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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the most badass Prime Minister of England. Due, largely to him, we don't wolf down wiener schnitzel (ha. That's what she said) and beam about the sale at "Lederhosen! Lederhosen!"

Ah, the price of freedom.

Born November 30, 1874 in Oxfordshire.
Direct descend of fellow epic ball buster, John Churchill.
The English equivalent of Teddy Roosevelt.
Known to the Russians as "The British Bulldog",
Coined the term "The Iron Curtain".

After graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1894 and being drafted into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars Cavalry Regiment as a Second Lieutenant, Churchill saw action in Cuba, India, and Afghanistan. Along with punching people square in the face, Churchill was a war correspondent for a newspaper back in England. Following Churchill being taken captive during the Boer Wars in South Africa, he worked his way up the ranks and, eventually, became the battalion commander in the Grenadier Guards (one of the most prominent and elite military units in England) during World War I.

"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."

There was this guy, aptly named Neville Chamberlain, who was Prime Minister of England from 1937 until 1940. At the same time that Churchill was working his way up the ranks and constantly pushing for the construction of warships, aircrafts, and tanks (Hint: this would pay off much later), this Chamberlain character was giving Hitler anything he wanted. For example, Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, yielding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany, which made Hitler even more power hunger, for the reason that no one was going to stop him.

Once Chamberlain resigned, I'm thinking due to being a wuss, Churchill became Prime Minister and gave total kick ass speeches that pumped up everyone in England against the Nazis. During this time, The Battle of Britain was going on. Now for all of you non-history buffs, The Battle of Britain was this epic dogfight (like when Luke and Han Solo were fighting those TIE Fighters after they recused the Princess!!) above London where the soundtrack of the Londoners' day were sirens, bombs, and planes. Despite the fact that the English were greatly outnumbered against the Germans, they won and Hitler's forces never gained a foothold anywhere in Britain. As a result, Hitler turned his focus en route for Russia, and we all know how that turned out.

German POWs from the Battle of Stalingrad (over a million people died in this battle)

For the duration of the war, Churchill worked rigorously to acquire supplies and support from the U.S. and building up relations among the Allies. He, in addition, agreed to a treaty with Joseph Stalin (who was allied with Hitler before he invaded Russia). Churchill bellowed, after the signing of the treaty, that "...If Hitler were to invade Hell, I should find the occasion to make a favorable reference to the Devil!!!!!!..." Thanks to Churchill's efforts the Allies were, obviously, victorious.