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A c. 1914 photograph of Winston Churchill (1874-1965), then First Lord of the Admiralty. Elliot & Fry Photographers. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. The conference...

A photograph of the leaders of Britian, USA, and USSR - Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jospeph Stalin - at the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45) and what the post-war...

A photograph of the leaders of Britain and USA, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, in discussion during the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45) and what the post-war world...

A photograph taken in June 1943 of Winston Churchill (raising his hat on his cane) addressing troops in the ancient theatre of Carthage, Tunisia during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

The Potsdam Conference, held from 17 July to 2 August 1945 in Potsdam in eastern Germany, decided how the Allies would deal with a defeated Germany and how they could best conduct the ongoing campaign against Japan as the Second World War...

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) was one of Britain's top commnaders in the Second World War (1939-45). He famously defeated Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) at the Second Battle of El Alamein in North Africa in November 1942. Known for...

The Gallipoli Campaign took place in Turkey in 1915-16 during the First World War (1914-18). This major expedition involved British, French, Australian, and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops and was launched to break through the Dardanelles into...

The Dunkirk Evacuation of 26 May to 4 June 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was the attempt to save the British Expeditionary Force in France from total defeat by an advancing German army. Nearly 1,000 naval and civilian craft of all kinds...

The siege of the port of Tobruk in Libya (April to Dec 1941) by Axis forces during the Second World War (1939-45) lasted 242 days and became a symbol of Allied resistance. Besieged by land but still supplied by sea, Tobruk was of vital strategic...