Winston Churchill

In 1941, Winston Churchill publicly expressed the idea that at the end of the war the entire leadership of the Nazi regime should be brought to trial. In 1942, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill agreed that all military chiefs or leaders of the Axis nations would be tried for their crimes....

"Captain Charles Kennedy" parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman, and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home....

Winston Churchill was born to wealth and nobility in the United Kingdom, blessed with advantages most could only dream of....

Standing in history like a milestone marking the boundary between one era and the next, the Potsdam Conference brought together the leaders of the three major Allied powers....

In 1940, with the British army in disarray after the evacuation from Dunkirk, invasion seemed a very real possibility. As a precaution, the government decided to protect the national gold reserves by sending most of the bullion to Canada on fast ships that ran the gauntlet....

British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Margaret Thatcher details the Iron Lady's life and career, but it also humanizes her and explores the role gender played in her rise to power....

Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Rhine River on March 25th, 1945. His presence was calculated to emphasize the British role in the defeat of the Germans and to divert attention away from Patton and the Americans who had crossed the Rhine at Remagen two weeks earlier....

On the day that Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister, Germany invaded Holland and Belgium....

As Under Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1907, Winston S. Churchill toured Britain's territories in East Africa....

Discover the fascinating intersections of history, medicine, and the human experience in "Illness and Infamy." This captivating book delves into ...

In this lively biography of a dashing, brash 25-year-old Winston Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather's adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War....

The Battle of Britain in 1940 was unquestionably epic in scope. The largest air campaign in history at the time, the vaunted Nazi Luftwaffe sought to smash the Royal Air Force, but thankfully, the RAF stood toe to toe....

Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with Sneum, Mark Ryan describes how Tommy made an incredible escape from Denmark in a battered old Hornet Moth aircraft - which he had to refuel in mid-air by climbing out on the wing....

In an era of fake news, echo chambers and new fault lines in global politics, millions of listeners turn to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme each morning to help them make sense of the world around them....

Nearly 50 years after his death, debate still rages over Sir Winston Churchill's contribution to history....

In "The Cellblock Conclave: World Leaders Unleashed," listeners are taken on a hilarious and satirical journey into the world of politics, power, and absurdity. The story revolves around four of the world's most influential leaders during WWII who find themselves incarcerated in the same jail cell.

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees....

The Dodecanese Campaign was the tragic outcome of the fundamental differences of opinion and approach between allies who otherwise worked closely and in harmony, and though nobody knew it at the time, it marked one of the last major victories for German forces....

A groundbreaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitments....

Leader Winston S. Churchill filled his long life with achievements and recognition, plotted throughout every modern history book....