Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?

The story behind the answer

Winston Churchill is correct because he replaced Neville Chamberlain in May 1940 and led a wartime coalition government through most of World War II, from Britain’s darkest days to victory in Europe in 1945. His speeches—like “We shall fight on the beaches”—bolstered morale during the Blitz, and he coordinated Allied strategy with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, overseeing key campaigns from the Battle of Britain to the planning of D-Day. Chamberlain served only at the war’s outset; Harold Macmillan and Edward Heath were postwar prime ministers.

Memory tip: “W” for World War II and Winston. Or think “Church-ill”—a church standing firm in a storm—capturing