| United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) at the Foreign Office at Whitehall for the signing of the Anglo-Soviet Agreement of 1941. From left to right: Arkady Sobolev (1903-December 1, 1964), Under Secretary of the Soviet Foreign Office; Ivan Maisky (January 19, 1884 – September 3, 1975), Soviet Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Vyacheslav Molotov (March 9, 1890 – November 8, 1986), Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs; Anthony Eden (June 12, 1897 – January 14, 1977), British Foreign Secretary; and Churchill. The Anglo-Soviet Agreement was a declaration signed by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union on July 12, 1941, to cooperate in the war against Nazi Germany. Shortly after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, both powers pledged to assist each other and not to make a separate peace with Germany. The agreement was to be valid until the end of war against Nazi Germany. The 2 principles of the agreement, a commitment to mutual assistance and renunciation of a separate peace, were similar to those in the earlier Declaration of St James’s Palace and the later Declaration by United Nations. | |
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| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | Royal Air Force Official Photographer |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | July 12, 1941 |
| Location | |
| City | London |
| State or Province | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Archive | Imperial War Museum |
| Record Number | CH 5699 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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