3. Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Second World War. He was a strong leader and a talented speaker, writer and painter. Churchill held speeches that gave the British people hope and courage during the horrible years of the war. After Germany’s surrender in 1945 Churchill lost his job as Prime Minister but returned in 1951. In 1953, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.



Winston Churchill
Image: Central Office of Information, Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons



Words

  • courage = to be brave and show that you are not afraid in a dangerous situation
  • Nobel Prize = a prize that is given to a person for special things they have done
  • surrender = give up