A Brief Biography of Sir Winston Churchill

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“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. It’s inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery(Sir Winston Churchill).” During World War I and II, much of Europe was taken over and placed into the slavery of socialism and of Adolf Hitler. While much of Europe was sitting on their hands over the crisis of Hitler, Churchill stood strong and knocked the Nazi general back into his place. Most European governments pre-World War II held total authority over its people and exerted control over aspects of public and private life (Johnson 46, 58, 108-112) (Berdichevsky) (Zegart). Churchill fought against these odds during his career in politics as Prime Minister to England. In Churchill’s speech against the Treaty of Munich in October 1938, he explained and predicted the faults and failures of the treaty (Johnson 355). Later, after the fall of France to Germany in June 1940, he went on to persuade Britain of the possibility of their invasion (Johnson 349). Churchill, therefore, through his election and recognition of the political placement and failures to bring peace in Europe, was able to raise Europe’s survival rate against Hitler. Recognizing that most of Europe was socialist, Churchill worked to remove England from the labor party in order to run over the rise of totalitarianism. The socialist government in Germany was under the control of the Nazi party increasing angst with Hitler in control (Johnson 108-112). Through his elections as Prime Minister he was able to mend the damage done by Chamberlain in his attempt to appease Hitler (Johnson 46). Having lived through World War I, Chamberlain was determined to avert another war. His policy of appeasement towards Hitler was co... ... middle of paper ... ...reoccupies-the-rhineland>. Johnson , Paul. Heroes. 1st. New York City: Harpercollins Publishers, 2007. 299. Print. Johnson, Paul. Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties. Revised. New York City: Harper Perennial Publishers, 1991. 870. Print. Manning, Scott. "Churchill’s Earliest Warning About Hitler." Historian on the Warpath. N.p., 8 Mar 2011. Web. 14 Mar 2014. . "Socialist Parties." Infoplease. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, n.d. Web. 21 Mar 2014. . Zegart, Alex. "Mussolini's Italy." Spotlight. Weebly. Web. 13 Mar 2014. .

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