l was the inspiration of not only the British people, but of the entire world. (Webb 101-102)Churchill’s war strategy paid off, for in late 1942, at El Alamein in North Africa, the tide began to turn in favor of the Allies. Churchill would later say of it: “Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.” (Webb 103)By May of 1943, the Allied forces had driven Germany from the continent of Africa. (Braakhius, Internet) In July of 1943, Allied forces invaded Sicily, Italy. By September of the same year, Italy had surrendered to the Allies. (Britannia, Internet) All over Europe, Hitler was being pushed back into Germany, little by little. (Braakhius, Internet)In August of 1943, Churchill met with Roosevelt to discuss plans for the invasion of Normandy. The time frame was eventually set for June of 1944. On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces launched the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Hundreds of thousands of troops poured onto the shores of Normandy. (Braakhius, Internet)The invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. After less than another year of fighting, Germany finally signed an unconditional surrender document at Rheims, France, on May 7, 1945. The war in the Pacific ended on August 14, 1945, when Japan accepted unconditional surrender. (Braakhius, Internet)After the war was over, Churchill was voted out of the office of Prime Minister. The British people were tired, sick of the war or anything related to it. Churchill was re-elected Prime Minister in 1951, and he served for four more years. In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II dubbed him Sir Winston Churchill. In 1955, at the age of 81, he resigned as Prime Minister. This marked the end of Sir Winston Churchill’s long, up and down political career. (Webb 107-111)Churchill’s words during the war years have pertained equally well to himself as to the British people as a whole. R...
