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B-17 bombers make their way to England to aid the British in WW2, April 1942. (Photo by Getty Images)

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American soldiers head towards the French coast, June 1944. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Few war leaders have been more profoundly steeped in history than Winston Churchill, who drew inspiration from his ancestor – and one of Britain's most celebrated generals – the Duke of Marlborough (left). (Images by Getty Images/Bridgeman

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It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)

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Neville Chamberlain holds aloft the famous piece of paper at Heston aerodrome on 30 September 1938. (Picture by Alamy)

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Franklin D Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill

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