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Clement Attlee

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1944
19 7/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. (506 mm x 403 mm)
Given by the photographer, Yousuf Karsh, 1984
Primary Collection
NPG P241

On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery

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  • Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 159 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Karsh photographed Attlee on several occasions, finding him to be 'one of the most unpretentious men who has ever held high office'.

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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.

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