Winston Churchill's Role In Ww2
Winston Churchill
Peril, war, and desperation. The world at the brink of defeat. Yet, one man would never surrender. It was 20th century England. Germany had just announced its plan to conquer Europe; France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were already being invaded; and there was only one nation left to defend the United Europe. I was there to lead during that time. Who was I? I might have been a rebellious student and made several political and military blunders, but my determination to stand up for the British Nation led to the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, the creation of the United Nations, the preservation of our modern world, and me becoming a notable figure in history; I was Winston Churchill. I was born at Blenheim …show more content…
As mentioned previously, I worked as prime minister to defeat the Axis powers. I created a coalition cabinet that combined the Labour, Liberal, and Conservative parties. I gave my famous “Battle of Britain” speech on June 18, 1940 (1). As a nation, we fought Nazi Germany using my Royal Air Force reserves. By September 15, 1940, we had run out of reserves, but luckily Adolf Hitler cancelled the invasion into Britain (9). During the war, around the time that Germany defeated our ally Greece, and Yugoslavia surrendered, the United States and Great Britain signed the 1941 Lend Lease Act, where we received war goods on credit (9, 1). We gained a new ally, Russia, when Germany violated their non-aggression agreement (9). We also strengthened our ties with the U.S. with the December 1941 Atlantic Charter 12. Finally, the United States joined the war on our side after the Pearl Harbor bombings occurred. During the war, we worked the intercept German messages. Collectively, us Allies obtained three “Enigma” machines, two of which were from my nation …show more content…
In my “Iron Curtain” speech, I cautioned of the Soviet Union’s search for power (2). With my warning to not let inaction occur, I successfully predicted the events surrounding the Berlin Wall and helped cause the unification of Western Europe after WWII. I also helped preserve today’s modern society. According to Michael Beschloss, had I not been alive, “…[there would be] a very good chance that Western Civilization wouldn’t exist.” (4) Due to my high positions in both WWI and WWII, I prevented the potential existence of a totalitarian society in our future. In my work, I realized that if we were to prevent future mass wars, we would need to form a union. This led to the creation of the United Nations. During my meetings with Ally leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam, we not only developed strategies for the war, but we also began crafting the post-war world using the United Nations as a central point (1). The early beginnings of this work can be seen in my 1947 speech “United Europe.” (3) I begin by claiming that all of the audience I gave the speech to can be described using a single word: “Europe.” I continued with this
Peril, war, and desperation. The world at the brink of defeat. Yet, one man would never surrender. It was 20th century England. Germany had just announced its plan to conquer Europe; France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were already being invaded; and there was only one nation left to defend the United Europe. I was there to lead during that time. Who was I? I might have been a rebellious student and made several political and military blunders, but my determination to stand up for the British Nation led to the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, the creation of the United Nations, the preservation of our modern world, and me becoming a notable figure in history; I was Winston Churchill. I was born at Blenheim …show more content…
As mentioned previously, I worked as prime minister to defeat the Axis powers. I created a coalition cabinet that combined the Labour, Liberal, and Conservative parties. I gave my famous “Battle of Britain” speech on June 18, 1940 (1). As a nation, we fought Nazi Germany using my Royal Air Force reserves. By September 15, 1940, we had run out of reserves, but luckily Adolf Hitler cancelled the invasion into Britain (9). During the war, around the time that Germany defeated our ally Greece, and Yugoslavia surrendered, the United States and Great Britain signed the 1941 Lend Lease Act, where we received war goods on credit (9, 1). We gained a new ally, Russia, when Germany violated their non-aggression agreement (9). We also strengthened our ties with the U.S. with the December 1941 Atlantic Charter 12. Finally, the United States joined the war on our side after the Pearl Harbor bombings occurred. During the war, we worked the intercept German messages. Collectively, us Allies obtained three “Enigma” machines, two of which were from my nation …show more content…
In my “Iron Curtain” speech, I cautioned of the Soviet Union’s search for power (2). With my warning to not let inaction occur, I successfully predicted the events surrounding the Berlin Wall and helped cause the unification of Western Europe after WWII. I also helped preserve today’s modern society. According to Michael Beschloss, had I not been alive, “…[there would be] a very good chance that Western Civilization wouldn’t exist.” (4) Due to my high positions in both WWI and WWII, I prevented the potential existence of a totalitarian society in our future. In my work, I realized that if we were to prevent future mass wars, we would need to form a union. This led to the creation of the United Nations. During my meetings with Ally leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam, we not only developed strategies for the war, but we also began crafting the post-war world using the United Nations as a central point (1). The early beginnings of this work can be seen in my 1947 speech “United Europe.” (3) I begin by claiming that all of the audience I gave the speech to can be described using a single word: “Europe.” I continued with this