Winston Churchill



Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in World War I. He rose to fame as the World War II leader of Great Britain. Besides World War I, Churchill saw service in the Third Anglo-Afghan War, the Mahdist War, and the Second Boer War. In the Second Boer War he was captured after a heroic confrontation between himself and Boer forces. He later escaped captivity and traveled 300 miles to find help., which made him a minor hero in his homeland. After the Second Boer War, he went on to fight in World War I, and became Prime Minister of Britain in May of 1940. Churchill led his country to victory against Nazi Germany and was admired by his people so much that he was relected as Prime Minister in October 1951.