-
Period: to
Michel foot
co-author of guilty men and Labour Party leader 1980-83 , editor of the evening standard 1942, labour MP 1945 -
National government wins general election
Ramsay macdonald become PM -
Hitler become chancellor
-
World disarmament conference
Event aimed at reducing global armaments = failure -
Period: to
Appeasement
-
White paper on defence calling for rearmament
-
Stanley Baldwin PM
general election November -
Hitler annonced rearmament and conscription
1 year after appeasement -
beginning of Spanish civil war
Conflict involving fascists -
German troops invaded the Rhineland
-
Neville Henderson British ambassador to Germany
replaces sir Eric Philips -
Halifax / Hitler meeting
Meeting discussing anglo-german relations -
Anthony Eden resignation
-
NC meeting with Hitler
-
Germany annexed Austria
-
Anschluss
Annexation of Austria by nazi germany -
Munich conference / agreement
to discuss Czechoslovakia = permitted nazi to annex it for the sake of peace -
NC returned to England after the Anglo-German declaration to commit peace
come from Munich agreement
Anglo-German declaration = agreement promoting peace between UK and Germany -
Hitler set his sights on Sudetenland
-
German troop march into Prague
polish guarentee = uk commitment to defend Poland against agression 30 march -
NC / Halifax visit to Mussolini
-
Germany attacked Poland
-
France and Great Britain declared war on Germany
-
Publication of Guilty men
book criticizing appeasement policies of British leaders victor gollancz : publisher -
Death of NC
-
Invasion of NL, Belgium and France
Churchill PM -
Churchill PM