1953 : CHURCHILL KNIGHTED:
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great
Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, is knighted
by Queen Elizabeth II.
Born at Blenheim Palace in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth
Hussars upon his father's death in 1895. During the next five years,
he enjoyed an illustrious military career, serving in India, the
Sudan, and South Africa, and distinguishing himself several times in
battle. In 1899, he resigned his commission to concentrate on his
literary and political career and in 1900 was elected to Parliament as
a Conservative MP from Oldham. In 1904, he joined the Liberals,
serving in a number of important posts before being appointed
Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911, where he worked to
bring the British navy to a readiness for the war he foresaw.
In 1915, in the second year of World War I, Churchill was held
responsible for the disastrous Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaigns,
and he was excluded from the war coalition government. He resigned and
volunteered to command an infantry battalion in France. However, in
1917, he returned to politics as a cabinet member in the Liberal
government of Lloyd George. From 1919 to 1921, he was secretary of
state for war and in 1924 returned to the Conservative Party, where
two years later he played a leading role in the defeat of the General
Strike of 1926. Out of office from 1929 to 1939, Churchill issued
unheeded warnings of the threat of Nazi and Japanese aggression.
After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Churchill was called
back to his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and eight months later
replaced the ineffectual Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of a
new coalition government. In the first year of his administration,
Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany, but Churchill promised his
country and the world that the British people would "never surrender."
He rallied the British people to a resolute resistance and expertly
orchestrated Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin into an alliance
that eventually crushed the Axis.
In July 1945, 10 weeks after Germany's defeat, his Conservative
government suffered an electoral loss against Clement Attlee's Labour
Party, and Churchill resigned as prime minister. He became leader of
the opposition and in 1951 was again elected prime minister. Two years
later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his six-volume
historical study of World War II and for his political speeches; Queen
Elizabeth II also knighted him. In 1955, he retired as prime minister
but remained in Parliament until 1964, the year before his death.
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Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, is knighted
by Queen Elizabeth II.
Born at Blenheim Palace in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth
Hussars upon his father's death in 1895. During the next five years,
he enjoyed an illustrious military career, serving in India, the
Sudan, and South Africa, and distinguishing himself several times in
battle. In 1899, he resigned his commission to concentrate on his
literary and political career and in 1900 was elected to Parliament as
a Conservative MP from Oldham. In 1904, he joined the Liberals,
serving in a number of important posts before being appointed
Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911, where he worked to
bring the British navy to a readiness for the war he foresaw.
In 1915, in the second year of World War I, Churchill was held
responsible for the disastrous Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaigns,
and he was excluded from the war coalition government. He resigned and
volunteered to command an infantry battalion in France. However, in
1917, he returned to politics as a cabinet member in the Liberal
government of Lloyd George. From 1919 to 1921, he was secretary of
state for war and in 1924 returned to the Conservative Party, where
two years later he played a leading role in the defeat of the General
Strike of 1926. Out of office from 1929 to 1939, Churchill issued
unheeded warnings of the threat of Nazi and Japanese aggression.
After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Churchill was called
back to his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and eight months later
replaced the ineffectual Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of a
new coalition government. In the first year of his administration,
Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany, but Churchill promised his
country and the world that the British people would "never surrender."
He rallied the British people to a resolute resistance and expertly
orchestrated Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin into an alliance
that eventually crushed the Axis.
In July 1945, 10 weeks after Germany's defeat, his Conservative
government suffered an electoral loss against Clement Attlee's Labour
Party, and Churchill resigned as prime minister. He became leader of
the opposition and in 1951 was again elected prime minister. Two years
later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his six-volume
historical study of World War II and for his political speeches; Queen
Elizabeth II also knighted him. In 1955, he retired as prime minister
but remained in Parliament until 1964, the year before his death.
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