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Franklin D Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill

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Secrets of Churchill’s War Rooms

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

Who was the best 20th-century prime minister?

Winston Churchill making the famed ‘V’ for Victory sign. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill facts: 9 things you might not know about the WW2 prime minister

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David Reynolds talks to the History Extra podcast. (Illustration by Hugh Cowling)

Letters from World War Two leaders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blenheim Palace in a c1880 print from ‘A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland’, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume I, William Mackenzie, London. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

10 things you might not know about Blenheim Palace

1949: Clementine with husband Winston Churchill at Epsom racecourse for the Derby. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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6 surprising facts about Clementine Churchill

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Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty in WWI. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Churchill’s navy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Contrasting biographies of iconic leader Winston Churchill show how perceptions of historical figures change with the passing of time, says David Cannadine. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)

Did Churchill’s postwar speeches save the world?

The president of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt and his staff gathered together in New York to find a solution to the economic crisis. 1935. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Icons: the game changers of the 20th century

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

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

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

A new life of Churchill . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Norsk Hydro's Vermork plant

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The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

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

History hero Barbara Taylor Bradford chooses Winston Churchill (1874–1965) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

‘Darkest Hour’: an interview with director Joe Wright