Churchill gave his famous ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech in 1946 These events took place at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury and the National Churchill Mus...
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Churchill, wanting to inspect the recently bombed areas, travelled by launch as the threat of unexploded bombs in the city made it dangerous to travel by road; Clementine went with him...
Top copy of typescript speaking notes laid out ‘psalm style’, annotated with changes in black ink by Churchill, showing the page from the speech with ‘Never in the field of human...
Churchill inspecting a ‘tommy gun’ while visiting coastal defence positions near Hartlepool in July 1940 copyright: IWM...
Churchill inspects bomb damage caused by the German Luftwaffe during night air raids in Ramsgate, Kent, 28 August 1940 copyright: IWM H3514...
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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...
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