labour in power january 13, 2012
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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) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Labour in PowerJanuary 13, 2012
William Beveridgeand 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)Conservatives win 197 seats (down from 386)Liberals win 12 seats (down from 21)
Manchester, July 5, 1948:The National Health Servicetreats its first official patient
Britain’s empire in 1945:yellow = formal empire or Commonwealth
shaded = informal control
Stafford Cripps, the apostle of austerity
Austerity Britain: rationing
Austerity Britain: working-class communities
Austerity Britain: postwar family life
Ernest Bevin:trade unionist & foreign minister
British instructors
training Greeks, ca. 1947
(for more photos from the Greek Civil War: click here)
Bevin washes his hands of Palestine
Partitioning India: Lord Mountbatten meets with
Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah
and develops the “Mountbatten Plan”
August 15, 1947: Indian
independence& the creation of
Pakistan
Communal riots in Delhi during the Partition
Partitioning India: Mass flight – in both directions
Churchill delivers his “Iron Curtain” speechat Westminster College, Fulton, MO (March 5, 1946)
President Harry Truman announces the “Truman Doctrine” to Congress (March 12, 1947)
NATO signing ceremony (April 4, 1949)
Original members:USACanadaIcelandNorwayDenmarkUnited KingdomFranceBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourgPortugalItaly
The founding of the Council of Europe (May 1949)Permanent Base: Strasbourg, France
Winston Churchill speaks to throngs in Strasbourg (August 1949)