For nearly five years‚ the United States and Great Britain allied with the Soviet Union to defeat the Axis Powers‚ during World War II. During the war‚ the usual tensions between the West and the Soviets took a back seat to their mutually convenient alliance. Tensions gradually resurfaced after Germany’s defeat‚ and the Cold War was born. As the Soviets extended their influence by promoting and installing communist governments in the countries of Eastern Europe‚ a so-called iron curtain descended
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Between 1945 and 1951 the Labour Party brought about many welfare reforms in an effort to positively impact the lives of British people. When they came into power Britain was seriously struggling both economically and structurally wise as well. This was due to the events in the Second World War which damaged many parts of British society and this created a feeling in the population that ’post-war would have to be better than pre-war’. The New Labour idea of creating a welfare state tried to ensure
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Conservative party during their period in office between 1951 and 1964. The assessments by historians of these thirteen years vary widely as the Conservative rule left behind a mixed feeling about its achievements. We will therefore be discussing to what extent their period in office can be described as “thirteen years wasted”‚ based on their performances in the political‚ economic and social sectors. When the Conservative Party came to power in 1951‚ they won the election by a slim majority of 26 seats
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The main reason for conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity?” Access the validity of this view I agree with this statement as the labour party leaders were ageing. The labour leaders were from the pre-war era therefore it meant that they were not in touch with the population. This led to labour disunity throughout the years as it caused Attlee to retire‚ he found that he couldn’t understand what the young wanted. For the public they left their trust with the labour party
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How far was Labour’s election victory in 1945 due to changes in social attitudes during the second world war? (24 marks) After the war had finished Labour enjoyed a political victory in 1945‚ they were now in charge of making the policies and choices that would best suite Britain at this rough time of economic depression. Their success was down to many different factors both during and after the war. factors such as the public wanting rid of the total war memories that are held within the conservative
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To what extent do you agree with this statement concerning Britain 1951 to 1964 – ‘Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role’ [45] From 1951 to 1964 there was a period of change for Britain. The government came to reality that Britain didn’t have the necessary resources to maintain their empire. Military demands on events such as Korea (1950-53) and Malaya (1948-60) placed major stress on Britain’s manpower and the prideful Navy was in decline driven by financial expediency. Now Britain
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“Britain a more equal society 1951-1990” Introduction: Between 1951 and 1990 Britain has been going through 12 different governments‚ 8 were Conservative governments and 4 were Labour governments. These successive governments have brought great changes to British society‚ always trying to better their country. But has Britain become a more equal society since then? Did the successive governments succeed in creating a society that maximises each and every individual’s chances of happiness and
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The Conservative Party which was leaded by Winston Churchill (1951-55) and Anthony Eden (1955-57) and Harold Macmillan (1957-63) between the years 1951-59 wanted‚ according to their manifesto in 1951‚ to stop all further nationalisation. The Iron and Steel Act will be repealed and the Steel industry allowed resuming its achievements of the war and post-war years. To supervise prices and development we shall revive‚ if necessary with added powers‚ the former Iron and Steel Board representing the State
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In what way did post war prosperity bring social change to Britain 1951-1964? Britain as a country in the year 1951 stood as a country widely effected by the Second World War and the country reflected visible damage which the war had caused. Many young men were on the National Service‚ rationing was only just coming to an end and also social life in Britain felt like it was in the past. However some felt that the year 1951 was a year of change‚ they felt as if they were on the way to a new modern
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years of the Pacific War. The American representative MacArthur spoke of ‘a better world emerging out of the carnage of the past’‚ and therefore the Occupation began. Despite the USA’s and minor allies conflicting aims for occupation‚ between 1945 and 1951‚ they set out to garrison a peace settlement within Japan‚ spearheaded by MacArthur and his 3 key aims of demilitarisation‚ disarmament and democratization. These objectives were achieved‚ with the allies remaking Japan economically‚ politically‚ militarily
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