Portraits ii world war politicians Black & White Stock Photos
RMF2AX10–Sir Osei Agyeman, Premph II, an Ashante chief, helped build the British West Africa militia. Jan. 5, 1943. During World War II,
RMBTKG73–Victorious World War II commanders, Marshal Georgii Zhukov and General Dwight Eisenhower, saluting when Eisenhower visited Moscow in August, 1946.
RM2M3RGG5–Captain David Euan Wallace (1892 - 1941), British conservative politician and briefly, Minister of Transport during World War II. Was the first husband of Lady Idina Sackville and married secondly, Barbara Lutyens, daughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Date: 1934
RMERGE9P–Miklós Horthy (Hungarian: Horthy Miklós) - portrait. Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout
RM2M3RAD8–Winston Churchill VE Day Broadcast 1945. Prime Minister Winston Churchill pictured making his broadcast to the nation at 3pm 8th May 1945. Date: 1945
RMERGCKE–Hore Belisha - portrait for charity appeal. Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, English Jewish politician.
RMH3ADJ8–Abandoned house of a Soviet army staff, 1941
RMBMMB42–Undated portrait photo of Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) - Conservative statesman and UK Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940.
RM2KR5AMD–Truman announces Japan's surrender, August 14, 1945.
RM2KJFW75–The big Three at the Tehran conference in 1943. Front row: Marshal Stalin, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy—Back row: General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Force; General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Admiral Cunningham, First Sea Lord; Admiral William Leahy, Chief of staff to President Roosevelt, during the Tehran Conference
RM2M4EFH5–US President Kennedy as a Lieutenant (junior grade) (standing at right) with his torpedo boat PT-109 crew, 1943
RM2M4EFN6–Lieutenant John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific, 1943.
RMF2AWPE–Sir Osei Agyeman, Premph II, an Ashante chief, helped build the British West Africa militia. He wore the uniform of the militia
RMBTKG3A–Rudolf Slansky (1901-1952), one of the leading creators and organizers of communist rule in Czechoslovakia after World War II. Slansky, with 13 others, was accused of being a Titoist, advocating a non-Russia-centric form of Communism and was executed in 1952.
RM2M3RAC8–Prime Minister Winston Churchill at his home, Chartwell Manor in Westerham, Kent. C. 1940 Date: C. 1940
RMBPY20W–Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain (1856 - 1951) - the French General who went from being 'Hero of Verdun' to the 'Traitor of Vichy'.
RMCWBRR6–Victorious World War II commanders, Marshal Georgii Zhukov and General Dwight Eisenhower, saluting when Eisenhower visited
RMBTKG8B–President Franklin Roosevelt with executives who converted their automotive and aviation industries to war production, creating
RMBPK5JC–Portrait photo circa 1920s of Franklin Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) - the 32nd US President (1933 - 1945).
RMD18HE9–Congressman Lyndon Johnson visiting fighting commanders at an air base in New Guinea Island during World War II. Brig. Gen.
RMKWC4MA–Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter administers oath of office to Secretary of Navy, Col. Frank Knox. As World War 2 began in Europe, President Franklin Roosevelt organized a bi-partisan 'War Cabinet' including Republicans such as Knox in critical posts. July 11, 1940. (BSLOC 2015 2 252)
RMBMN1M4–Vintage 1920s photo of Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) - Conservative (formerly Liberal) statesman and twice UK Prime Minister.
RMF2B2DX–Nikita Khrushchev on the Kursk Front in the Soviet Union in 1943, after the victory at Stalingrad. With him in the front line photo, is Russian General N. F. Fatutin, during World War II. (CSU 2015 8 558)
RMKWB7PF–Hans Ulrich Rudel was the most highly decorated German serviceman of World War 2. As a Stuka dive-bomber pilot Rudel flew 3,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed. After the war he associated with right wing politicians in South America and Germany. (BSLOC 2014 8 165)
RMF2B2XT–Author Pearl Buck presents Wendell Willkie with a United China Relief Fellowship Certificate. United China Relief was founded in 1941 in NYC to raise funds to aid the Chinese people during World War II. At right is James G. Blaine. (CSU 2015 8 473)
RMKWB7X2–President Roosevelt broadcasting a 'Fireside Chat' on May 26, 1940. He spoke of the World situation as Nazi armies advanced through Western Europe and of U.S. defense plans. He attacked isolationists, as 'the Trojan Horse and the Fifth Column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery'. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 186)
RMF2B3JB–Navy Sec. Paul Nitze, at a Pentagon Conference during the Vietnam War, July 22, 1966. He served several presidents from FDR during World War II to Ronald Reagan in the 1980s arms negotiations with the Soviet Russia. - (CSU 2015 6 186)
RMKWB7X7–Woman weeps into her handkerchief at the funeral of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 187)
RMF2AWHR–Josef Stalin (left), and Kliment Voroshilov, the Soviet's Chief War Minister, in 1936. Voroshilov relations with Stalin were strained by the trials and executions of many of Russia's military commanders in the Great Purge of the 1930. Voroshilov survived to commanded the Leningrad Front in World War II. (CSU 2015 11 1366)
RMKWB7XC–Grieving citizens watch the funeral procession of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 188)
RMCWBRM8–Rudolf Slansky (1901-1952), one of the leading creators and organizers of communist rule in Czechoslovakia after World War II.
