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Britain 1914-1945
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1914
Aug Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
Nov Britain declares war on
Turkey
1915 May Formation of Asquith Coalition, including Conservatives
and Labour
1916 Jan Conscription introduced
Apr Easter Rising in Dublin
July Start of Battle of Somme;
Lloyd George becomes War Secretary
Dec Asquith resigns and goes
into opposition; succeeded by Lloyd George as
head of Coalition of some
Liberals plus the Conservatives and Labour
1917 Mar Tsar overthrown by revolution in Russia
Apr United States enters war on
side of Britain and France
Aug Henderson resigns from War
Cabinet
Nov Bolshevik (Communist)
revolution in Russia
1918 Jan Lloyd George declares British war aims
Feb Representation of People
Act: vote given to all men over 21 and most women over 30 .
Mar Bolshevik Russia makes
peace with Germany; German offensive in
west advances about 40 miles
June New Labour party
constitution commits party to socialism
Nov Germany and Austria-Hungary
surrender. Labour withdraws from Lloyd George's government
Dec General election: massive
majority for Lloyd George Coalition
1919 Jan Opening of peace conference
Feb Appointment of coal
commission under Sankey
Dec Lady Astor becomes first
woman MP to take her seat
1920 Jan Treaty of Versailles comes into force
Apr Conscription abolished
Aug Communist party of Great
Britain formed
Dec Abortive Government of
Ireland Act passed
1921 Mar Anglo-Soviet trade agreement
Apr Start of mining lockout;
railwaymen and transport workers refuse
to support miners on 'Black
Friday'
July Miners return to work on
owners' terms
Dec Irish treaty signed:
partitions Ireland into 26-county Free State and
six-county Northern Ireland
which remains part of United Kingdom
1922 Feb Geddes report recommends large public spending cuts Sept
Chanak crisis
Oct Carlton Club meeting:
Conservative MPs vote to abandon Coalition and fight
next election as independent
party; Lloyd George resigns, succeeded as Prime Minister by Law
Nov General election: large
Conservative majority; Labour emerges with 142 seats
and MacDonald returns as leader
Dec Irish Free State comes into
existence
1923 Jan Agreement reached with United States over repayment of
war loan
May Law resigns as Prime
Minister; succeeded by Baldwin
Oct Baldwin at Plymouth calls
for protective tariffs
Dec General election produces
no overall majority for any party:
Baldwin remains Prime Minister
for the time being
1924 Jan Conservative government defeated in Parliament; MacDonald
forms
first Labour government
Feb Britain recognises Soviet
Russia
Aug Dawes plan on reparations
agreed
Sept Campbell Case blows up
Oct Government loses vote of
confidence on Campbell Case, so MacDonald calls
an election, which results in a
Conservative landslide
1925 Apr Britain returns to gold standard
July Government announces (on
'Red Friday') nine-month subsidy to coal industry
to offset need for wage cuts,
and sets up Samuel commission to look into
the industry's problems
Dec Locarno treaties agreed
1926 Mar Samuel report published, recommending long-term reforms
but
also short-term wage cuts in
coal industry
May Miners are locked out,
which leads to TUC declaring a General, Strike;
Strike ends in surrender after
nine days
Oct Lloyd George succeeds
Asquith as Liberal party leader
Dec Miners return to work on
employers' terms
1927 May Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act weakens legal
position of trade unions
1928 Apr Vote given to all women over 21
May Parliament rejects the
Revised Prayer Book
1929 May General election results in coming to power of second
minority Labour
government under MacDonald
Aug Young Plan on reparations
agreed
Oct 'Wall Street Crash' in
United States; restoration of diplomatic relations with Soviet Union
1930 Apr Signature of London Naval Treaty
May Mosley resigns from government
over its failure to adopt his
radical scheme to combat unemployment
1931 Feb May Committee on public expenditure set up
Mar Mosley forms the New party
July European financial crisis
coincides with publication of May report,
predicting a large budget
deficit
Aug Collapse of Labour
government over issue of spending cuts needed to keep
sterling on gold standard;
National government formed under MacDonald;
Henderson takes over as Labour
leader
Sept Government cuts spending
and raises taxes; pound forced off gold anyway
Oct Liberal party splits into
official Liberals ('Samuelites') and
'Simonite' Liberal Nationals.
General election sees overwhelming victory
for National government
Nov Emergency tariffs imposed
1932 Feb Opening of world disarmament conference
Mar Import Duties Act passed,
imposing a permanent system of tariffs on imports
Aug Ottawa imperial conference
agrees measures of imperial preference in trade
Sept As a result of Ottawa,
Snowden and Samuelites resign from cabinet
Oct British Union of Fascists
formed. Henderson succeeded by Lansbury as Labour party leader.
1933 Jan Hitler becomes German Chancellor
June World economic conference
in London
Nov Samuelites cross to
opposition benches in Commons
1934 Nov Special Areas Act passed
1935 Jan Unemployment assistance board crisis
Apr 'Stresa Front' formed
between Britain, France and Italy
June Baldwin succeeds MacDonald
as Prime Minister
Aug Government of India Act
becomes law
Sept Abyssinia crisis: Hoare
declares full British support for League of Nations
Oct Italy attacks Abyssinia.
Attlee replaces Lansbury as Labour leader
Nov National Government wins
large majority at general election
Dec Hoare-Laval Pact leads to
resignation of Hoare as Foreign Secretary.
Election among Labour MPs
confirms Attlee as party's leader
1936 Jan Death of King George V; succeeded by Edward VIII
Mar Germany remilitarises
Rhineland
July Outbreak of Spanish Civil
War
Dec Abdication of Edward VIII;
succeeded by George VI. Public Order Act bans
wearing of political uniforms
like the Fascists' black shirts
1937 May Chamberlain succeeds Baldwin as Prime Minister
1938 Feb Eden resigns as Foreign Secretary; succeeded by Lord
Halifax
Mar Germany annexes Austria
Sept Three meetings with Hitler
(the last of them at the Munich Conference)
Chamberlain accepts German
annexation of the German-speaking part of
Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
1939 Mar Germany invades Czech areas of Czechoslovakia; Britain
announces
guarantee to Poland against
aggression
Apr Hitler denounces
Anglo-German Naval Agreement; Britain guarantees Greece
and Romania against aggression
Apr-Aug Abortive negotiations
between Britain, France and Soviet Union
for an anti-German alliance
Aug German-Soviet Pact of
non-aggression
Sept Germany invades Poland;
Britain and France declare war on Germany
1940 Apr German invasion of Norway and Denmark
May British evacuate Norway.
Chamberlain forced to resign after government majority
falls sharply in vote of
confidence in House of Commons. Succeeded by Churchill,
who forms all-party Coalition.
June Fall of France
July-Sept Battle of Britain
1941 June German invasion of Soviet Union; Anglo-Soviet alliance
formed
Dec United States enters war
against Germany
1944 June D-Day landings in France
1945 May Germany surrenders
July General election produces
overall Labour majority of 146;
Attlee forms first majority
Labour government
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