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“Their Finest Hour”: Britain and World War 2

“Their Finest Hour”: Britain and World War 2. Explaining appeasement. Realist politics Was GER a “rational actor”? British public opinion re. war. PM Neville Chamberlain, a popular hero upon returning form Berlin. The British public wanted peace. World War 2.

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“Their Finest Hour”: Britain and World War 2

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  1. “Their Finest Hour”: Britain and World War 2

  2. Explaining appeasement • Realist politics • Was GER a “rational actor”? • British public opinion re. war PM Neville Chamberlain, a popular hero upon returning form Berlin. The British public wanted peace.

  3. World War 2 • Emergency Powers Act, Sept. ‘39 • “The Phony War” • GER into Scandinavia, Apr. 1940 • Dunkirk, 26 May – 4 June 1940 • The Battle of Britain • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPFNSkGZx4

  4. The war economy • Return of war cabinet • Civilian conscription, 20% • Women and the war • 1941: registration between 19 and 30 • Rationing and new gov’t roles • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t60fPQoSmIk • Lend-Lease Act, Mar. ‘41 A ration-book from 1941

  5. The General Election of 1945 • Clement Atlee, Labour PM • Social consequences of “wartime welfare” • Reduction in class barriers • Employment and social “leveling” • Shift in public’s expectations of the state • Beveridge Report, 1942 • 1944 Education Act • Conservatives’ prewar burdens Mary Everitt in 1942, age 11

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