Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II. He served as a prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945and again from 1951 to 1955. He led Britain's fight against Nazi Germany in the war.
Churchill was a talented orator, giving many stirring speeches to boost morale. As a close friend of Roosevelt and Truman he hoped to join Americans in building postwar order.
From 1938 to the outbreak of the war in September Churchill urged the government to be more pro-active against Hitler. During the war he was the most dominant figure in British politics. Churchill was in London during the blitz. He regularly visited areas that were bombed. He also took a role in the military issues.
During the war Churchill held a number of meetings with other war time leaders like FDR. In August of 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, a treaty of friendship the solidified their alliance. Four years later Churchill, FDR, and Stalin attended the Yalta Conference in February of 1945. Churchill didn't completely trust Stalin so he hoped for strong Germany to be a buffer.
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