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Meet Winston Churchill, skilful communicator and leader
Who was Winston Churchill and why was he famous?
Quick facts about Winston Churchill
Watch a video clip about Blenheim Castle, Churchill's birthplace
Examine original items from Churchill's early life
Scroll down to see a school report and a letter to his mother
Churchill's Nobel Prize medallion and manuscript, awarded in 1953
Amateur footage of Winston Churchill's funeral procession in 1965
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Find out about key people in Churchill's life in 1940
Churchill became Prime Minister after the start of the Second World War.
How Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War
Find out about the London air raids and Churchill's underground War Rooms
For the War Rooms segment, go to 4 minutes 10 seconds.
Meet Joy Hunter who was a typist in Churchill's War Rooms
Watch a video clip about Churchill, the War Rooms and a typewriter
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Churchill and D-Day, June 1944
Quick facts and a picture puzzle about Churchill for younger children
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Read an excerpt from Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister
The speech includes the famous line "have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
Hear Winston Churchill's speech "We shall fight on the beaches"
Skip forward to 11 minutes to hear Churchill's famous words.
Listen to an excerpt from another speech "This was their finest hour"
Excerpts taken from three famous wartime speeches
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Find out more about Churchill's famous speeches
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Cabinet War Rooms at the Imperial War Museum in the UK
These basement rooms were adapted to provide meeting places for Churchill and his War Cabinet during air raids in the Second World War.
Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Winston Churchill
For photos and information about exhibitions, scroll down and click on "The Palace State Rooms" or "The Churchill Exhibition".
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Young Reading Series 3 The Second World War
Winston Churchill
Katie Daynes has written oodles of books for Usborne, from lifting the flaps on germs and poo, through things to spot in the sea and at school, to the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Marie Antoinette. She wrote My First Chess Book after being taught by her son, Joe Birks, who became the British Under 9 Chess Champion in 2017. She now lives in Yorkshire with her architect husband, two inquisitive children and a hamster called Toffee. When she’s not writing books, Katie likes walking on the blustery moors, meeting friends for coffee and playing competitive board games.
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