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| | BBC - History - Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) |
 | | He was born son of a prominent Tory politician, Lord Randolph Churchill, at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, and attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before embarking on an army career. |
 | | Churchill, however, was regarded with suspicion by some, for his ability to change parties at regular intervals. |
 | | Even though Churchill lost power in the 1945 post-war election, he remained a vital leader of the opposition, voicing apprehensions about the Iron Curtain and encouraging European and Atlantic unity, finally conceived as NATO. |
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