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On this day in history, November 30, 1874, indomitable British statesman, WWII hero Winston Churchill is born
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Winston Churchill was born to a prominent British father and wealthy American mother in Oxfordshire, England, on this day in history, Nov. 30, 1874. He was voted the Greatest Briton in a BBC poll.
He assumed the role of British prime minister on May 10, 1940, replacing ineffective Neville Chamberlain, the same day that Hitler launched his new mechanized blitzkrieg war machine on a frightening offensive across Western Europe. Despite being the definitive Briton, Churchill was half American. "We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." — Winston Churchill Churchill's career was all but ruined by failed leadership in World War I. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Netherlands, Belgium and France all collapsed within six weeks.
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