WINSTON CHURCHILL, A CELEBRATED AND CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE

WHEN CHURCHILL HAD TO TRAVEL BY WATER DURING

WORLD WAR II HE ALWAYS HAD ONE OF THE

LIFEBOATS EQUIPPED WITH A MACHINE GUN SO

HE COULD EVADE CAPTURE AT ALL COSTS

WINSTON'S BODYGUARD, WALTER H. THOMPSON,

APPARENTLY SAVED HIS LIFE MORE THAN

20 TIMES FROM ATTACKS BY NAZIS, THE IRA,

COMMUNISTS, AND INDIAN NATIONALISTS

WHILE THE CROWD WAS APPLAUDING HIS

"WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES" SPEECH

CHURCHILL SAID TO A COLLEAGUE

“AND WE’LL FIGHT THEM WITH THE BUTT ENDS

OF BROKEN BEER BOTTLES BECAUSE THAT’S

BLOODY WELL ALL WE’VE GOT!”

CHURCHILL WAS NOT A FAN OF GHANDI. DURING

THE AFOREMENTIONED BENGAL FAMINE

(CREATED BY THE DIVERTED FOOD SUPPLIES),

CHURCHILL RESPONDED TO A TELEGRAM BY

ASKING IF FOOD WAS SO SCARCE

"WHY HASN'T GANDHI DIED YET?"

CHURCHILL'S EPITAPH READS

"I AM READY TO MEET MY MAKER.

WHETHER MY MAKER IS PREPARED FOR THE

GREAT ORDEAL OF MEETING ME IS ANOTHER MATTER.”

WHEN BARACK OBAMA TOOK OFFICE HE SENT A

BUST OF CHURCHILL BACK TO BRITAIN. HIS

KENYAN GRANDFATHER, HUSSEIN ONYANGO

OBAMA, WAS IMPRISONED AND TORTURED FOR

2 YEARS WITHOUT TRIAL WHILE CHURCHILL

WAS IN POWER. HIS CRIME WAS RESISTING

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

IN SPITE OF HIS WARTIME LEADERSHIP CHURCHILL

WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXTREME VIEWS. ONE OF

THOSE INCLUDED SUPPORT OF EUGENICS,

WHICH WAS NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM HIS

NAZI COUNTERPARTS. AT ONE POINT HE EVEN

DRAFTED LEGISLATION TO STERILIZE PEOPLE

WITH MENTAL HANDICAPS

TO END ON A POSITIVE NOTE, HOWEVER,

CHURCHILL'S UNDISPUTEDLY GREATEST

ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS BEING THE WORLD'S

MOST ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES WARTIME

LEADER SINCE TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND

UNITING THE VASTLY OUTGUNNED ALLIES

AGAINST A SUPERIOR NAZI WAR MACHINE