The Persian Gulf Command was a United States Army service command established in December 1943 to facilitate the supply of US lend-lease war material to the Soviet Union, through the "Persian Corridor
View from a hilltop in Iran, 1942, taken by Charles L. Twitchell, World War II veteran stationed in the Persian Gulf
View of the courtyard of a home in Iran, 1942, taken by Charles L. Twitchell, World War II veteran stationed in the Persian Gulf
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of the Allies of World War II, held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was the fir
Persian Gulf Command
…vital contribution to the Soviet war effort. The Command, in conjunction with the British Tenth Army and Soviet troops, also provided security for the Teheran Conference in the fall of 1943, the meeting of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph…
Left-to-right: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, American president Franklin D. Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin kisses the "Sword of Stalingrad" during the Tehran Conference, Iran, 1943. Valentin Berezhkov, Stalin's translator, second man on right side.
The Shah of Iran, shortly after his father's forced abdication during the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran, meeting with American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Conference
The Shah of Iran (center), pictured to the right of Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference (1943)