Winston Churchill

Britain's wartime prime minister, whose voice defined the resistance to Hitler.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Led Britain through 1940, promising nothing but "blood, toil, tears and sweat".
• Served as a soldier, journalist, painter and historian, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• Delivered the "Iron Curtain" warning in 1946 as the Cold War set in.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1874 – 1965