2nd period (1939- today)

By Ailen Konowal

  • The Second World War began.

  • Hitler’s armies had overrun all of Western Europe

  • Winston Churchill was elected

  • New labour party government

  • The United Nations

  • Orwell's novel "Animal Farm"

  • right to free medical treatment

  • Britain lost India

  • "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H Auden

  • soviet union tried to capture West Berlin

  • Mahatma Ghandi is assassinated

  • "The Movement" started

  • Queen Elizabeth was crowned

  • First nuclear energy power

    First nuclear energy power

  • John F Kennedy was elected president of USA

  • Northern Ireland goverment was removed

    and was replaced with direct rule from London

  • Britain joined the European Common Market (European Union)

  • Divorce became easier

  • Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister

    Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister

  • Great Britain and Ireland agreement