Strategy Gallery

Winston Churchill posing in the garden of the White House

Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, posing hte the grounds of the White House, Washington, dressed in his siren suit. Churchill was in the USA for a meeting with Franklin D. Roosevelt, American president to discuss Allied strategy and priorities, following America's declaration of war in 1942. Churchill is posed with Diana Hopkins, the daughter of Harry Hopkins, who is holding Falla, Roosevelt's Scottie dog. Harry Hopkins was Roosevelt's assistant and special envoy to Britain

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Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis

A new centre of world alarm during the Second World War: a panoramic map of the Mediterranean, showing the principal bases. The framework of strategy in the Mediterranean: Gibraltar, Toulon, Naples, Malta and Alexandria -- names that have figured in so many wars in the past -- are again being discussed all over the world. This map also shows new key points, such as Rhodes, Izmit and Haifa.
1940

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Sir Douglas Haig in private office on advanced GHQ train

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (1861 - 1928). Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in France and Flanders during the Great War pictured in his private office on the "Advanced G.H.Q." train, shortly before the Armistice in November 1918. It was from here that he directed the advance of the British army after the breaking of the Hindenberg line and the retreat of the German army in the summer and autumn of 1918. Photograph published in The Graphic following his death in February 1928.
1918

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