Winston Churchill during World War II

p Winston Churchill is the most important figure in 20th century British history and will always be present on a top ten list of influential figures of the 20th century . In an age when the world wished to appease the actions and madness of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin , Churchill acted alone as he warned of the grave dangers that would face the world if these two men and their ideologies would be allowed to spread across the world and be allowed to infect mankind . During World War II and in the years

leading up to the conflict , Churchill saw things that others either did not see or wished to avoid . Peace in our time ' Churchill knew , was bound to failure as it is impossible to rationalize the actions of an irrational man and that force and resolve are the only ways in which such a madman like Hitler can be defeated . The actions of Winston Churchill during World War II , the greatest and deadliest conflict in human history , solidified the man to a level of iconic hero as the future of England may have been one in which Nazism would dictate their daily lives . Winston Churchill gave England and the rest of the world , wherever men and women wished to live free , the resolve and courage to fight until victory was found

After World War I , both Britain and America took hold of an isolationist mentality . This was to be expected . Britain had suffered over 2 .5 million casualties out of a ENDNOTES Goodman , Jules . Winston Churchill Boston : PBS Productions 2005 This constituted over 40 casualties of their entire force . It was understandable that Britain would do anything that they could in to avoid a further war in which advances in technology made it possible that such casualty figures would pale in comparison to what might come in the next war . This was the ideology of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who was hailed as the savior of Britain when in the fall of 1938 , Chamberlain , in his return from Germany said : My good friends for the second time in our history , a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour . I believe it is peace for our time ' Goodman , Jules . Winston Churchill Boston : PBS Productions 2005 Chamberlain would be horribly mistaken and when Germany invaded Poland on September 1 , 1939 , Britain knew that they would have to declare war on Germany and did on September 3rd , once they received the support of France . It was now Churchill that would be entrusted with the future of England . The stakes could not have been any higher

No longer would Britain take a submissive role in the world when it came to their response of Hitler and his aggression . Hitler , due to her large and aggressive build up of arms , rolled over Europe in the early months of the war . Austria was annexed and France and Poland were overrun in weeks . What stood as an unbreakable form of resistance...