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{{Infobox politician|name=Winston Churchill|birth_date=30 November 1874|death_date=24 January 1965|death_place=London, England, United Kingdom|birth_place=Blenheim, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|image=Picture of Winston Churchill.jpg|nationality=British| | {{Infobox politician|name=Winston Churchill|birth_date=30 November 1874|death_date=24 January 1965|death_place=[[London]], England, United Kingdom|birth_place=Blenheim, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|image=Picture of Winston Churchill.jpg|nationality=British|political_orientation=[[Liberalism]]<br>[[Imperialism]]|political_party=[[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] (1900–1904, 1924–1964)<br>[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] (1904–1924)}} | ||
'''Winston Churchill''' (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative Party]] politician who served as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] twice, first from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He presided over Britain throughout most of the [[Second World War]], the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] (a [[famine]] in present-day [[Republic of India|India]] and [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] which killed an estimated 3 million people), and the accession and coronation of [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth Windsor|Elizabeth II]]. | '''Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill''' (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative Party]] politician who served as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] twice, first from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He presided over Britain throughout most of the [[Second World War]], the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] (a [[famine]] in present-day [[Republic of India|India]] and [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] which killed an estimated 3 million people), and the accession and coronation of [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth Windsor|Elizabeth II]]. | ||
Churchill was a [[Racism|racist]], an [[Antisemitism|antisemite]],<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Winston Churchill|newspaper=Illustrated Sunday Herald|title=Zionism versus Bolshevism|date=1920-2-8|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zionism_versus_Bolshevism}}</ref> and an [[Imperialism|imperialist]]. He defended the [[Settler colonialism|colonisation]] of [[Australia]] and the [[Americas]], stating that the indigenous peoples were racially inferior.<ref>{{Citation|author=Martin Gilbert|year=1967|title=Winston S. Churchill: Companion Volume|title-url=https://archive.org/details/winstonschurchil5pt3chur/|chapter=The Coming of War, 1936–1939|page=616|quote=I do not admit, for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, or, at any rate, a more worldly-wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.|city=London|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=0395245850|volume=5}}</ref> During the 1943 famine in British-ruled Bengal, he blamed the Bengalis for "breeding like rabbits."<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Rakhi Chakraborty|newspaper=Yourstory|title=The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit|date=2014-08-15|url=https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/amp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102133617/https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/amp|archive-date=2022-01-02|retrieved=2022-05-15}}</ref> Churchill was also sympathetic to [[National Socialism|Nazism]], complaining during the [[Tehran Conference]] that the execution of 100,000 of Nazi officers proposed by [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] was a "cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country."<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Politico|title=FDR attends Tehran conference: Nov. 28, 1943|date=2016-11-27|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/fdr-attends-tehran-conference-nov-28-1943-231852|retrieved=2024-04-27|quote=At a dinner meeting of the Big Three on Nov. 29, Stalin proposed executing 50,000 to 100,000 German officers so that Germany could not plan another war. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, quipped that “maybe 49,000 would be enough.” | Churchill was a [[Racism|racist]], an [[Antisemitism|antisemite]],<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Winston Churchill|newspaper=Illustrated Sunday Herald|title=Zionism versus Bolshevism|date=1920-2-8|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zionism_versus_Bolshevism}}</ref> and an [[Imperialism|imperialist]]. He defended the [[Settler colonialism|colonisation]] of [[Australia]] and the [[Americas]], stating that the indigenous peoples were racially inferior.<ref>{{Citation|author=Martin Gilbert|year=1967|title=Winston S. Churchill: Companion Volume|title-url=https://archive.org/details/winstonschurchil5pt3chur/|chapter=The Coming of War, 1936–1939|page=616|quote=I do not admit, for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, or, at any rate, a more worldly-wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.|city=London|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=0395245850|volume=5}}</ref> During the 1943 famine in British-ruled Bengal, he blamed the Bengalis for "breeding like rabbits."<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Rakhi Chakraborty|newspaper=Yourstory|title=The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit|date=2014-08-15|url=https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/amp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102133617/https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/amp|archive-date=2022-01-02|retrieved=2022-05-15}}</ref> Churchill was also sympathetic to [[National Socialism|Nazism]], complaining during the [[Tehran Conference]] that the execution of 100,000 of Nazi officers proposed by [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] was a "cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country."<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Politico|title=FDR attends Tehran conference: Nov. 28, 1943|date=2016-11-27|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/fdr-attends-tehran-conference-nov-28-1943-231852|retrieved=2024-04-27|quote=At a dinner meeting of the Big Three on Nov. 29, Stalin proposed executing 50,000 to 100,000 German officers so that Germany could not plan another war. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, quipped that “maybe 49,000 would be enough.” | ||
