World War II will never be forgotten and will forever be studied as one of the most important, if not the most important events of the 20th century. It began in 1939 as a European conflict but would eventually widen to include almost every nation in the world. World War II ended in 1945, leaving a new world order and a new set of political leaders that had shaped the events and outcomes of the war and that had also been shaped by this event. However out of the many leaders that rose from these events none was more important to the success and survival of Great Britain during these turmoil filled year then Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was a politician and Prime Minster of the United Kingdom during the years of WW II and is widely regarded as the single greatest British leader of the 20th century. More importantly
Churchill was a firm believer in the evil of Hitler and his Nazi regime and expressed his feeling publicly before the start of the Second World War. However because it was not until his arrival as the new Prime Minister that he was effectively able to successfully do something about it. Churchill would be vital to the survival of his country and also to the stopping of Nazi Germany. One of the most important things that Churchill did was reach out to the United States for help in these situations. Churchill wrote to The American president Franklin D Roosevelt soon after being elected Prime Minster and asked for support against the war in Europe. The relationship that started with these first communications would eventually lead into a united Allied front consisting of Britain, The United States, and The U.S.S.R. However the most important
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