Emperor Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) of Ethiopia, Africa, meets with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) aboard the Navy ship USS Quincy, in the Suez Canal. They met during WW II, on February 13, 1945, just after the Yalta Conference. When younger, Selassie was a Crown Prince, then King and Regent, then Emperor from 1930 to 1974. He was assassinated in 1975. To see my other WW II-related images, Search: Prestor vintage WW II African

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Size: 11380px × 8588px
Location: Suez Canal, Egypt
Photo credit: © Prestor Pictures LLC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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