It might be argued that the 1939-1945 war in Britain was one of the greatest collective experiences that the nation had undergone‚ with every family affected; loved ones in the armed services and families separated. Children were evacuated to the country towns and villages in a bid to keep them safe during the Blitz bombing (Lynch‚ p.152). Rationing‚ industrial unrest and financial and economic burdens added to the terror felt by the people of Britain. However‚ there was a glimmer of hope. The
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Subhas Chandra Bose ( listen (help•info); January 1897 – 18 August 1945 [unconfirmed]) byname Netaji (Hindi: “Respected leader”) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national force against the British Raj (and therefore also against the allied Western powers) during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. He is presumed to have died "in absentia" on 18 August 1945 from injuries sustained in an
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Outcome of Revolt By Mahatma Gandhi :-Mahatma Gandhi had played the most important role in the freedom struggle ofIndia through his basic principle of truth‚ non violence and Satyagraha. He entered in the political scenario in 1916 after returning from a successful struggle against discrimination faced by black people in South Africa. In India through chain of movement for peasants and labourers in Champaren‚ Ahemdabad and Kheda he entered the Indian scene. Then he reached the zenith of political
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Before the World War II‚ the United Kingdom is dealing with a big crisis‚ also called the Great Depression. During this period of crisis‚ the number of unemployed people increased dramatically‚ especially for the working class. At the beginning of it‚ a Labour government was elected for a short period of time (1929-1931). At its head was Ramsay MacDonald. When he resigned‚ a Conservative government was then elected. To put an end to this crisis‚ this Conservative government made many cuts‚ including
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this new peacekeeping bodyU.S. and USSR used the UN to influence other nationsTruman Becomes President (1945)Truman had been left out of big policy decisions as VPAmericans doubted TrumanThe Potsdam ConferenceU.S.‚ Great Britain‚ and USSR (Truman‚ Attlee‚ and Stalin) discussed postwar issues Tension Mounts Truman wanted democracy in nations that had been under Nazi rule through self-determinationBargaining at PotsdamU.S.‚ UK‚ USSR‚ and France all took reparations mainly from their own occupationzones
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damage the conservative party as portraying the leader as a deceitful being could cause resentment from the public to the conservative party as a whole‚ ruining their chances of being elected. However it is unsurprising that source C has this view as Attlee (the spokesman from this source) was the labour party leader during this period and therefore opposed the conservatives which would mean that he would have purposely presented Churchill in this manner -an evil manipulator - to gain an advantage over
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particularly the working-class’ financial safety during the late 20’s – early 30’s. In 1945‚ Britain really needs a drastic change in its national policy while a time of post-war reconstruction has come. The Labour Party of 1945‚ and its leader Clement Attlee‚ claims that it embodies this change : its manifesto of 1945‚ from which this text is an extract‚ demands great social‚ economic and industrial reforms‚ hoping to erase the past defeat of the Party during the Depression. Between the promises for a
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story about overcoming prejudice Fox Marquand suggests that British history over the past 100 years forms a parabola. Before the First World War‚ naked capitalism reigned. It was tamed throughout the half century that followed; Marquand views the Attlee government‚ and the 20 years that followed‚ with special and perhaps nostalgic fondness. In his version of history everything went wrong once again in the Eighties‚ since when unconstrained capitalism has
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The selected text is a political speech given by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1945 . The historical context of the speech could be considered to start a year before. At the beginning of 1945‚ the Allied forces were closing in on the borders of Germany in three directions‚ and the geographical natural barriers offered the Allied powers protection from the other sides . The major Allied leaders‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt and Stalin‚ who became known as the Big Three‚ met at the resort city of Yalta‚ at
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Indian independence act India gained independence in 1947. In the first half of the 20th century‚ having been the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire‚ India became the first part of that Empire to secure separate nationhood and independence. The Parliamentary Archives holds a variety of records which document the relationship between the United Kingdom and India‚ including photographs of Indian Army Officers on the Terrace on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902‚ and papers
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