Winston Churchill is the face of the history channel. The reason for this is that despite being disgraced in overseeing the Gallipoli disaster in WW1, and finding himself in the political wilderness for many years, at the outset of WW2 he rose to the occasion to lead Great Britain along with their allies to defeat the Nazi fascists after all of Western Europe had succumbed. Well into his sixties, he must have thought his legacy would be permanently tainted. However, cometh the hour, cometh the man, and he rewrote his legacy forever. His V for victory sign also inspired what is now globally know as the sign for peace.