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Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt exchanged almost 700 messages during the Second World War. (Illustration by Hugh Cowling for BBC History Magazine)
20th Century

Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt: the big three’s war of words

Sir Winston Churchill leaves his London home for Chartwell, Kent. (Photo by PA-Images)
20th Century

A new life of Churchill

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Winston Churchill pictured in July 1964, a few months before his 90th birthday – a milestone that he marked with tears. The prime minister would cry at everything from suffering pets and march-pasts to dying friends and poetry recitals. (Picture by PA Images)
Second World War

Churchill: The ‘cry-baby’ war hero

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor playing Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII in the 1963 film, Cleopatra. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
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The 7 best couples in history

British prime minister Winston Churchill delivering a speech at Westminster College that addressed the Communist threat in 1946, in which he uttered the now-famous phrase 'Iron Curtain'. (Photo by George Skadding/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Second World War

Churchill’s greatest speeches

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20th Century

History Weekends 2018: 5 minutes with Andrew Roberts

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20th Century

Challenging British heroes

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Second World War

The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

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Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)
Second World War

My history hero: Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

Gary Oldman portrays Winson Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'. (© 2017 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
Second World War

‘Darkest Hour’: an interview with director Joe Wright

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Second World War

Churchill’s darkest hour

Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting
Second World War

Churchill’s days of destiny

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The May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis: Churchill’s darkest hour?

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A history of left-handed writing