Only a few days after Churchill’s return from Yalta, British bombers attacked Dresden Between 13 and 15 February 1945, the RAF and US Army Air Forces launched a series of devastating raids...

In July 1945, Churchill attended his final act of the War; the first sessions of the Potsdam Conference – the last time he would meet Stalin – where...

Churchill was very fond of cats – ‘Mickey’ and ‘Tango’ who lived at Chartwell, ‘Nelson’, who would accompany Churchill at Chequers, among others For his eighty-eighth birthday, Sir John ‘Jock’ Colville,...

In the summer of 1940, with German U-boats patrolling the seas and German bombers marshalling on the coast of France, Britain faced its first serious threat of invasion since 1805 Many found...

The Cabinet War Rooms (now a museum called the Churchill War Rooms) – a ‘bunker’ – was where Churchill and his government were protected from the worst the German bombers could...

Churchill was always demanding of others and imposed on them his own working patterns, always at a frantic pace; his energy was astounding for a man in his sixties and he...

Introduced by Richard M Langworth Speaking in at the 1988 Churchill Conference, the legendary news correspondent, Alistair Cooke, traced his memories of Churchill from his youth, explaining why it was so difficult...

Extract from Saviour of the Nation: An Epic Poem of Winston Churchill’s Finest Hour written by Brian Hodgkinson...

This is the transcript of Churchill’s broadcast to the nation, via the BBC, at 300 pm on 8 May 1945, from 10 Downing Street You can download the transcripts here...