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Winston
Churchill is mostly well known and reputed for his
excellent statesmanship during the Second World War.
But he was also very well known in England before
that time as a war correspondent during the Second
Boer War, the First World War and many other international
incidents. He travelled much, honing his wisdom with
the experiences he garnered along the way to eventually
become one of the leading British Prime Ministers
ever in its democratic rule.
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At
the young age of 21, for example, Churchill
would adventure to Cuba with companions to search
and capture a rebel army. Often, he would go
to South Africa to assist in and report the
Boer Wars (every time stopping over at Madeira).
Sometimes he ventured as far afield as India.
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Churchill's
first shot upwards to fame was when he became an overnight
hero in England on the occasion of his tactful escape
from Boer imprisonment while on transit on a train.
That was, after being captured during a Boer attack
in South Africa, he swum across the Jukskei River
and escaped his captors. A remarkable start to the
career of this once unintelligent and uneventful boy
who was to become one of the most remarkable figureheads
of the twentieth century, and one of its most wittiest...
However,
our retrospective looks beyond the well known history
of the statesman to a time before his final term of
office. When In 1950 the already tired and battle-weary
Winston decided to take some time to relax and rejuvenate
his spirits before ensconcing himself to the last
of his elections as Prime Minister for England.
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