Biography
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.
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Awards & recognition
- Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion · 2014
- honorary citizen of the United States · 1963
- Companion of the Liberation · 1958
- Freedom Award · 1958
- Order of Liberation · 1958
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- Charlemagne Prize · 1956
- Knight of the Garter · 1953
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1953
- Sonning Prize · 1950
- doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon · 1948
- Honorary doctor of Leiden University · 1946
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1946
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion · 1946
- Military Medal of Luxembourg · 1946
- Albert Medal · 1945
- honorary citizen of Brussels · 1945
- honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons · 1943
- Cross of Liberty 1st Division, 1st Class · 1925
- Territorial Decoration · 1924
- Companion of Honour · 1922
- Distinguished Service Medal · 1919
- Queen's South Africa Medal · 1901
- Cross of Military Merit with Red Decoration · 1895
- Queen's Sudan Medal · 1889
- 1914–15 Star
- 1939–45 Star
- Africa Star
- British War Medal
- Congressional Gold Medal
- Croix de Guerre
- Cross of Liberty
- Cross of Military Merit
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- France and Germany Star
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
- honorary citizen of Mons
- Inter-Allied Victory Medals
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
- King George VI Coronation Medal
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav
- Médaille militaire
- Order of Merit
- Order of the Elephant
- Order of the Oak Crown
- Order of the Star of Nepal
- Order of the White Lion
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1953 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1952 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1951 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1950 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1950 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1949 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1948 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1946 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1945 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
A Web of War
Attack in the Pacific
Atomic People
The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Apocalypse: D-Day
The Story of Diana
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
A Wall in Jerusalem
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Korea: The Never-Ending War
No Hamburg, No Beatles
Churchill at War
1945: The Savage Peace
Night Will Fall
The Untold History of the United States
World War II in Colour
The Corporation
Genocide
Storm Front in Mayo
Agnelli
When the Wind Blows
Johnny Got His Gun
Hitler: A Career
Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Crusade in Europe
Britain and the Blitz
FDR
The Bloody Hundredth
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Soldier of Orange
A Queen Is Crowned
The King Who Fooled Hitler
Drain the Oceans
Challenging Churchill
D-Day Sacrifice
FDR
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Viceroy's House
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
American Experience
The True Glory
Lola
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Desert Victory
Mission to Moscow
Capsule
Carry On England