besides being a politician, what else was he known for?
He was also a writer.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. 
what happened to the british empire after ww2 Though it emerged victorious from the Second World War, the effects of the conflict were profound, much of Europe was in ruins, and host to the armies of the United States and the Soviet Union. Britain was also left essentially bankrupt. which colony was the last to exit the empire? UNANSWERABLE who was the british prime minister during the above mentioned war? Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill [SEP] Introduction
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led the country to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, Churchill was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, as leader from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.