Life & Career of Winston Churchill This research pap

The thesis of this paper is many of Churchill's shortcomings and errors, some of which were colossal, represented the other side of the coin of his remarkable talents, including genius, insight, courage and willpower, none of which can be understood in isolation. He was an inept gambler, but luck also played an important role in shaping the events of his life. He was nearly killed after he stepped in front of a speeding taxi in New York in 1932. He suffered from many illnesses in his childhood and later, especially during World War II and later he survived near mortal afflictions, including pneumonia, heart attacks and strokes. If Churchill had died in 1939, he probably would have been remembered as a magnificent failure. Instead, he proved to be an inspirational wartime leader, especially during the dark days of 1940-1941 when Britain faced

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nypandy miners' strike in South Wales and a police action against anarchist-immigrants in Sydney Street, London. World War I He became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911. He championed British naval supremacy, converted the Royal Navy from coal to oil and improved the armaments of its warships. Jenkins said "he was a bold and controversial First Sea Lord." In an effort to energize his Admirals to take offensive action after the world war broke out, Churchill interfered in operations to an unprecedented degree. His judgment was brought into question when he offered to resign from the Cabinet in order to energize the defense of Antwerp in 1914. He was the principal exponent of an imaginative plan to turn the Central Powers' flank in the East by seizing the Dardanelles. Churchill correctly surmised a way had to be found around the deadlocked trench warfare on the Western Front. However, Jenkins said the Dardanelles campaign ended in disaster because of "the failure to plan for an integrated and naval operation from the outset." Many senior officials shared responsibility for this catastrophe but Churchill gained from it a reputation for rash and ill-considered judgment. It cost him his Ministry. Brendon said "Churchill's fa
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