Dress Well

Even the rationing of clothes couldn’t stop people from dressing the way they wanted. The British came up with a very creative way in order to dress in the best attire they could. People started making and even repaired their personal clothes. Parachute silk was a popular material which was used in to make underwear, wedding dresses, and night clothes. Women would paint their legs with gravy powder so that it looked that were wearing stockings. Women even drew a line up the back with the black pencil to make it look like a seam.

The Phoney War

The Phoney War ended in May 1940, when Germany entered Western Europe. The month of May also saw Winston Churchill taking over as the Prime Minister of Britain. His wartime efforts made him the Greatest Ever Briton in a poll conducted in 2002 BBC poll. It was his leadership and effort which gave them the victory over Hitler.

Wartime Hero

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874 in the city called Oxfordshire. His father’s family line goes back to being the first Duke of Marlborough, who won the title in the early 1700s when a conflict between Britain and France was on the peak. Churchill’s mother was an American, who was the daughter of a New York financier.

Young Churchill

In 1908, Churchill married Clementine Hozier and their marriage lasted for 56 long years until she died. They had five children together, and Hozier supported Churchill even in his lowest points of life. She actively campaigned for the humanitarian causes that she felt were important back then, even when Churchill opposed her actions.

Before Politics

Before entering into politics, Churchill was in the army. Even in his political career, he switched sides between the Conservative and Liberal parties and then back again in the Conservative party. He was a very controversial figure, and after he took the blame for the failure of the Gallipoli campaign in WWI, he resigned from the government so that he can serve the nation on the frontlines.

Unheard Warnings

Churchill warned the government about Hitler long before in the 1930s. But it was the time when the policy of appeasement was extended by then prime minister Neville Chamberlain which failed terrifically and the Parliament looked for a potential leader who could unite the country again and bring it back on its feet. It was time for Churchill to show the way.