Winston Churchill became Prime Minister at the darkest moment of 1940. France was collapsing, British forces were cornered at Dunkirk, and many leaders wanted to negotiate with Hitler. Churchill refused. He promised Britain would fight on the beaches, in the air, in the fields, and never surrender. During the Blitz he walked through burning streets, spoke with shattered families in shelters, and turned defiance into a national lifeline. He didn’t win the war alone, but he kept Britain standing w