Churchill, Winston

has biography | a une biographie: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945; 1951-1955)

The British Empire fundamentally shaped Churchill's life and career. From 1896 to 1901, Churchill fought as a soldier in several colonial conflicts, including in India, Sudan, and South Africa. He wrote a number of books recounting his military experiences with the Empire, including The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), The River War (1899), London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900), and Ian Hamilton's March (1900).

During the interwar years, Churchill held many ministerial offices and briefly served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1921 to 1922.

Churchill's first term (1940-1945) was dominated by the Second World War and its consequences for the British Empire. His second term (1951-1955) was marked by Britain's postwar transition and conflicts over decolonisation across the globe, including the Mau Mau Rebellion and the Malayan Emergency.
was born | est né: 30 November 1874
died in | est mort par: 24 January 1965
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Hansard; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery; Churchill College, 'Churchill, Empire and Race: Opening the Conversation', YouTube, November 2020; Churchill College, 'The Racial Consequences of Mr Churchill', YouTube, February 2021; Alan Lester, 'Winston Churchill in the Culture War: Defending an Icon', Snapshots of Empire (2024); Richard Toye, Churchill's Empire: The World that Made Him and the World He Made (London: Pan Macmillan, 2010); Tariq Ali, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (London: Verso, 2022)

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