Churchill, however, was outraged and denounced “the cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country.” Before storming out of the room, he said that only war criminals should be put on trial. Stalin brought him back after saying that he was only joking.}}</ref> | Churchill, however, was outraged and denounced “the cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country.” Before storming out of the room, he said that only war criminals should be put on trial. Stalin brought him back after saying that he was only joking.}}</ref> | ||
== Early Life == | |||
On November 30, 1874 Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the [[aristocratic]] family of Spencer's ancestral home. His parents were [[Randolph Churchill]], a Tory MP and Jennie Jerome, a [[United States of America|Statesian]] heiress and Winston was the eldest of two brothers.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|author=Tariq Ali|year=2022|title=Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes|title-url=https://annas-archive.org/md5/7d24a84f0982a830ce01cdd0cd9fc819|chapter=Chronology|publisher=Verso Books}}</ref> Churchill spent much of his formulative years in [[Dublin]] in the British colony of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], where his grandfather served as Viceroy of Ireland and as such, imperialism and colonialism were drilled into him at an early age.<ref>{{Citation|author=Tariq Ali|year=2022|title=Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes|title-url=https://annas-archive.org/md5/7d24a84f0982a830ce01cdd0cd9fc819|chapter=A World of Empires|publisher=Verso Books}}</ref> | |||
== Premiership == | |||
Churchill took over as Prime Minister from the ineffectual [[Neville Chamberlain]] in 1939 and served for the majority of the remainder of the war until being forced out by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Clement Attlee]] in 1945. He would return to power again in 1951, serving as Prime Minister until 1955 when he retired and was replaced by [[Anthony Eden]].<ref name=":2" /> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 22 July 2024
Winston Churchill | |
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| Born | 30 November 1874 Blenheim, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 24 January 1965 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political orientation | Liberalism Imperialism |
| Political party | Conservative (1900–1904, 1924–1964) Liberal (1904–1924) |
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, first from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He presided over Britain throughout most of the Second World War, the Bengal famine of 1943 (a famine in present-day India and Bangladesh which killed an estimated 3 million people), and the accession and coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Churchill was a racist, an antisemite,[1] and an imperialist. He defended the colonisation of Australia and the Americas, stating that the indigenous peoples were racially inferior.[2] During the 1943 famine in British-ruled Bengal, he blamed the Bengalis for "breeding like rabbits."[3] Churchill was also sympathetic to Nazism, complaining during the Tehran Conference that the execution of 100,000 of Nazi officers proposed by Stalin was a "cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country."[4]
Early Life
On November 30, 1874 Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the aristocratic family of Spencer's ancestral home. His parents were Randolph Churchill, a Tory MP and Jennie Jerome, a Statesian heiress and Winston was the eldest of two brothers.[5] Churchill spent much of his formulative years in Dublin in the British colony of Ireland, where his grandfather served as Viceroy of Ireland and as such, imperialism and colonialism were drilled into him at an early age.[6]
Premiership
Churchill took over as Prime Minister from the ineffectual Neville Chamberlain in 1939 and served for the majority of the remainder of the war until being forced out by Labour's Clement Attlee in 1945. He would return to power again in 1951, serving as Prime Minister until 1955 when he retired and was replaced by Anthony Eden.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Winston Churchill (1920-2-8). "Zionism versus Bolshevism" Illustrated Sunday Herald.
- ↑ “I do not admit, for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, or, at any rate, a more worldly-wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”
Martin Gilbert (1967). Winston S. Churchill: Companion Volume, vol. 5: 'The Coming of War, 1936–1939'. London: Heinemann. ISBN 0395245850 - ↑ Rakhi Chakraborty (2014-08-15). "The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit" Yourstory. Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ↑ “At a dinner meeting of the Big Three on Nov. 29, Stalin proposed executing 50,000 to 100,000 German officers so that Germany could not plan another war. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, quipped that “maybe 49,000 would be enough.”
Churchill, however, was outraged and denounced “the cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country.” Before storming out of the room, he said that only war criminals should be put on trial. Stalin brought him back after saying that he was only joking.”
"FDR attends Tehran conference: Nov. 28, 1943" (2016-11-27). Politico. Retrieved 2024-04-27. - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tariq Ali (2022). Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes: 'Chronology'. Verso Books.
- ↑ Tariq Ali (2022). Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes: 'A World of Empires'. Verso Books.