Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) in OTL was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War (WWII). He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer, and an artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.
During his army career, Churchill saw military action in British India, the Sudan and the Second Boer War. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War (WWI), commanding the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
At the forefront of the political scene for almost fifty years, he held many political and cabinet positions. Before WWI, he served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of the Asquith Liberal government. During the war, he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. He returned as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Air. In the interwar years, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative government.
After the outbreak of the WWII, Churchill was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain to victory against the Axis Powers. Churchill was always noted for his speeches, which became a great inspiration to the British people, as well as to the embattled Allied forces.
After the Conservative Party lost the 1945 election, he became Leader of the Opposition. In 1951, he again became Prime Minister, before retiring in 1955. Upon his death, the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.
Alternate versions of Winston Churchill have been discovered throughout the multiverse:
- Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (AMPU)
- Winston Churchill, former President of the United States (American Churchill)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937-1949 (Confederate Kingdom)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in exile from 1940-? (Hitler's Win)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1956 (How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll?)
- Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Caledonia (Interplanetary Alliance)
- Winston Churchill, former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and President of England (Joan of What?)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1941 (Lightning Blitz)
- Winston Churchill, Premier of the United Kingdom (The Many Nations of North America)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1939-? (Munich Goes Sour)
- Winston Churchill, 29th and 33rd President of the United States of America (President Churchill)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Third World War (The Hammer, The Sickle, The Earth)
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1939 - 1946 (Vive l'Emperor)