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Churchill inspects air raid damage in August 1940

Churchill inspects bomb damage caused by the German Luftwaffe during night air raids in Ramsgate, Kent, 28 August 1940 copyright: IWM H3514...

The Churchills with their grandson, Randolph’s son, who was born at the height of the London blitz, 10 October 1940

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Churchill returning to Admiralty

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On 3 September 1939, Winston Churchill returned to the Admiralty (an image that appeared ten years later on the cover of the popular magazine, Picture Post, in commemoration of the day...

Churchill studies reports of the action that day with Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, 28 August 1940

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Churchill leaving 10 Downing Street

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copyright: Reproduced from the Baroness Spencer Churchill Papers with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London, on behalf of the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Churchill College, Cambridge...

Churchill having dinner with Stalin and Roosevelt

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Churchill having dinner with Stalin and Roosevelt at Teheran on his sixty-ninth birthday, 30 November 1943 copyright: Reproduced from The Broadwater Collection with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd,...

Churchill makes the victory broadcast on BBC radio

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Winston Churchill makes his VE Day radio broadcast from 10 Downing Street, 8 May 1945 copyright: IWM H 41846...

Churchill’s telegram to Stalin, 7 June 1944

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Churchill and Charles de Gaulle

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Churchill and Charles de Gaulle walk down the Avenue des Champs-Elysee during the French Armistice Day parade in Paris, 11 November 1944 copyright: IWM (BU 1292)...

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Churchill inspects air raid damage in August 1940

The Churchills with their grandson, Randolph’s son, who was born at the height of the London blitz, 10 October 1940

Churchill returning to Admiralty

Churchill studies reports of the action that day with Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, 28 August 1940

Churchill leaving 10 Downing Street

Churchill having dinner with Stalin and Roosevelt

Churchill makes the victory broadcast on BBC radio

Churchill’s telegram to Stalin, 7 June 1944

Churchill and Charles de Gaulle

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