RMKWB7TR–Winston Churchill, photographed from behind, watching B-17 'Flying Fortress' in flight. July 1940. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 180)
RMF2B2F2–Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the National Press Club, Sept. 27, 1959. At the end of his 12 day American visit, relations with the Soviet Union were better than they had been since the end of World War II. (CSU 2015 8 539)
RMKWB7PM–Adolf Hitler, with German military and officials, inspects bomb damage in a German city in 1944. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 167)
RMKWB6HM–Hans Ulrich Rudel was the most highly decorated German serviceman of World War 2. As a Stuka dive-bomber pilot Rudel flew 3,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed. After the war he associated with right wing politicians in South America and Germany. (BSLOC 2014 8 165)
RMKWCNY8–The 'Big Three' leaders of the Allies fighting against the Axis nations of World War 2. L-R: Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and Winston Churchill. July 18, 1945. - (BSLOC 2014 15 24)
RMEG6RDM–President Harry Truman honoring General Dwight Eisenhower for his World War 2 service. He was decorated with the Distinguished
RMKWB7YH–President Harry Truman addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington, on April 16, 1945. Truman became President four days after the sudden death of Franklin Roosevelt. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 196)
RMEG6MNM–Woman weeps into her handkerchief at the funeral of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2.
RMKWB7K4–Charles de Gaulle in exile in Britain during World War 2. He resisted the German occupiers, the Vichy collaborators, and fought for French interests throughout World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 142)
RMEG6MNP–Grieving citizens watch the funeral procession of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2.
RMKWB7KD–General Charles de Gaulle speaking at the African-French Conference in Brazzaville, Congo, 1944. Brazzaville Conference began major reforms in French colonial policy. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 144)
RMEG6R57–The 'Big Three' leaders of the Allies fighting against the Axis nations of World War 2. L-R: Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and
RMKWB7TJ–British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference, August 17-24, 1943. Key agenda items were the Normandy Invasion, Mediterranean theatre, European aerial bombing, and the development of the atomic bomb. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 179)
RMEG6MJA–Charles de Gaulle in exile in Britain during World War 2. He resisted the German occupiers, the Vichy collaborators, and fought
RMKWB7WN–Franklin Roosevelt signing pact establishing the first UN relief agency on Nov. 9, 1943. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) provided humanitarian aid in the wake of World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 185)
RMEG6MN9–Winston Churchill, photographed from behind, watching B-17 'Flying Fortress' in flight. July 1940. World War 2.
RMKWB811–Allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference, July 17- Aug. 2, 1945. L-R: George Marshall, Joseph Stalin, unidentified, William Leahy, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 202)
RMKWC3F4–Hitler decorates a 12-year-old boy soldier with the iron Cross, second-class. Photo was taken near Hitler's bunker headquarters in the final Battle of Berlin against the Soviet Russian armies. World War 2, April 1945. (BSLOC 2015 13 76)
RMEG6PTH–President Harry Truman honoring General Dwight Eisenhower for his World War 2 service. He was decorated with the Distinguished
RMEG6MM8–Adolf Hitler, with German military and officials, inspects bomb damage in a German city in 1944. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 167)
RMKWB7E1–General Dwight Eisenhower with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. At left is General Sir Alan Brooke and at right is RAF General Sir Arthur Tedder. Ca. 1943-45. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 113)
RMF2B5RK–President Eisenhower speaking at American Management Association dinner. Vice President Richard Nixon is at right. Also attending was visiting World War 2 British Field Marshall Montgomery (second from left). New York City, May 20, 1958. - (BSLOC 2014 16 75)
RMEG6MJ6–Woman weeps into her handkerchief at the funeral of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2.
