Winston Churchill was one of the most important and influential people in British history. Churchill became one of the war's greatest leaders by creating his first naval army in 1911 to aid the efforts of World War I, gave moving speeches to rally the British people during the bombings of World War II and eventually won World War II with the help of his good friend President Franklin Roosevelt. Churchill's greatness was born in a childhood that is not typical of a great leader. His parents, Lord Randolph Churchill and American Jennie Jerome, did not care much for him (http://www.pbs.org). So as a child, he became closer to his little brother. Churchill did not always get good grades and his father frequently reminded him (http://www.pbs.org). He was eventually accepted into the British Royal Military Academy and graduated 8th out of 150 in his class, and became a soldier and journalist (http://www.winstonchurchill.org.). Churchill's early experiences as a soldier and in the British Army helped guide him on the path to becoming a war genius. In 1895, he took a soldier's leave to use his other skills and became a journalist (web.a.ebscohost.com). He mainly covered wars such as the Cuban War of Independence for the Daily Telegraph and the Boer War in 1899 for the Morning Post (web.a.ebscohost.com). While reporting on the Boer War in South Africa, he was captured and imprisoned (web.a.ebscohost.com). He escaped to tell this story and became known throughout Britain thanks to this adventure (web.a.ebscohost.com). His first book of over forty was written based on his experiences as a journalist. He was hired as a conservative, but later in his career he switched to liberal, then back to conservative (w...... middle of paper ......t/history/world-war- 2/end-of-the-war.htm>.• "Atomic Bomb Press Release-Truman-August 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb Press Release-August 6, 1945. Np, nd Web, 11." May 2014. .trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm• “Battle of Britain”, Battle of Britain, nd Web, May 13, 2014. .• “Winston Churchill, nd Web “Grand strategies of the great powers: Churchill. during the First World War." Churchill Np, nd Web, May 14, 2014. Book quote • Kesselring, Mari. How to analyze the works of Winston Churchill: Abdo Consulting Group, Inc., 2013. Print.