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Potsdam Conference

In July 1945, Churchill attended his final act of the War; the first sessions of the Potsdam conference – the last time he would meet Stalin – where the aims […]...

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1942: ‘The Hinge of Fate’

The war ground slowly on. In late 1941 and 1942, disaster followed disaster as Germany and their Japanese allies gained the upper hand. On Christmas Day 1941, Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese, with Singapore falling only a few weeks later, on 15 February 1942; Rangoon followed soon after. Japan moved on to threaten Australia. In Greece, the Mediterranean and north Africa the situation was no better. Tobruk, in north Africa, fell to the German forces. Churchill flew to Cairo to change Middle East command on 2 August, replacing General Auchinleck with General Alexander, and putting General Montgomery in command of the British Eighth Army. On 12 August 1942, Churchill flew to Moscow for his first meeeting with Stalin, to tell him that the western Allies weren’t in a position to attack in Europe that year – they didn’t have sufficient resources – and would instead focus on forcing German retreat from north Africa. Stalin was always against this strategy and continued to argue that a western, European invasion was the only way to defeat Germany (and to relieve pressure on Soviet forces fighting in the east). It will perhaps seem surprising to future generations to know that Churchill faced two votes of no confidence in his government in January and July 1942. Though he won them easily, they show that Britain was not always united and that Churchill remained answerable to the will of Parliament.

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The cautious allies

Churchill with Stalin in 1942, during Churchill’s visit to Moscow. copyright: Reproduced from The Broadwater Collection with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London, on ...

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Churchill having dinner with Stalin and Roosevelt

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...

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Churchill’s telegram to Stalin, 7 June 1944

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‘The Big Three’ at the Yalta Conference

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