Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a politician, radical, soldier, artist, author, and the twentieth century’s most famous and celebrated British Prime Minister.  His evocative and stirring rhetoric, employed in many famous speeches, was seen as representing the spirit of wartime Britain, and was essential to raising national morale.
Winston Churchill would lead Great Britain for most of World War 2 and Churchill’s “bulldog” spirit seemed to summarize the mood of the British people during the bad times, such as Dunkirk, or the inspirational victories, such as the Battle of Britain.
To many people in Britain, Churchill’s stand against Nazism, and all it represented, was why the war was being fought.  His speeches became part of legend and are often quoted to this day.
Churchill remained in London during the Blitz and regularly visited areas bombed by the Luftwaffe.  To the people of London, the Prime Minister was one of them and a man who could have removed himself from the dangers of German bombers, but refused, instead staying in London along with those who suffered.
Churchill took an active role in conducting the war, which often caused great friction with his military commanders, as well as his staunchest ally, the United States.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the perfect moderator, however, able to satisfy Churchill’s need to participate in strategic decisions, while harnessing the Prime Minister’s enthusiasm to positive ends.  The two world leaders became close friends over the course of the war.
Winston Churchill was also an avid reader and had a fertile imagination, which sometimes translated into outlandish and fantastic ideas for winning the ultimate victory.  However, the Prime Minister never made apologies for his creativity and vigorously defended his actions, regardless of the outcome.  Winston Churchill should be remembered for his indominatable spirit, incredible daring, and dangerous creativity.  Of course, he made mistakes, but he did so with impeccable style.