Winston Churchill

Leadership and Strategic Decisions

This timeline highlights key leadership decisions and strategies employed by Churchill during World War II.

The Battle of Britain Speech

20 August 1940

Churchill delivered his famous speech praising the RAF pilots, saying 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'

Pearl Harbor and Declaration of War on Japan

7-8 December 1941

Churchill declared war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor and met with Roosevelt for the Washington Conference.

Operation Torch

November 1942

Churchill supported the Allied invasion of French North Africa, a key strategic decision in the war.

Second Quebec Conference

12-16 September 1944

Churchill and Roosevelt agreed on the Morgenthau Plan for post-war Germany, though Churchill later disowned it.