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Churchill had an affinity for a good phrase, and stored them in his capacious memory for deployment when the time was right. He occasionally used them without credit to the author, innocently assuming that anyone with an ounce of education would recognize them on sight.

Mike Levine presents an illustrated WW2 chronology and offers an excellent in-depth biography of Churchill with photographs covering his life. His book includes individual stories of various generals and their encounters with the prime minister.

Q: After the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, Churchill provided skin from his left forearm to one Dick Molyneux. Do you know what happened to him?

Both would switch parties. Both would achieve the highest office. Both would win a Nobel Prize. TR was, incidentally, the most prolific presidential book writer, with 18 (Nixon 12), against Churchill’s fifty-one, though Roosevelt wrote mostly about hunting and outdoor life.

Winston Churchill filed a dispatch after the Battle of Omdurman, where the Dervish Army of 52,000 was obliterated. His account offers us an early insight into his appreciation for a valiant foe, and the magnanimity this noble spirit expressed throughout his life.