Churchill: walking with destiny

Part 1. The preparation.

A famous name : November 1874-January 1895

Ambition under fire : January 1895-July 1898

From Omdurman to Oldham via Pretoria : August 1898-October 1900

Crossing the floor : October 1900-December 1905

Liberal imperialist : January 1906-April 1908

Love and liberalism : April 1908-February 1910

Home Secretary : February 1910-September 1911

First Lord of the Admiralty : October 1911-August 1914

'This glorious, delicious war' : August 1914-March 1915

Gallipoli : March-November 1915

Plug Street to victory : November 1915- November 1918

Coalition politics : November 1918-November 1922

Redemption : November 1922-May 1926

Crash : June 1926-January 1931

Into the wilderness : January 1931-October 1933

Sounding the alarm : October 1933-March 1936

Apotheosis of appeasement : March 1936-October 1938

Vindication : October 1938-September 1939

'Winston is back' : September 1939-May 1940

Seizing the premiership : May 1940

Part 2. The trial.

The fall of France : May-June 1940 ; The Battle of Britain : June-September 1940

The Blitz : September 1940-January 1941

'Keep buggering on' : January-June 1941

'Being met together' : June 1941-January 1942

Disaster : January-June 1942

Desert victory : June-November 1942

'One continent redeemed' : November 1942-September 1943

The hard underbelly : September 1943-June 1944

Liberation : June 1944-January 1945

Victory and defeat : January-July 1945

Opposition : August 1945-October 1951

Indian summer : October 1951-April 1955

'Long sunset' : April 1955-January 1965

Conclusion : 'Walking with destiny'.