Winston Churchill

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Churchill museum director defends PM’s ‘timeless’ speeches

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Churchill’s wartime speeches are overrated, claims academic

Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gives his 'victory' sign while making a polling day tour of his constituency during an election. (Getty Images)

Are these the most overrated people in history?

Winston Churchill (left) with Charles de Gaulle, c1944. The British prime minister encouraged Vichy’s colonies to rally to the Free French leader. (Getty Images)

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D-Day dress rehearsal: the battle for Madagascar

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British ordinance workers put the final touches to anti-aircraft gun barrels, c1940. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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A colossus at war

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Churchill’s UFO ‘cover-up’

A portrait of Winston Churchill

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‘Ask your father’: the general election of 1945

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Churchill’s Empire

Winston Churchill on roller skates

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Churchill on roller skates

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Finest years: Churchill as Warlord 1940–45

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Warlord: Churchill at War

English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-94), author of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The decline and fall of the British Empire