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European Defence Community (EDC)

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1951Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1951

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1951

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

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

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st1951

Government / Conservative Party Government

Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community

Names involved

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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