England's Greatest Prime Minister, the British Bulldog
In life, there will be everyone's 15 minutes of fame. Some people keep that fame for decades, some never achieving anything noteworthy to anybody. Then, there are the truly great people who happen to rise to the occasion when crisis strikes an institution, a community, a family, an organization, a society or even a continent. During the 2nd World War, a little known Minister called Winston Churchill was thurst into the limelight and became Britain's only hope of survival. By sheer strength of character, the British Bulldog coaxed, cajoled, bullied, mocked, and rallied through sheer force of his speeches a people who were bombed day in day our by the Nazi Luftwaffe.
He put up a brave front, and is renowned for so many famous speeches when all else looked doomed. The famous Battle of Britain was fought above the white cliffs of Dover, and south eastern London. Many young men, barely out of boyhood, died or were injured beyond recognition figitning against the best of the Luftwaffe. Many dogfight strategies were crafted by 'kill or be killed' where it was a survival of the most cunning, or luckiest.
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall never ever surrender this little plot of Heaven, this our England" was his famous rallying cry.
To that ends, he was the Man who stood up during Britain's darkest hour and never backed down. The modern world owes him and the millions of Allies who fought, were maimed and died for the just cause.
Sir Winston after the war was a misfit in Parliament, his time to shine was rightfully during Britain's darkest hour.
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