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April 1939: British Conservative politician Winston Churchill. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

April 1939:  British Conservative politician Winston Churchill.  (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Prime Minister Winston Churchill showing his victory sign, circa 1941. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).

Portrait of Prime Minister Winston Churchill showing his victory sign, circa 1941. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).

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US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945, left) with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) at the White House, Washington DC, December 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945, left) with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) at the White House, Washington DC, December 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) gives his famous v-sign as he opens the new headquarters of 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron of the RAAF (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) at Croydon, 1948. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) gives his famous v-sign as he opens the new headquarters of 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron of the RAAF (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) at Croydon, 1948. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Conference of the Allied leaders, Yalta, Crimea, USSR, February 1945. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), US President Franklin D Roosevelt (1882-1945), and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953). Yalta determined the shape the world ge (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Conference of the Allied leaders, Yalta, Crimea, USSR, February 1945. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), US President Franklin D Roosevelt (1882-1945), and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953). Yalta determined the shape the world ge (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)