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The following is a timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill, who was the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern ...
from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the bulk of World War II. His speeches and radio broadcasts helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult days of 1940–41 when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood almost alone in its active opposition to
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. He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured.The main sources here are ''Facts on file yearbook'' (compilation of weekly reports) and ''Keesing's Contemporary Archives'' (monthly reports), both online. After the
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lost the 1945 election, Churchill became Leader of the Opposition to the Labour Government. He would go on to be re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951.


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* * 23 May 1945: Wartime coalition ends. Start of brief caretaker government.


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*5 June 1945: The longest parliament of the 20th century is dissolved.


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See also

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British Empire in World War II When the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939 at the start of World War II, the UK controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies, protectorates and the India. It also maintained unique political ties to four of ...
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Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions and Cro ...
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List of Allied World War II conferences This is a list of World War II conferences of the Allies of World War II. Conference names in boldface indicate the conferences at which the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were all present. For the historica ...


References


Further reading

* Addison, Paul. ''The road to 1945: British politics and the Second World War'' (1975; 2nd ed. 2010), a standard scholarly history of wartime politics. * Addison, Paul. ''Churchill on the Home Front, 1900–1955'' (1992) ch 10–11. * Crowcroft, Robert. "‘Making a Reality of Collective Responsibility’: The Lord President's Committee, Coalition and the British State at War, 1941–42." ''Contemporary British History'' 29.4 (2015): 539–562.
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* Pelling, Henry. "The 1945 general election reconsidered." ''Historical Journal'' (1980) 23(2) pp: 399–414
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* Smart, Nick. ''British strategy and politics during the phony war: before the balloon went up'' (Greenwood, 2003). * Todman, David. ''Britain's War: 1937–1941'' (vol 1, Oxford UP, 2016); 828pp; comprehensive coverage of home front, military, and diplomatic developments
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Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
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