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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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first premiership of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on 3 September 1939, the day that the British declaration of war on Germany (1939), United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany. He succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of t ...
, 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 Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...
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 Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
. He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured.
After the Conservative Party lost the 1945 election, Churchill became Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition (parliamentary), largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the ...
to the Labour Government. He would go on to be re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951.
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* * 8 December 1941: With the hope of using Irish ports for counter submarine operations, Churchill sends a telegram to the Irish Prime Minister in which he obliquely offers Irish unity: "Now is your chance. Now or never! A nation once again! I will meet you wherever you wish." No meeting took place between the two prime ministers and there is no record of a response from the Irish Prime MinisterÉamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera (; ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the 3rd President of Ire ...
.Bromage, Mary (1964), ''Churchill and Ireland'', University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IL, pg 162, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64-20844
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* * 23 May 1945: Wartime coalition ends. Start of brief caretaker government.June
*5 June 1945: The longest parliament of the 20th century is dissolved.July
* *See also
*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, it controlled to varying degrees numerous Crown colony, crown colonies, Protectorate#British protectorates, protectorates, and British Raj, In ...
* 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 British declaration of war on Germany (1939), declaration of war by the United Kingdom and F ...
* List of Allied World War II conferences
This is a list of World War II conferences of the Allies of World War II. Names in boldface indicate the three conferences at which the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were all present. For the historical con ...
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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.online
* 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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