RMKWB6KD–President Roosevelt broadcasting a 'Fireside Chat' on May 26, 1940. He spoke of the World situation as Nazi armies advanced through Western Europe and of U.S. defense plans. He attacked isolationists, as 'the Trojan Horse and the Fifth Column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery'. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 186)
RMKWB7RJ–Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering walking in a group. L-R: Martin Bormann, Robert Ley and Heinrich Himmler. They were at Hitler's headquarters on his birthday. April 20, 1942, during World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 172)
RMCWBRT7–President Franklin Roosevelt with executives who converted their automotive and aviation industries to war production, creating
RMKWB800–Senator Truman's committee visits the Ford Motor Company on April 13, 1942. The war production oversight committee, 'Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program', brought Truman national prominence and the 1944 vice presidential nomination. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 198)
RMDD767A–Eleanor Roosevelt broadcasting from Red Cross headquarters. She appealed for contributions to aid victims of the European War.
RMEG6MJ8–Grieving citizens watch the funeral procession of President Franklin Roosevelt. Washington, D.C. April 14, 1945. World War 2.
RMEG6MPH–Senator Truman's committee visits the Ford Motor Company on April 13, 1942. The war production oversight committee, 'Senate
RMEG6MEW–Charles de Gaulle in exile in Britain during World War 2. He resisted the German occupiers, the Vichy collaborators, and fought
RMEG6MNJ–President Roosevelt broadcasting a 'Fireside Chat' on May 26, 1940. He spoke of the World situation as Nazi armies advanced
RMEG6PFM–The 'Big Three' leaders of the Allies fighting against the Axis nations of World War 2. L-R: Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and
RMD18F4M–President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the joint congressional resolution declaring war with Japan at 4:10 PM, Dec. 8, 1941.
RMKWB7KJ–Charles de Gaulle, chief of the Free France, in Chad with Governor-General Eboue. Eboue, a native of French Guinea, was the first African leader to rally to the Free French cause. Ca. 1940-43. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 145)
RMD18F4H–President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the joint congressional resolution declaring war with Japan at 4:10 PM, Dec. 8, 1941.
RMEG6MHN–Winston Churchill, photographed from behind, watching B-17 'Flying Fortress' in flight. July 1940. World War 2.
RMD18F1W–President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the joint congressional resolution declaring war with Japan at 4:10 PM, Dec. 8, 1941.
RMKWB7YP–President Harry Truman waving to soldiers wounded in Pacific combat. His limousine passes the lawn at the Hamilton Field Hospital near San Rafael, California. Truman was in San Francisco attending the United Nations Charter signing ceremonies. April 26, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 197)
RMEG6MMH–Adolf Hitler, flanked by Hermann Goering, and Albert Speer. Speer was Minister of Armaments and War Production. His 'Org. Tolt'
RMKWCP43–President Harry Truman awarding Admiral Chester Nimitz a Gold Star at the White House. Nimitz was Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War 2. At far left is Adm. Ernest King; Mrs. Catherine Nimitz is beside her husband. Oct. 5, 1945. - (BSLOC 2014 15 28)
RMD18EJ5–Allies of the Pacific War Council met at the White House on June 25, 1942. Seated: Winston Churchill and President Franklin
RMKWCP3X–President Harry Truman honoring General Dwight Eisenhower for his World War 2 service. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal for leading Allied forces in Europe during WW2. Future First Lady Mamie Eisenhower is at left. Washington D.C., June 18, 1945 - (BSLOC 2014 15 27)
RMD18EJ4–Allies of the Pacific War Council met at the White House on June 25, 1942. Seated: Winston Churchill and President Franklin
RMKWB7RW–Adolf Hitler, wearing a bandage on his left hand from an assassination attempt of July 20, 1944. L-R: Mussolini, Martin Borman, unidentified, Adm. Doenitz, Hitler, Goering, Hermann Fegelein, and Bruno Loerzer. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 173)
RMD18EHF–Allies of the Pacific War Council met at the White House on June 25, 1942. Seated: Winston Churchill and President Franklin
RMKWB7T0–Mussolini greeting Joachim von Ribbentrop, with the German ambassador to Italy, Rudolf Rahn. April 25, 1944. 10 months earlier, Mussolini was ousted and replaced by Marshal Pietro Badoglio who dissolved Fascist party. The Nazis continued to prop up the powerless dictator for another year. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 174)
RMD18ENE–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Feb. 1, 1943. L-R, seated: The Sultan; President Franklin
RMKWB80J–Allied leaders and delegates at the Teheran Conference. Dec. 1943. Outside the Russian Embassy, L-R: Gen. George Marshall shaking hands with Ambassador Archibald Clark Keer; Joseph Stalin, Foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, General Kliment Voroshilov. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 200)
RMD18EHK–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Feb. 1, 1943. L-R, seated: The Sultan; President Franklin
RMKWB7XX–Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, with President Roosevelt during the Teheran Conference. Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, then 24, came to limited power after an Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran forced the abdication of his father, Axis leaning Reza Shah. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 191)
RMD18EN9–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Feb. 1, 1943. L-R, seated: The Sultan; President Franklin
RMKWC565–Hitler decorates a 12-year-old boy soldier with the iron Cross, second-class. Photo was taken near Hitler's bunker headquarters in the final Battle of Berlin against the Soviet Russian armies. World War 2, April 1945. (BSLOC 2015 13 76)
RMD18EHJ–President Franklin Roosevelt meets with King Farouk of Egypt aboard a U.S. war ship anchored in Great Bitter Lake near Cairo.
