Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill is mentioned in 3,359 articles and has appeared on 7 TIME covers

The political history of the 20th century can be written as the biographies of six men: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The first four were totalitarians who made or used revolutions to create monstrous dictatorships. Roosevelt and Churchill differed from them in being democrats. And Churchill differed from Roosevelt—while both ... Read More

Winston Churchill Articles

Found: 3359 Articles

Churchill: We Shall Never Surrender!

Jan. 29, 1965

We shall never surrender! IN his last, loneliest battle, that defiant vow seemed graven on Sir Winston Churchill's soul. Hour after hour, day after day, the world stood vigil as the medical bulletins became ever more grave. But Churchill fought on with almost unbelievable tenacity. Finally, after days of drifting in and out of consciousness, ...
Great Britain: Requiem for Greatness

Feb. 5, 1965

Typically, with his incomparable sense of history and theater, Winston Churchill years ago had issued directions for his own funeral. He insisted: "I want lots of soldiers and bands." As the solemn leavetaking was acted out last week, a great drama and a great work of art in every ceremonial detail, Sir Winston had everything ...
The Half-Century: Through War & Peace

Jan. 2, 1950

(See Cover) Starting with superb confidence, the 20th Century plunged vigorously forward from ambush to ambush. Other ages may have suffered greater agonies; none suf fered greater surprises. Much that seemed for the best turned out for the worst. Germany's progress led to Sarajevo and later to Buchenwald. Japan's progress became Pearl Harbor. The overthrow ...
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Death and the Hazards

Sep. 30, 1940

(See Cover) REWARD—DEAD OR ALIVE: Englishman, 25 years old, about 5 ft. 8 in. tall, indifferent build, walks "with a forward stoop, pale appearance, red-brownish hair, small and hardly noticeable mustache, talks through his nose and cannot pronounce the letter S properly. On the walls and poles of the Transvaal this handbill was pasted one ...
Books: Eavesdropping on History

Oct. 22, 1984 | By Otto Friedrich

CHURCHILL & ROOSEVELT: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE It is fun to be in the same decade with I you," Franklin Roosevelt cabled his friend Winston Churchill. Fun hardly seemed the right word at the time: the two leaders were sharing some of the darkest moments in history. It was January of 1942. The Japanese, after their ...