British statesman and military veteran Winston Churchill is born in Oxfordshire, England. One of only seven foreigners to be granted honorary American citizenship, Churchill served in the British Army, led the Conservative Party in Parliament, and inspired millions of Britons and colonial subjects as prime minister during World War II, as he and President Roosevelt led the campaign against tyrannical imperialism.
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