Page 12 - HP1A 002 Sir Winston Churchill

During the war, however, he major threat, even as Hitler was

developed a reputation for rising to power in Germany.

possessing erratic judgment. This Gradually, however, Churchill

reputation stayed with him into became one of the foremost

the decade following the war. advocates for Britain taking the

He was considered politically fight to Nazi Germany. By 1938,

unsound and became a lonely Germany had started to control its

figure in the world of politics. neighbors, and the British Prime

This all changed in 1940, as Minister at the time, Neville

his opposition to Hitler and the Chamberlain, was appeasing the

Nazi regime brought him into Germans. Churchill became a

office. Initially, during the 1930s, strong critic of Chamberlain’s

Churchill didn’t see Hitler as a policies towards the Nazis.