Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 34

Their Finest Hour History Volume

Churchill published Their Finest Hour, the second volume of The Second World War.

Health of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Churchill suffers from a major stroke

Role range: 1945-1951

Election

The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, & 315 MPs

European Defence Community (EDC)

At Strasburg proposes a European Army under unified command, the motion is passed

Role range: 1945-1951

The Grand Alliance Published

Churchill published The Grand Alliance, analyzing coalition warfare in the third volume of his war history.

Election

The Conservative Party wins 43.4% of votes cast & 298 MPs

Role range: 1945-1951

European Defence Community (EDC)

At Strasburg proposes a European Army under unified command, the motion is passed

Role range: 1945-1951

European Army

Proposes a European Army at the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Churchills proposal is accepted by 89 votes to 5

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Election

The Conservatives win 321 seats, Labour 295, Liberals 6 & United Ireland 3

Election

Returns as Prime Minister after the Conservative election victory.

Role range: 1951-1955

Government

Churchill accepts George VIs commission to form a Government

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Alliance Agreement with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement

Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Alliance Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and Britain and the 1899 Sudan agreement

Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Treaty of Alliance

Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance & the 1899 agreement over Sudan

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Secretary of State for Defence

Appointed Minister of Defence

Role range: 1951-1955

United Nations

The US, France & Britain produce a disarmament plan to introduce to the United Nations Assembly

Role range: 1951-1955

Foreign Policy Statement at London

France, Britain, USA & Turkey announce a security programme for the Near East

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite

Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite under United Nations supervision

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

European Defence Community (EDC)

Churchill & Eden decide to stay out of the European Defence Community

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Government Report

After a report by Norman Brook is passed from the PM to the Home Office

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Attempts to appoint Eden as Deputy PM but George VI refuses due to Churchills age, 77

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Reform of Government

After a report by Norman Brook is passed from the PM to the Home Office

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Restoration

Restores the Home Guard, founded in 1940, for possible use against Stalin

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

The Hinge of Fate

Publication of "The Hinge of Fate"

Battle of Alamein, 2nd

Uses the phrase, Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Role range: 1939-1945

While in Washington Churchill allows US bases on British soil

While in Washington Churchill allows US bases on British soil

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Council of Accession

Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Succession

Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Identity Cards

Identity cards are abolished

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Health of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Churchill has a small arterial spasm

Role range: 1951-1955

1st Nuclear Explosion

The 1st British nuclear bomb is exploded

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Nuclear Power

The first British nuclear bomb is exploded

Role range: 1951-1955

Nuclear Power

Britain explodes its first atomic bomb off Australia and becomes the third member of the nuclear club

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Hurricane

Britain tests its atom bomb in the Monte Bello Islands off nth-west Australia

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Privatization

The Bill for the denationalzation of steel is introduced into the House of Commons

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Flotation of Sterling

Sterling is floated by Rab Butler prior to his 1952 Buget

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Death of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Death of Joseph Stalin, Churchill is the last survivor of the war time triumvirate

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Knighthood

Churchill is knighted

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955

Privatization

The Bill for the denationalization of steel is given the Royal Assent

Role range: 1951-1955 – 1951-1955