Picture No | 10988878 |
Date | 1941 |
Description | The Prime Minister with his war cabinet |
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The eight men who control the war machine: left to right (standing): Mr Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; Mr Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service; Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply; Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; (sitting): Sir John Anderson, Lord President of the Council; Mr Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, and Mr Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Formed by the Prime Minister himself in May 1940, the War Cabinet since that time was solely responsible of the conduct of the war at home and overseas.
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Source | Cover of The Illustrated London News, 25th October 1941 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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