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Winston Churchill's birth
Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874,at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England to His father Lord Randolph Churchill and his Beautiful mother Lady Randolph Churchill.His father Lord Randolph was a very important and powerful political person in parliament. This is important because Winston later becomes the prime minister of England. -
Winston goes to military school
In 1893 Winston's father enlisted him in military school. Winston wasn't the smartest boy and he took the entrance exam three times. After the third time he finally passed and was excepted into Sandhurst military school. -
Churchill Graduates
Winston Churchill graduates from sandhurst military school in December of 1894.Churchill was assigned to the queens 4th hussars a calvary unit. Churchill was hungry for battle and ready to fight. -
Churchill as a correspondent
Churchill is taken to india where he fights against Pathan and Afghan tribesmen on the northwest frontlines. AfterChurchill managed to obtain a temporary commission as a Lieutenant with the 21st Lancers to the Sudan. Winston got the action he was looking for. -
The start of Winston's political career
Winston Churchill's long political career began in October 1900. churchill was elected to take the seat for Oldham as Member of Parliament .Later he represented the area of manchester. -
The start of world war 1
World war 1 or the great war started on July 28, 1914. This war was fought between the allied powers versus the axis powers. This was the first war to use dogfights and planes. Most of this war was fought in dirty trenches. -
Erhart makes the great journey
Amelia Earhart was a great US female aviator. She set many flying records and is a great example of an independent woman. She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. -
Churchill called to Prime minister
Neville Chamberlain, The prime minister before Winston, shows he is not ready to deal with Adolf hitler and the rising axis powers so he steps down. Churchill a few days later gives a motivational speech saying he will give this war everything he has. -
attack on pearl harbour
The attack on earl harbour was a devastating attack on the US naval base in Hawaii. The japanese flew in across the ocean and bombed several important ships and ended up sinking 20 ships and 300 planes.More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded. -
Winston Churchill leads through WW2
Winston Churchill was a great talker. He gave great speeches that provided many people with the motivation they needed. Winston was a very good friend with Franklin d. Roosevelt and during the war they had a very big important meeting to discuss putting more troops on more lines and aiding Russia. This shows that Winston Churchill put a lot of effort in trying to win the second world war. -
Germany surrenders
On may 7 1945 Germany surrenders and loses the second world war. The whole world rejoiced and many great things came from this like jewish people being released from camps and no more city bombings. -
The first Atomic bomb was dropped.
On August 6 the enola gay dropped the first ever nuclear bomb on hiroshima japan. The bomb imediently killed 80 thousand people. Later another couple thousand die from radiation. After that another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki which killed 40,000 more people. -
Winstons mines and quarries act
Winstons mines and quarries act was very important.It improved the working environment for young children and women working in coal mines and stone quarries. -
Retirement for churchill
Winston Churchill retires in of !955. Churchill says he is breaking down physically and mentally after having a severe stroke. Winston was succeed by Anthony Eden. After retirement he spent most of his days with his wife. -
The tsar bomba
The tsar bomba was the biggest atomic bomb ever made. This bomb was made and dropped by the soviet Union in October of 1961. The power of this bomb was 50 megatones of TNT. -
The death of Winston Churchill
Winston churchill died from medical issues at 90 years old. He had his second stroke which killed him. After his death was announced the queen payed him tribute. He is now buried in Westminster Abbey.
