The Special Relationship, a term used to describe relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, first came into popular usage following a 1946 speech by former UK Prime Minister Winston
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and US president Ronald Reagan in 1985. Their strong bond epitomised UK–US relations in the late 20th century.
A pair of Royal Air Force GR4 Tornados move up to a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel somewhere over Iraq in 2003, as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom — the invasion of Iraq by the US, UK and other allies
US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, based at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, conducting joint training with Royal Air Force F-35s over the English town of Dover on the south coast of the UK in 2019
A British soldier and an American soldier standing far left with other representatives of the 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance, of which the United Kingdom and United States played a leading role
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.
Special Relationship
…the 1931–2 Manchurian crisis and the Depression—that convinced British leaders that the United States could not be relied on". Equally, as US president Harry S. Truman's Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, recalled, "Of course a unique relation existed between Britain and America—our common language and history ensured…
Truman's home in Independence, Missouri