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Labour in Power January 13, 2012

Labour in Power January 13, 2012. William Beveridge and his report (1942). Winston Churchill – more convincing at war than at peace. Britain’s general election, July 1945. Clement Attlee, the victor of 1945. Of 640 seats in the House of Commons: Labour wins 393 seats (up from 154)

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Labour in Power January 13, 2012

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  1. Labour in PowerJanuary 13, 2012

  2. William Beveridgeand his report (1942)

  3. Winston Churchill – more convincing at war than at peace

  4. Britain’s general election, July 1945

  5. Clement Attlee,the victor of 1945 Of 640 seats in the House of Commons: Labour wins 393 seats (up from 154) Conservatives win 197 seats (down from 386) Liberals win 12 seats (down from 21)

  6. Manchester, July 5, 1948:The National Health Servicetreats its first official patient

  7. Britain’s empire in 1945:yellow = formal empire or Commonwealthshaded = informal control

  8. Stafford Cripps, the apostle of austerity

  9. Austerity Britain: rationing

  10. Austerity Britain: working-class communities

  11. Austerity Britain: postwar family life

  12. Ernest Bevin:trade unionist & foreign minister

  13. British instructors training Greeks, ca. 1947(for more photos from the Greek Civil War: click here)

  14. Bevin washes his hands of Palestine

  15. Partitioning India: Lord Mountbatten meets with Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnahand develops the “Mountbatten Plan”

  16. August 15, 1947: Indian independence& the creation of Pakistan

  17. Communal riots in Delhi during the Partition

  18. Partitioning India: Mass flight – in both directions

  19. Churchill delivers his “Iron Curtain” speechat Westminster College, Fulton, MO (March 5, 1946)

  20. President Harry Truman announces the “Truman Doctrine” to Congress (March 12, 1947)

  21. NATO signing ceremony(April 4, 1949) Original members:USACanadaIcelandNorwayDenmarkUnited KingdomFranceBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourgPortugalItaly

  22. The founding of the Council of Europe (May 1949)Permanent Base: Strasbourg, France

  23. Winston Churchill speaks to throngs in Strasbourg (August 1949)

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