th November 1874 • Famous family ancestry • Boarding school Ascot • Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst • First book, The Story of the Malakand Field Force • War correspondent for the Morning Post • India, Sudan, South Africa

  4. History Check II1900-1918 • King: Edward VII, George V • Prime Ministers: Balfour, Cambell-Bannerman, Asqith • 1903- Edward's coronation in India • 1906- Autonomy for Transvaal, Orange • 1908- Olympic Games in London • 1912- Titanic sinks • 1914- World War One begins • 1915- Britain conquers Iraq

  5. Parliament • Writer, journalist, soldier • First seat in the Parliament in the 1900 general election • Conservative Party -> Liberal Party • Constant criticism of the Parliament • In 1905, Churchill became Under- Secretary of Statefor the Colonies • In 1910, Churchill was promoted to Home Secretary • In 1911, Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty • Second book, biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill

  6. History Check III1918-1939 • King: George V • Prime Ministers: Lloyd George, A.B. Law, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsey McDonald • 1918- Versailles piece conference • 1920- Division of Ireland • 1929- Black Friday • 1934- Hitler becomes Fuhrer • 1938- Munich • 1939- World War Two begins

  7. Between the wars • Dismissed form War Cabinet in 1915 • Minister of Munition in July 1917 • Secretary of State Colonies in 1921 • Against worker's rights • Opposed the Indian Homerule • Declared Mahatma Gandhi to be a half-naked fair • Started to pain, traveled with his family • Began his most famous book, Marlborough: His Life and Times • Critical towards Chamberlain's appeasement

  8. History Check IV1939-1965 • King: George VI, Elisabeth II • Prime Ministers: Winston Churchill • 1933-1945 – USA: F.D.Roosevelt • 1940- See Lowe- attack on GB • 1943-Teheran conference • 1945- End of war • 1948- birth of Izrael • 1949- NATO, RVHP

  9. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

  10. “Winston is back!” „I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.“ • FirstLord of the Admiralty • On May 30, 1939, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister • “In the name of God, go!” • Opposed any negotiation with the Germans • Strong relations with US President Roosevelt • Meetings with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Teheran and Yalta

  11. „Thisis not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning“

  12. Greatest Briton • Beating out such worthy Britons as Darwin, Shakespeare, Newton, Nelson and Elizabeth I, Churchill was voted the Greatest Briton of all time in a poll conducted by the BBC. • Over 1.3 million people voted by telephone and on the web.  Churchill garnered over 400,000 votes.

  13. More info • Život Sira Winstona, Jaroslav Matějka, nakladatel. Svoboda • Vzestup a pád britského impéria, Denis Judd, PROXIMA • http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/famouspeoplequotes.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill • We shall never surrender audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3i7GolMIAE&mode=related&search

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