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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Key Facts — History II

During which TWO periods did Winston Churchill serve as Prime Minister?

A) 1935–1940
B) 1940–1945
C) 1945–1951
D) 1951–1955

Correct answer: 1940–1945; 1951–1955

The leadership of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister occurred during two separate terms: his wartime premiership from 1940 to 1945, and a subsequent peacetime term from 1951 to 1955.

Related handbook facts

Winston Churchill (1874–1965), son of a politician, served as a soldier and journalist before entering Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1900. He was Prime Minister twice — from 1940 to 1945, guiding Britain through the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

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