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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a national hero who led the British people to a great victory in the anti-fascist war during the Second World War. He was one of the "Big Three" who stood side by side with Stalin and Roosevelt, and he was a great man standing in the history of the world.

Churchill was born into a famous aristocratic family. His ancestor Dukedom of Marlborough was a famous military commander in British history and a man of the hour in British politics during the reign of Queen Anne. His father, Lord Randolph, was an outstanding British politician at the end of the last century and served as the finance minister of Salisbury Cabinet. The great achievements of ancestors, the political achievements of fathers, the glory of families and political traditions undoubtedly had a great influence on Churchill's life and played a key role in his growth into a famous generation in Britain. They provided an example for Churchill to learn from, set goals, cultivated his sense of historical responsibility for the motherland, and became a powerful driving force for Churchill's tireless pursuit and achievement throughout his life.

Churchill didn't go to college, and his profound knowledge and talents were obtained through hard self-study. When he was young, he was stationed in Bangalore, southern India, where he spent more than half a year "reading four or five hours of history and philosophy every day". Since then, Churchill has drawn rich ideological nutrition from the works of Plato, Gibbon, Macaulay, Schopenhauer, Leckie, Malthus, Darwin and other famous thinkers, philosophers, historians and biologists. This deepened his thoughts, strengthened his belief in life, and made him grow into "the most outstanding and versatile person in our time".

Churchill wore many colorful laurels on his head. He is a writer with equal works, an eloquent speaker, a politician who rules the country and a legendary hero in the war. He wrote 26 ***45 volumes of monographs in his life. Almost every book has caused a sensation in Britain and even the world after its publication, and received rave reviews. It has been translated into many languages and widely distributed all over the world, so that the Sunday Times once asserted: "Few people paid more than Churchill in the 20th century." 1953 won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In many parliamentary elections in his life, in parliamentary debates, especially at the important moment of World War II, he delivered many skillful and touching speeches, which left a deep impression on people. In the award speech to Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said: "Churchill's mature speech is agile and accurate, and the content is spectacular and touching. It is like a force to forge historical ties. ..... Churchill's eloquent speech at the crucial moment of freedom and respect for human nature has another charming magic. Perhaps he himself built an immortal monument with this great speech. " Academician Schwartz also said in his acceptance speech, "Churchill made such great achievements in politics and literature, ... no leader has ever been able to have both at the same time, and he is so outstanding."

Indeed, it is not only his works and speeches that have made an immortal monument for Churchill, but also his brilliant achievements as a politician and anti-fascist fighter. He was elected as a member of parliament for most of his life and held many important positions in the cabinet. He experienced many ups and downs in politics, and every time he overcame difficulties and obstacles with indomitable efforts and fearless fighting spirit to achieve his goal. In the end, he reached the pinnacle of glory and became a popular political leader at the critical moment of British historical crisis. Even his political opponents said: "Churchill is the person who everyone agrees will never become prime minister, but he is also unanimously welcomed at this critical moment and is considered as the only person who may become a leader." "People can't help liking him. His talent and vitality are unparalleled. "

In the long years leading to victory, Churchill vowed to fight to the end many times in his speech, expressing the voice of the British people. He said: "We will never stop, never get tired and never give in. The people of the whole country vowed to undertake this task: to rid Europe of Nazi poison and save the world from the new dark ages. ..... What we want to grasp is the life and soul of Hitler and Hitler's theory. That's all, nothing else, don't give up until you reach your goal. " Churchill has become a concentrated symbol of the heroic and unyielding struggle spirit of the British people in the eyes of the world. The Sunday Times commented: "Today, Winston Churchill is not only the embodiment of the British spirit, but also our powerful leader. Not only the British, but also the whole free world trusts him very much. "

It is also worth noting that Churchill is a famous stubborn anti-* * figure. However, at the critical moment of the Second World War, with the great courage and high flexibility of an outstanding politician, he completed a major historical turning point in British politics and his own political career from the fundamental interests of the British people, and did not hesitate to form an alliance with the Soviet Union, so that anti-fascist forces of different ideologies formed a United front under specific historical conditions, thus ensuring the final victory of the war. Stalin praised Churchill as "a new figure who only appeared in a hundred years."

In addition, Churchill can also be called a prophet, inventor, strategist and diplomat. As early as the 1930s, his predictions about some major technological developments in future wars have all come true. With extraordinary sensitivity and great courage, he braved the great pressure of pacifism and "the danger of being almost eliminated politically", and never gave up his prophetic war warning to the people of China for a day, which made the British mentally prepared for the coming war. Four years before the method of using radar to detect incoming enemy planes was officially put into use, he put forward the study of this problem. He is honored as the "father of tanks" because he improved and built a large number of "land ships" with naval funds, and turned wheeled armored vehicles into powerful modern tanks. He presided over many strategic plans in World War II. He personally cultivated the British-American relationship that influenced the world political structure at that time and later. In a word, Churchill is a legendary figure with rich life connotation.