After the victory, he was named the Duke of Malborough by Queen Anne in 1702. The Malborough family ranked tenth among the 20 ducal families outside the British royal family in the 19th century.
Churchill's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and the founder of the Conservative Party "Primrose" (a faction of the Conservative Party, mainly working class)
A man who once served as finance minister second only to the prime minister in the cabinet.
Churchill's mother, Jeanne Jerome, was the daughter of Leonard Jerome, an American millionaire and one of the shareholders of the New York Times.
War Cabinet Prime Minister On the morning of September 1, a few hours after the war broke out, Chamberlain summoned Churchill and invited him to join the war cabinet.
On September 3, Churchill was reappointed as Lord of the Admiralty.
As the war was not progressing smoothly, members of the House of Commons proposed a motion of no confidence in the Chamberlain government in May 1940, pointing the finger at Chamberlain.
On May 8, the Chamberlain government only received a vote of confidence with a majority of 81 votes. However, Chamberlain felt that he could not continue to govern, so he prepared to form a coalition government and give up the position of prime minister.
He originally hoped to be succeeded by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary and an active implementer of the appeasement policy, but he was unable to get Churchill's support.
Chamberlain knew full well that Churchill would collapse once he left the cabinet.
In addition, the Labor Party also imposed strict sanctions on Chamberlain, making it very clear to him that the Labor Party would no longer support a cabinet led by Chamberlain or his cronies.
So Chamberlain had to submit his resignation to the king and suggested that Churchill form a cabinet.
After taking office, Churchill first visited France. He was surprised to learn that France was about to surrender, but he made it clear to French leaders that Britain would continue to fight even if France was defeated.
On May 26, Churchill ordered the withdrawal of British troops in France, and the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed "Project Dynamo", began.
In just eight days, more than 330,000 Allied troops besieged in a small area around Dunkirk miraculously evacuated. The government called on British coastal residents to use their own boats to rescue soldiers taxiing across the strait.
, even the officers of the Navy Department personally joined the rescue team.
On June 4, Churchill reported in the House of Commons that the Dunkirk evacuation was successful, but also reminded that "wars are not won by evacuation." Afterwards, Churchill delivered perhaps the most inspiring speech in World War II: We will fight to the end.
We will fight in France, we will fight on the seas, we will fight in the air with increasing confidence and with increasing power, we will defend the homeland at all costs, we will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the
We will fight at the enemy's landing points, we will fight in the fields and in the streets, we will fight in the mountains.
We will never surrender, even if our island or a large part of this island is conquered and starved - which I never believe will happen - our imperial subjects overseas, armed and protected by the British fleet
It will continue to fight until the new world uses all its power to save and liberate the old world when God sees fit.
"On June 13th, Churchill visited France for the fifth and last time as Prime Minister. He hoped to lobby the French government to continue fighting, but it was obvious that the French government had decided to surrender. General de Gaulle arrived in the UK on June 17th, and Churchill was in the House of Commons the next day.
Delivered another pep talk: "Let us shoulder our responsibilities with courage, so that the British Empire and her Commonwealth may say a thousand years hence: 'This was their finest hour.
'" In August, the Battle of Britain officially started. The British and German air forces conducted the first large-scale air battle in human history. During the battle, the German army dispatched an average of 1,000 aircraft every day, but the pilots of the Royal Air Force were at a numerical disadvantage. One person
About three missions must be carried out every day. On August 20, Churchill praised the heroic performance of the British Air Force pilots in the House of Commons: "Never in the field of human warfare have so few made such a great contribution to so many.
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