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Throughout his long career as journalist, adventurer, MP, military leader, statesman, and historian, nationalist self-belief influenced Churchill's every step, with catastrophic effects. As a young man, he rode into battle in South Africa, Sudan, and India in order to maintain the Imperial order. As a minister during the First World War, he was responsible for a series of calamitous errors that cost thousands of lives. His attempt to crush the Irish nationalists left scars that have not yet healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite his record as a defender of his homeland during the Second World War, he was willing to sacrifice more distant domains. Singapore fell due to his hubris. Over 3 million Bengalis starved in 1943 as a consequence of his policies. 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