History is not boring, as long as you can calm down, you may get a different harvest, and today Bu Shijun wants to introduce you to a famous historical figure, to understand how he grew from a stupid boy to a world leader, this person is Winston Churchill.
Churchill's famous quote
November 30, 1874,
Churchill was born into an aristocratic family in Oxfordshire, England
His father, Churchill Sr., was a prominent Conservative politician, while his mother was a courtesan.
Churchill as a child
There's a nickname called "Little Vicious Dog."
It can be seen that his academic performance at that time was not ideal, which can be called the troublesome essence of the whole school.
And his teacher even had a headache."
He is the trouble of all people", "has no ideals", "will not play by the rules at all times" and "the most vicious child in the world"
And so on.
Young Churchill
After he graduated from primary school, according to the practice of the British nobility,
Churchill was sent to boarding school by his parents
, where Churchill had a tough time.
He often wrote home, begging his mother to visit him at school, but his mother was busy dating and socializing, and temporarily "forgot" about her child who attended a technical school.
Although Churchill was very uncaring as a child, he admired his father very much.
He even secretly studied all of his father's speeches and articles, and it was at this time that the seeds of politics were planted in the heart of the young Churchill.
Churchill's father
But his father, Old Churchill, was there
In 1886 he resigned desperately as Minister of Finance of the British Empire
And hoped to gain the support of society in this way, so as to put pressure on the cabinet government at that time.
However, it did not succeed.
He was simply replaced by someone else, then removed from the government, and his political career ended.
The relationship between Churchill's father and son is actually not very good, and the old Churchill even thinks that his son is a complete waste, and disappointed him, he leads Churchill to a military career, which is the so-called invincible road.
It was this military career that completely changed Churchill.
Churchill, who joined the army at a young age
At that time, the cruel war made him realize that everyone on the battlefield was gambling in fate.
In order to achieve higher goals in life, he felt that he deserved a gamble with the god of destiny.
When I was in Cuba, I got it because I correctly handled the raids of the Cuban army
Spanish Order of the Red Cross
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On the Indian front, he was incomparably heroic in the brutal battle,
General Budler praised him as "one man can top two lieutenant officers";
British troops in India
And in the spare time of battle,
He also discovered his talent for literary creation
His war reports were well known and were recognized and welcomed in the British high society of the time.
And in later
South African jailbreak incident
In South Africa at that time, the Boers of Dutch descent and the British colonists all wanted to occupy the right to rule South Africa, and the war was also in full swing, especially fierce.
September 1899
Churchill came to South Africa as a morning post reporter and was captured on the way with the British soldiers, while Churchill was armed with weapons and participated in the battle, causing the Boers to refuse to release him.
In 1899, christmas in the front line of the Boer War
In December, Churchill boldly carried out a prison escape by himself, which was successful, and with the help of the local British diaspora, he hid in a freight train and escaped to the British consulate.
In March 1900, Churchill returned to England, and after becoming famous throughout the country through the prison escape, he decided to seize this precious opportunity and enter politics from then on.
From this, it can be seen that human beings are often able to exert their greatest potential under the pressure of extreme environments, and under the baptism of war, Churchill has slowly become the one we know
"World War II World War II World Leader"
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II
It was also during this unique experience that he developed some lifelong habits, enjoying adventure, smoking cigars, drinking and writing.