Photos: Churchill's Britain British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his way to hand in his resignation to King George VI in July 1945. Hide Caption 1 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire) – Churchill spent his early years at Blenheim Palace, a 2,000-acre, 187-room Baroque mansion built in the early 1700s to honor his distant relative John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough. Hide Caption 2 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain The Blenheim proposal – Highlights at Blenheim Palace include visits to the chapel where he was baptized and the Temple of Diana where Churchill proposed to Clementine, his wife. Hide Caption 3 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Harrow School (London) – Despite flunking its entrance exam, Churchill attended Harrow School, in a leafy northwest London suburb, from 1888 to 1893. Hide Caption 4 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Return of an old boy – The room at Harrow School in which Churchill, returning as prime minister in 1941, made a famous speech: "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never." Hide Caption 5 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Chartwell (Kent) – Chartwell, Churchill's family home in rural Kent, southeast of London. Hide Caption 6 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Chartwell as painted by Churchill – Churchill, a keen painter, said of his family home: "A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted." Hide Caption 7 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Churchill War Rooms (London) – The atmospheric secret bunker beneath the streets of London where Churchill gathered his war cabinet is open to the public. Hide Caption 8 of 10

Photos: Churchill's Britain Ditchley Park (Oxfordshire) – Surrounded in wartime by a thick forest, Ditchley Park was used as a rural retreat by Churchill during World War II. Hide Caption 9 of 10