Winston Churchill

1894
Winston Churchill at
Sandhurst Military College.
Photo taken right before
graduating and being
commissioned as an officer
in a cavalry regiment.

 1895
Winston Churchill while working as a correspondent in Cuba for the
Daily Graphic.
He received his first medal from the Spanish for his bravery.

 1899
Winston Churchill as a correspondent working for the
Morning Post newspaper during the Second Boer War.

 1899
Winston Churchill being
held as a prisoner in
South Africa during the
Second Boer War.
He ultimately escaped.
Returned to England on
the RMS Dunnotar
Castle.

 June 4, 1940
Winston Churchill
delivers a famous
speech, known as
We Shall Fight on
the Beaches, in
the House of
Commons.

 August 1, 1940
Winston Churchill
visiting north-eastern
England to examine
defense fortifications.

 1941
Winston Churchill inspects bomb damage in London
during the Blitz.

 August 10-12, 1941

Winston Churchill
meeting with president
Roosevelt during the
Atlantic Charter
Conference.
One of their first
wartime meetings.
Defined goals for the
post-war world, including
no territorial gains for
the U.S. or U.K., postwar common
disarmament, and global
economic cooperation.
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 December 26, 1941

Winston Churchill delivers a
speech to a joint session of
Congress in Washington
D.C.
Coordinating military
strategy with U.S. leaders
and discussed the war from
the British point of view.

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 January 24, 1943

Winston Churchill at the
Casablanca Conference in
Morocco.
Unconditional Surrender.
Decision to invade
Southern Europe through
Italy.
Additional cooperation
between the U.S. and the
U.K. in the pacific.
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 November 29, 1943

Winston Churchill at the
Tehran Conference in
Iran.
Decision to invade France
in 1944 was made.
Support of Yugoslav
partisans.
Encouraged Turkey to
join the war.
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 June 12, 1944

Churchill visiting landing beaches in Normandy with
Field Marshal Montgomery.

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 February 1, 1945
Winston Churchill at the
Yalta Conference in Crimea.
Post-war reorganization
and the reestablishment of
nations in post-war Europe.
Diving Germany into four
zones of occupation.
Letting liberated nations
establish their own
governments.
Soviet invasion of Japanese
held territories.
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 1945
Photograph of
Dresden after
being bombed.
Death toll of
20,000-25,000
civilians.

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 March 25, 1945

Winston Churchill lands on
the German-held east
bank of the Rhine River
during Operation
Plunder.

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 July 17, 1945

Winston Churchill at the
Potsdam Conference in
Germany.
Agreement to pursue Nazi
war criminals.
Discussed administration
of post-war Germany.
Loss of German territory.
Expulsion of German
populations east of
Germany.
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 March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill
delivering the Sinews of
Peace address at
Westminster College in
Missouri.
More commonly known as
the Iron Curtain speech.
Criticism of Soviet
influence over eastern
Europe.
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 May, 1948
Winston Churchill speaking during the Hague Congress.
Discussed closer cooperation and European unity.
The Congress heightened public opinion for European unity.
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 January 30, 1965

People watching
the state funeral
of Winston
Churchill from
bomb-damaged
buildings in
London.

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