RMEG6MGK–Adolf Hitler, with German military and officials, inspects bomb damage in a German city in 1944. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 167)
RMD18EM4–President Franklin Roosevelt meets with King Farouk of Egypt aboard a U.S. war ship anchored in Great Bitter Lake near Cairo.
RMKWB7RF–Adolf Hitler, flanked by Hermann Goering, and Albert Speer. Speer was Minister of Armaments and War Production. His 'Org. Tolt' armband refers to German wartime industrial and military engineering works that ran the Nazi slave labor workforce. April 10, 1942. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 171)
RMD18EM2–President Franklin Roosevelt meets with King Farouk of Egypt aboard a U.S. war ship anchored in Great Bitter Lake near Cairo.
RMKWB7R5–Ruins after the assassination attempt on Hitler by 42-year-old Johann Georg Elser. The time bomb explosion at the site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, killed 8 people and 67 injured. Hitler had left earlier than scheduled and missed the explosion. Nov 8, 1939. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 169)
RMD18ER1–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 31, 1943. L-R, Seated: Lt. Gen. Hap Arnold; Admiral
RMKWB7R4–Adolf Hitler giving his annual speech to his old guard at the Munich beer hall, Nov. 8, 1939. Minutes after Hitler left, a bomb planted in the lectern exploded. Nov. 8 was the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in the Burgerbraukeller, Munich. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 168)
RMD18EHT–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 31, 1943. L-R, Seated: Lt. Gen. Hap Arnold; Admiral
RMKWB80R–Foreign ministers and delegates to the Yalta Conference, Feb. 4–11, 1945. 2nd from left, Andrey Vishinsky; 4th from left, Averill Harriman; 5th from left, Vyacheslav Molotov; 6th from left, Anthony Eden; 7th from left, Edward Stettinius; 8th from left, Alexander Cadogan; and on far right, Alger Hiss. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 201)
RMD18EPY–Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 31, 1943. L-R, Seated: Lt. Gen. Hap Arnold; Admiral
RMKWB7XR–President Roosevelt hosts French General Henri Giraud, of French forces in Africa, July 1943. Giraud and Charles DeGaulle were rivals for French wartime leadership, with Giraud favored by the U.S. in 1943. Soon, his poor political skills reduced his influence. Standing behind FDR: Adm. William Leahy (far left); Gen. Henri Giraud (left); Gen. George Marshall (far right); in back are two of Giraud's aides. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 190)
RMF2B1XW–William S. Knudsen is sworn in as Lieut. General by Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson. Jan. 29, 1942. In 1938-39, his company,
RMEG6MK3–Senator Truman's committee visits the Ford Motor Company on April 13, 1942. The war production oversight committee, 'Senate
RMF2AWRA–Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister to US, attending the annual White House diplomatic reception. Dec. 15, 1939. Europe was at war and Hurban's nation annexed into Nazi Germany. The reception was one of the briefest social events of the Roosevelt administration. Hurban was also a member of the government in exile of Czechoslovakia. (CSU 2015 11 1227)
RMEG6MJ4–President Roosevelt broadcasting a 'Fireside Chat' on May 26, 1940. He spoke of the World situation as Nazi armies advanced
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