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Churchill was born in an aristocratic family in England. His ancestor john churchill was named Duke of Malborough by Queen Anne in 172 because he supported William III in the "Glorious Revolution" and won as the commander-in-chief of the army in the wars against Spain and France. The Marbarrow family ranked tenth among the 2 duke families outside the royal family in 19th century England. Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was the third son of Dukedom of Marlborough VII, the founder of the Conservative Party Primrose Club (a faction of the Conservative Party, mainly working class), and once served as the finance minister in the cabinet after the Prime Minister. Churchill's mother Jenny Jerome is the daughter of Leonard Jerome, an American millionaire and one of The New York Times's shareholders.

wartime prime minister

On the morning of September 1st, a few hours after the war broke out, Chamberlain summoned Churchill and invited him to join the wartime cabinet. On September 3rd, Churchill was re-appointed as Secretary of the Navy. Because the war was not going well, members of the House of Commons put forward a motion of no confidence in Chamberlain's government in May 194, pointing the finger at Chamberlain. On May 8, Chamberlain's government won a confidence vote with only a majority of 81 votes, but Chamberlain felt that he could not continue to be in power, so he was ready to form a Coalition government and give up the position of prime minister. He had hoped to be succeeded by Lord Halifax, the foreign secretary and an active implementer of the appeasement policy, but he could not get Churchill's support. Chamberlain knew very well that Churchill would collapse once he left the cabinet. In addition, the Labour Party also severely punished Chamberlain and made it very clear to him that the Labour Party would no longer support the cabinet led by Chamberlain or his cronies. So Chamberlain had to submit his resignation to the king and suggested that Churchill form a cabinet.

Churchill first visited France after taking office. He was surprised to learn that France was about to surrender, but he made it clear to French leaders that Britain would continue to fight even if France was defeated. On May 26th, Churchill ordered the withdrawal of British troops in France, and the Dunkirk retreat codenamed "Generator Plan" began. In just eight days, the allied forces trapped in a small area around Dunkirk miraculously evacuated more than 33, people. The government called on the British coastal residents to use their boats to rescue taxi soldiers on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, and officers from the Lian Haijun Department personally joined the rescue. On June 4th, Churchill reported the success of Dunkirk's retreat in the House of Commons, but also reminded that "the war is not won by retreat." Then Churchill made what was probably the most inspiring speech in World War II:

We will fight to the end. We will fight in France, we will fight in the ocean, we will fight in the air with increasing confidence and strength, we will defend our homeland at all costs, we will fight on the beach, we will fight at the enemy's landing site, we will fight in the fields and streets, and we will fight in the mountains. We will never surrender, even if our island or most of it is conquered and starved-I never believe this will happen-our imperial subjects overseas, armed and protected by the British fleet, will continue to fight until the new world takes all its strength to save and liberate the old world when God thinks it appropriate.

On June 13th, Churchill visited France for the fifth and last time as Prime Minister. He hoped to lobby the French government to continue fighting, but it was obvious that the French government had decided to surrender. On June 17th, General Charles de Gaulle arrived in England, and the next day Churchill delivered another speech to boost morale in the House of Commons: "Let's bravely undertake our obligations, so that people in the British Empire and her Federation can say,' This is their most glorious moment' after 1 years." "In August, the Battle of Britain officially started, and the British and German air forces carried out the first large-scale air combat in human history. During the campaign, the Germans dispatched an average of 1, aircraft every day, while the pilots of the Royal Air Force were at a disadvantage in number, and one person had to perform tasks about three times a day. On August 2, Churchill praised the heroic performance of British Air Force pilots in the House of Commons: "Never before have so few people made such great contributions to so many people in the field of human war." On September 7, Germany decided to stop air combat and bomb London instead, which gave Britain a breathing space and was also the most important turning point in the British campaign.