*) so much owed by so many to so few" to thank the Royal Air Force.
This man lamented "the lights are going out" in a 1938 speech. In 1940, he said "We shall go on to the end [...], we shall fight on the beaches" after the evacuation at Dunkirk, and later declared "Never in the field of human conflict was (*) so much owed by so many to so few" to thank the Royal Air Force. For 10 points, name this man, who claimed "an Iron Curtain has descended across" Europe after he served as British Prime Minister during World War II.
This man lamented "the lights are going out" in a 1938 speech.
Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill