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Given dates for the start and end of the phase may vary somewhat. In France the period from the official declaration of war on Germany on September 3 until the German invasion on the Benelux and France is known as drôle de guerre ("strange war"). This term was coined by the French journalist Roland Dorgelès who was reporting about the military inactivity on the Franco-German front. In Poland, which felt betrayed by her western allies, the term dziwna wojna ("strange war") is used for the period after all offensive operations ...

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Phony War, Phony War - Dates, Phony War - Assault on Finland, Phony War - Invasion of Denmark and Norway, Phony War - The Norway Debate, Phony War - Allied action during the Phony War

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List of pejorative political puns - Dick Armey. Dick Army: suggests that the former House Majority Leader is an army of phalli rather than a human being Vagina Air Force: sexual pun created by Howard Stern Vagina Coast Guard: sexual pun created by Family Guy List of pejorative political puns - Tom Brokaw. See also:

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World War II was primarily fought between two large alliances. The Axis Powers were a group of countries led by Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan, and are considered the aggressors of the conflict. The Allies, led by the United Kingdom and, until its defeat, France, were joined in the European theatre by the Soviet Union in June 1941 and by the United States in December 1941. In the Asia-Pacific theatre, the Allies were led by China from the invasion of China by Japan in 1937 and then joined by the United States in 1941 after the Pearl Harbor attack. ...

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Participants in World War II, Participants in World War II - Alliances, Participants in World War II - The Axis, Participants in World War II - The Allies, Participants in World War II - National impacts, Participants in World War II - Afghanistan, Participants in World War II - Albania, Participants in World War II - Andorra, Participants in World War II - Argentina, Participants in World War II - Australia, Participants in World War II - Austria, Participants in World War II - Bahrain, Participants in World War II - Belgium, Participants in World War II - Bolivia, Participants in World War II - Brazil, Participants in World War II - Bulgaria, Participants in World War II - Canada, Participants in World War II - Ceylon, Participants in World War II - China, Participants in World War II - Colombia, Participants in World War II - Costa Rica, Participants in World War II - Cuba, Participants in World War II - Czechoslovakia, Participants in World War II - Denmark, Participants in World War II - Dominican Republic, Participants in World War II - Ecuador, Participants in World War II - Egypt, Participants in World War II - El Salvador, Participants in World War II - Estonia, Participants in World War II - Ethiopia, Participants in World War II - Fiji, Participants in World War II - Finland, Participants in World War II - France, Participants in World War II - Germany, Participants in World War II - Greece, Participants in World War II - Guatemala, Participants in World War II - Haiti, Participants in World War II - Honduras, Participants in World War II - Hong Kong, Participants in World War II - Hungary, Participants in World War II - India, Participants in World War II - Indonesia, Participants in World War II - Iran, Participants in World War II - Iraq, Participants in World War II - Ireland, Participants in World War II - Italy, Participants in World War II - Japan, Participants in World War II - Latvia, Participants in World War II - Lebanon, Participants in World War II - Liberia, Participants in World War II - Liechtenstein, Participants in World War II - Lithuania, Participants in World War II - Luxembourg, Participants in World War II - Malaya, Participants in World War II - Malta, Participants in World War II - Manchukuo, Participants in World War II - Mexico, Participants in World War II - Monaco, Participants in World War II - Mongolia, Participants in World War II - Morocco, Participants in World War II - Nepal, Participants in World War II - Netherlands, Participants in World War II - New Zealand, Participants in World War II - Nicaragua, Participants in World War II - Norway, Participants in World War II - Oman, Participants in World War II - Panama, Participants in World War II - Paraguay, Participants in World War II - Peru, Participants in World War II - Philippines, Participants in World War II - Poland, Participants in World War II - Portugal, Participants in World War II - Romania, Participants in World War II - San Marino, Participants in World War II - Saudi Arabia, Participants in World War II - Singapore, Participants in World War II - South Africa, Participants in World War II - Soviet Union, Participants in World War II - Spain, Participants in World War II - Sweden, Participants in World War II - Switzerland, Participants in World War II - Syria, Participants in World War II - Tannu Tuva, Participants in World War II - Thailand, Participants in World War II - Tonga, Participants in World War II - Transjordan, Participants in World War II - Turkey, Participants in World War II - United Kingdom, Participants in World War II - United States of America, Participants in World War II - Uruguay, Participants in World War II - Venezuela, Participants in World War II - Vichy France, Participants in World War II - Yugoslavia

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History of the United States 1980-1988 - The assault on U.S./Soviet Détente. The 1970s inflicted damaging blows to the American confidence characteristic of the 1950s and early 1960s. The Vietnam War and the Watergate crisis shattered confidence in the presidency. International frustrations, including the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, the hostage crisis in Iran in 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the growth of international terrorism, and the acceleration of the arms race raised fears over the c ...

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History of the United States 1980-1988, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt, History of the United States 1980-1988 - The Reagan Revolution, History of the United States 1980-1988 - The assault on U.S./Soviet Détente, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Ronald Reagan and the elections of 1980, History of the United States 1980-1988 - The Reagan administration, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Reaganomics and the 1981 federal budget, History of the United States 1980-1988 - The recession of 1982, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Recovery, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Deficit spending the dollar and trade, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Reagan and the world, History of the United States 1980-1988 - Intervention and diplomatic relations in Latin America the Middle East Africa and Southeast Asia, History of the United States 1980-1988 - The end of the Cold War

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History of the United Kingdom - Clement Attlee. The landslide 1945 Election returned Labour to power and Clement Attlee became prime minister. The party had clear aims. Several controversal policies were enacted, including the nationalisation of utilities and the long-distance transport system and the creation of the modern Welfare State. India became independent, and Britain's role in Palestine ended. Attlee's first Health Secretary, Aneurin Bevan, fought against general medical disapproval, to create the British National Health Service that ...

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History of the United Kingdom, History of the United Kingdom - Union of England and Wales, History of the United Kingdom - English conquest of Ireland, History of the United Kingdom - The Union of Two Crowns, History of the United Kingdom - Republican Rule 1649, History of the United Kingdom - The Act of Union 1707, History of the United Kingdom - Act of Union 1800, History of the United Kingdom - 19th Century, History of the United Kingdom - Ireland in the United Kingdom, History of the United Kingdom - Northern Ireland, History of the United Kingdom - The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, History of the United Kingdom - War and depression, History of the United Kingdom - Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom 1900 - 1945, History of the United Kingdom - Social History, History of the United Kingdom - Recent History, History of the United Kingdom - Clement Attlee, History of the United Kingdom - Winston Churchill 1951 - 1955, History of the United Kingdom - Sir Anthony Eden, History of the United Kingdom - Harold Macmillan, History of the United Kingdom - Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, History of the United Kingdom - James Callaghan, History of the United Kingdom - Margaret Thatcher, History of the United Kingdom - John Major, History of the United Kingdom - Tony Blair, History of the United Kingdom - Devolution, History of the United Kingdom - Military History, History of the United Kingdom - Constituent Nations' Histories, History of the United Kingdom - Footnotes

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Ribbentrop was born in Wesel, Niederrhein, the son of the Army officer Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim Ribbentrop and Sophie Hartwig. Ribbentrop was educated somewhat irregularly until his mid-teens at private schools in Germany and Switzerland. Fluent in French and English, Ribbentrop lived several years abroad, working from 1910 to 1914 in Canada as an importer of German wines. Following the outbreak of war in 1914, Ribbentrop fled ...

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Joachim von Ribbentrop, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Early career, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Traveling diplomat, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Foreign minister of the Reich, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Declining influence, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Trial and execution, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Endnotes, Joachim von Ribbentrop - Reference

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Joseph Chamberlain - Member of Parliament and the National Liberal Federation. In the 1874 General Election, Chamberlain made his first attempt to enter the House of Commons. The Sheffield Reform Association, an offshoot of the Liberal Party in the city, invited Chamberlain to stand for election shortly into his tenure as Mayor of Birmingham. The campaign was a fierce one, and Chamberlain was accused of republicanism and atheism by opponents, with dead cats even being thrown at him on the speaking platform by ang ...

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Joseph Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain - Early life business career and marriage, Joseph Chamberlain - Early political career, Joseph Chamberlain - Calls for reform, Joseph Chamberlain - Mayor of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain - National politics, Joseph Chamberlain - Member of Parliament and the National Liberal Federation, Joseph Chamberlain - President of the Board of Trade, Joseph Chamberlain - Liberal split, Joseph Chamberlain - Liberal Unionist, Joseph Chamberlain - Statesman, Joseph Chamberlain - Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain - Jameson Raid, Joseph Chamberlain - Venezuelan boundary dispute, Joseph Chamberlain - West Africa, Joseph Chamberlain - China, Joseph Chamberlain - Anglo-German Alliance negotiations: first attempt, Joseph Chamberlain - Samoa and Anglo-German Alliance negotiations: second attempt, Joseph Chamberlain - South Africa, Joseph Chamberlain - Boer War: early defeat and false dawn, Joseph Chamberlain - Zenith, Joseph Chamberlain - The Khaki Election, Joseph Chamberlain - Anglo-German Alliance negotiations: third attempt, Joseph Chamberlain - Boer War: victory, Joseph Chamberlain - Resignation of Salisbury, Joseph Chamberlain - 1902 Education Act, Joseph Chamberlain - Tour of South Africa, Joseph Chamberlain - Tariff reform: Unionist split, Joseph Chamberlain - Tariff reform: Chamberlain's last crusade, Joseph Chamberlain - 1906 General Election, Joseph Chamberlain - Decline, Joseph Chamberlain - Legacy, Joseph Chamberlain - Notes

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Until 1922 there was no formal "Leader of the Conservative Party". The leaders of Conservative MPs and Conservative peers were regarded as coequal unless one of them was either the Prime Minister or a former Prime Minister, or if a particular crisis (as in 1846-1847 or 1916) had resulted in one clearly asserting authority over the other. In the periods when this was not the case (1881 - 1885, 1911 - 1916, 1921 - 1922) there was no clear "Leader of the Conservative Party" - this ...

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Leaders of the Conservative Party, Leaders of the Conservative Party - Background, Leaders of the Conservative Party - Leaders in the House of Lords 1834-1922, Leaders of the Conservative Party - Leaders in the House of Commons 1834-1922, Leaders of the Conservative Party - Leader of the Conservative Party 1922-present

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Rugby Warwickshire - Early History. In the Iron Age the Rugby area was settled. Rugby's site on a plateau at about 400 feet above sea level, overlooking the River Avon made it an important strategic post overlooking the Avon, which was a natural barrier between the Dobunni and the Coritani tribes. Iron Age remains, probably lookout posts or forts, have been located on either side of the Avon. In Roman times, two major Roman roads were built very close to the site of modern day Rugby: the Fosse Way and Watling Street. Twelve miles north of Rugby is High Cross (R ...

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Rugby Warwickshire, Rugby Warwickshire - Claims to fame, Rugby Warwickshire - Rugby today, Rugby Warwickshire - Places of interest, Rugby Warwickshire - Transport, Rugby Warwickshire - Economy, Rugby Warwickshire - Politics, Rugby Warwickshire - Education, Rugby Warwickshire - Nearby places and twin towns, Rugby Warwickshire - History, Rugby Warwickshire - Early History, Rugby Warwickshire - 19th-century development, Rugby Warwickshire - 20th century

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Some say that America's belief in its exceptional innocence (i.e., the American Dream) is false, and that its result is an irrational blindness to real American social flaws associated with the "Old World," such as militarism, imperialism, inequality, and the misuse of power. A common, though not universal, corollary to this view is the belief that the United States' sole-superpower status implies that it is now the most dangerous world imperialist.[citation needed] Proponents of the theory of American imperialism may trace ...

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American Empire term, American Empire term - American exceptionalism, American Empire term - Imperialism as the heart of American foreign policy, American Empire term - Imperialism as nonexistent in American foreign policy, American Empire term - The benevolent empire, American Empire term - Imperialism as a past stage in American history, American Empire term - An abberation, American Empire term - Temporary but not an abberation, American Empire term - The denial of exceptionalism, American Empire term - Imperialism as a term without content, American Empire term - Notes

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Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets. The German invasion first started on April 3, 1940 when supply vessels began to head out in advance of the main force. The Allies initiated their plans on the following day, with sixteen Allied submarines ordered to the Skagerrak and Kattegat to serve as a screen and advance warning for a German response to Operation Wilfred, which was launched the following day when Admiral William Whitworth in the HMS Renown set out from ...

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Norwegian Campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Background, Norwegian Campaign - Value of Norway, Norwegian Campaign - The Winter War, Norwegian Campaign - Vidkun Quisling and initial German investigation, Norwegian Campaign - The Altmark Incident, Norwegian Campaign - Initial plans, Norwegian Campaign - Allied plans, Norwegian Campaign - German plans, Norwegian Campaign - German invasion, Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets, Norwegian Campaign - Weserzeit, Norwegian Campaign - Allied response, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegian situation, Norwegian Campaign - Ground campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Central Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Northern Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Occupation, Norwegian Campaign - Analysis, Norwegian Campaign - Important people, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegians, Norwegian Campaign - Germans, Norwegian Campaign - Allies, Norwegian Campaign - Neutrals, Norwegian Campaign - Notes

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The 1921 general election was explicitly fought on the issue of partition, being in effect a referendum on approval of the concept of a Northern Ireland administration. Thereafter general election timing was up to the Prime Minister. Elections almost always took place at a time when the issue of partition had been raised in a new crisis. This generally guaranteed the loyalty of Protestant voters to the UUP. Independent Unionist candidates and the Northern Ireland Labour Party were ...

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Parliament of Northern Ireland, Parliament of Northern Ireland - House of Commons, Parliament of Northern Ireland - Senate, Parliament of Northern Ireland - Location, Parliament of Northern Ireland - Legislation, Parliament of Northern Ireland - Brief history, Parliament of Northern Ireland - General elections

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After the Austrian Anschluss, Czechoslovakia was to become Hitler's next target. Hitler's strategy was to exploit the existing Sudeten German minority problem as a pretext for German penetration into eastern Central Europe (see Germans in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938)). Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein offered the SdP as the agent for Hitler's campaign. Henlein met with Hitler in Berlin on March 28, 1938, and was instructed to raise demands unacceptable to the Czechoslovak government. In the Carlsbad Decrees, issued on April 24, the SdP dem ...

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Occupation of Czechoslovakia, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - The Munich Agreement and the first Vienna Award, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - After Munich and Vienna The Second Republic October 1938- March 1939, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Division of Czechoslovakia, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Rationale for occupation, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Czech Resistance, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Slovak National Uprising, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - End of the War, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine Subcarpathian Ruthenia by the Soviet Union, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - Minorities and Population Transfers, Occupation of Czechoslovakia - From creation to dissolution – Overview

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Starting in the spring of 1939, the British Admiralty began to view Scandinavia as a potential theater of war in a future conflict with Germany. The British government was reluctant to engage in another land conflict on the continent that they believed would be a repeat of World War I. So they began considering a blockade strategy in an attempt to weaken Germany indirectly. German industry was heavily dependent on the import of iron ore from the northern Swedish mining district, and much of this ore was shipped through the northern Norwegian port of Narvik. Control of ...

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Operation Weserübung, Operation Weserübung - Political and military background, Operation Weserübung - Planning, Operation Weserübung - Preliminaries, Operation Weserübung - Invasion of Denmark, Operation Weserübung - Invasion of Norway, Operation Weserübung - Motivation; Order of Battle, Operation Weserübung - Concise timeline, Operation Weserübung - The Encircling of Sweden and Finland

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After failure in 1931 Mosley went on a study tour of the 'new movements' of Mussolini and other Fascists, and returned convinced that it was the way forward for him and for Britain. He determined to unite the existing fascist movements and created the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. The BUF was anti-Communist and protectionist. It claimed membership as high as 50,000, and had the Daily Mail among its earliest supporters. Among his followers were the novelist Henry Willia ...

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Oswald Mosley, Oswald Mosley - Family and early life, Oswald Mosley - Elected MP, Oswald Mosley - Crossing the floor, Oswald Mosley - Office, Oswald Mosley - New Party, Oswald Mosley - Fascism, Oswald Mosley - Internment, Oswald Mosley - Post-war politics, Oswald Mosley - Trivia

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Neoconservatism - Usage and general views. The meaning of the term has changed over time. It was possibly first used circa 1970 by socialist author and activist Michael Harrington to characterize former leftists who had moved significantly to the right – people he derided as "socialists for Nixon." The "neoconservatives" thus described in this original sense tended to remain supporters of the welfare state, but had distinguished themselves from others on the left by allying with the Nixon administration over foreign policy, especially in their anti-communism, their ...

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Neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Neoconservative: Definition and views, Neoconservatism - Usage and general views, Neoconservatism - Overview of Neoconservative views, Neoconservatism - Distinctions from other Conservative movements, Neoconservatism - Shortcomings and criticism of the term Neoconservative, Neoconservatism - Pejorative use, Neoconservatism - History and origins of neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Great Depression and World War II, Neoconservatism - Drift away from New Left and Great Society, Neoconservatism - Left-wing roots of Neoconservative organizations?, Neoconservatism - Reagan and the Neoconservatives, Neoconservatism - Neoconservativism under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Neoconservatism - Administration of George W. Bush, Neoconservatism - China spy plane incident, Neoconservatism - September 11 2001, Neoconservatism - Bush Doctrine, Neoconservatism - Impact of 2003 Iraq War on Neoconservative philosophy and influence, Neoconservatism - Criticism of neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Jacobinism Bolshevism, Neoconservatism - Conflict with Libertarians, Neoconservatism - Disagreement with Business Lobby fiscal conservatives, Neoconservatism - Friction with Paleoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Neoconservatism Judaism and Dual Loyalty, Neoconservatism - Related Publications and Institutions, Neoconservatism - Institutions, Neoconservatism - Publications, Neoconservatism - References in Popular Culture

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Neoconservatism - Usage and general views. The meaning of the term has changed over time. It was possibly first used circa 1970 by socialist author and activist Michael Harrington to characterize former leftists who had moved significantly to the right – people he derided as "socialists for Nixon." The "neoconservatives" thus described in this original sense tended to remain supporters of the welfare state, but had distinguished themselves from others on the left by allying with the Nixon administration over foreign policy, especially in their anti-communism, their ...

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Neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Neoconservative: Definition and views, Neoconservatism - Usage and general views, Neoconservatism - Overview of Neoconservative views, Neoconservatism - Distinctions from other Conservative movements, Neoconservatism - Shortcomings and criticism of the term Neoconservative, Neoconservatism - Pejorative use, Neoconservatism - History and origins of neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Great Depression and World War II, Neoconservatism - Drift away from New Left and Great Society, Neoconservatism - Left-wing roots of Neoconservative organizations?, Neoconservatism - Reagan and the Neoconservatives, Neoconservatism - Neoconservativism under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Neoconservatism - Administration of George W. Bush, Neoconservatism - China spy plane incident, Neoconservatism - September 11 2001, Neoconservatism - Bush Doctrine, Neoconservatism - Impact of 2003 Iraq War on Neoconservative philosophy and influence, Neoconservatism - Criticism of neoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Jacobinism Bolshevism, Neoconservatism - Conflict with libertarian conservatives, Neoconservatism - Disagreement with Business Lobby fiscal conservatives, Neoconservatism - Friction with Paleoconservatism, Neoconservatism - Neoconservatism Judaism and Dual Loyalty, Neoconservatism - Related Publications and Institutions, Neoconservatism - Institutions, Neoconservatism - Publications, Neoconservatism - References in Popular Culture

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Accession and abdication of Edward VIII; Accession of George VI. On January 20, 1936, King George V died, and the succession passed to Albert's brother, Prince Edward the Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII. George and Mary had been forthcoming as to their reservations about their eldest child. Indeed, George had expressed the wish that nothing come between Albert and Princess Elizabeth and the throne. As if granting his parents' wish, Edward forced a constitutional crisis b ...

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Early life, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Prince Albert, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Queen Consort to George VI 1936-1952, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Accession and abdication of Edward VIII; Accession of George VI, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - 1939 Royal Tour of Canada, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - World War II, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Queen Mother 1952–2002, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - New role in widowhood, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Reported quips, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Centenarian, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Death, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Criticisms, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Correspondence, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Arms, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Titles and Honours, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Shorthand titles, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Honours

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His flair quickly showed, and he was elected Liberal MP for Caernarfon in 1890 and he would remain an MP until 1945, fifty-five years later. He gained national fame by his vehement opposition to the Second Boer War. In 1905, he entered the new Liberal Cabinet of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as President of the Board of Trade, and on Campbell-Bannerman's death he succeeded the new Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915. In this role, he was largely responsible for the introduction of old age pensions in Brita ...

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David Lloyd George, David Lloyd George - Upbringing, David Lloyd George - Entry into politics, David Lloyd George - Prime Minister, David Lloyd George - Later political career, David Lloyd George - Family, David Lloyd George - War cabinet December 1916–January 1919, David Lloyd George - Changes, David Lloyd George - Other members of Lloyd George's war government, David Lloyd George - Peacetime government January 1919–October 1922, David Lloyd George - Changes

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Chamberlain received an ecstatic reception upon his return to Britain. At Hendon Aerodrome, north of London, he made the now infamous "peace for our time" speech and waved the agreement to a delighted crowd. Though the British and French were pleased, as were the German military and diplomatic leadership, Hitler was furious. He felt like he had been forced into acting like a bourgeois politician by his diplomats and generals. Joseph Stalin was also very upset by the results of the Munich conference. The Soviets had not been represente ...

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Munich Agreement, Munich Agreement - Sudetenland Crisis, Munich Agreement - Resolution, Munich Agreement - Reactions, Munich Agreement - Reference, Munich Agreement - External link

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The elements of her life thus far would be important to how she ran her first campaign, but the why had largely to do with her husband. He had a promising career in the House of Commons of several years by World War I, but around this time he succeeded to his father's peerage as the 2nd Viscount Astor. This meant that he was now a member of the House of Lords, and his seat in the House of Commons was automatically forfeited. Nancy decided to contest the vacant House of Commons seat, and won. The election was held on 28 Novembe ...

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World War II was primarily fought between two large alliances. The Axis Powers were a group of countries led by Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan, and are considered the aggressors of the conflict. The Allies, led by the United Kingdom and, until its defeat, France, were joined in the European theatre by the Soviet Union in June 1941 and by the United States in December 1941. In the Asia-Pacific theatre, the Allies were led by China from the invasion of China by Japan in 1937 and then joined by the United States in 1941 after the Pearl Harbor attack. ...

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