Winston Churchill; Wladyslaw Anders; Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
1 portrait of Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Winston Churchill; Wladyslaw Anders; Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, August 1944
5 1/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (129 mm x 96 mm) image size
Photographs Collection
NPG x199246
Sittersback to top
- Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969), Field Marshal. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- Wladyslaw Anders (1892-1970), Polish army general and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister. Sitter in 224 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Events of 1944back to top
Current affairs
London is hit by the V1 Flying Bomb. This weapon, developed by the German Luftwaffe and colloquially known as the 'Buzz Bomb', or 'Doodlebug', was the first guided missile and was used for attacks on targets in England and Belgium.Art and science
Laurence Olivier's epic film version of Henry V is released. Olivier directed and starred in the film, which was partly funded by the British government in recognition of its morale-boosting patriotic appeal. The cast included service men as Henry's army.International
France is liberated from German-occupation following the Battle for Normandy. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied-France led by Field Marshall Montgomery, was the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million soldiers crossing the channel from England to France. Troops landed on the 6th June (D-Day), and Paris was liberated in late August.Comments back to top
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