Churchill Examines Polish Western Frontier
Churchill considers the territorial settlement that would shift Poland westward after Germany's defeat.
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Churchill Examines Yugoslav Political Settlement
Churchill supports Allied efforts to encourage cooperation between Yugoslav political factions ahead of postwar reconstruction.
Churchill Meets Stalin on European Security
Churchill seeks practical understandings with Stalin about political conditions in liberated and occupied Europe.
Churchill Negotiates German Occupation Arrangements
Churchill participates in discussions of the postwar occupation and administration of defeated Germany.
Churchill Returns From Crimea Conference
Churchill returns to Britain facing the task of explaining the agreements and the unresolved questions to his government.
Churchill Reviews Yalta Implementation
Churchill's government works to interpret and implement the European political agreements reached in Crimea.
Churchill Supports France on Control Council
Churchill welcomes French participation in the Allied machinery governing Germany after its surrender.
Churchill Supports International Security Organisation
Churchill joins discussions aimed at ensuring the planned United Nations can begin operating after the war.
Clark Kerr Advises on Soviet Relations
The British ambassador to the Soviet Union assists British diplomacy in dealing with Stalin's government.
Clark Kerr Examines Polish Settlement
Clark Kerr advises British policymakers as negotiations expose differing views about Poland's postwar government.
Clark Kerr Supports Crimea Negotiations
Clark Kerr contributes his knowledge of Soviet policy and officials to British consultations.
Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat
Begins post-war political work in the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat after deciding not to return to a full academic career.
Cunningham Coordinates Allied Naval Strategy
Cunningham considers shipping and naval operations as the Allies plan the closing stages of the European war.
Cunningham Discusses Maritime War Plans
Cunningham represents British naval leadership during the military consultations immediately preceding Yalta.
Cunningham Reviews Naval Priorities at Malta
Cunningham takes part in Combined Chiefs talks on naval strategy and support for continuing Allied operations.
Daily Herald
Joins the Daily Herald as a columnist, jointly owned by the TUC and Odhams Press, and was effectively an official Labour Party paper
Demobilisation
Healey leaves the British Army with the rank of major after service in North Africa and Italy.
Deputy Prime Minister
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister
Dismissal
Dismissed due to a personality clash with Mountbatten
Distribution of Industry Act
Distribution of Industry Act 1945 supports development areas and directs industrial reconstruction after the war
Earlier League Failures Inform United Nations
The breakdown of collective security in crises such as that managed by Hoare became part of the historical background to the United Nations.
Eden Considers French Participation
Eden supports arrangements to give France an acknowledged role in the occupation of defeated Germany.
Eden Consults Allies Before Crimea
Eden takes part in diplomatic preparations for the coming Big Three meeting in Crimea.
Eden Discusses Liberated Europe Declaration
Eden contributes to diplomatic negotiations over Allied responsibilities in European countries freed from Nazi rule.
Eden Examines Polish Frontier Dispute
Eden works on British proposals addressing Poland's eastern boundary and the Curzon Line.
Eden Negotiates Polish Government Language
Eden pursues wording on the reconstruction of the provisional Polish government and future elections.
Eden Reports Diplomatic Implications
Eden returns to British policy discussions about the interpretation and execution of the Yalta agreements.
Eden Reviews German Occupation Questions
Eden participates in British discussions of Germany's postwar political and administrative arrangements.
Eden Works on Conference Conclusions
Eden and the diplomatic delegations help prepare formal language recording the principal agreements.
Education Scotland Act
Education Scotland Act 1945 amends and consolidates Scottish education provisions after the war
Election
The Labour Party wins 48% of votes cast and 393 MPs
Election
Labour win 393 seats, the Conservatives win 210 seats. 259 new Labour MPs are elected
Election
As a TGWU official, Brown is an attractive candidate to Labour constituencies seeking a candidate, as the TGWU would sponsor him and pay election expenses, selected for Belper, a mixed constituency near Derby which was one of the top Labour target seats, Brown wins the seat with a majority of nearly 9,000
Election
Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn, Lancashire
Election
The Conservative Party wins 39.6% of votes cast & 210 MPs, Labour win 393 seats. Forms a "caretaker Government" until the election. Churchill broadcasts from Chequers denouncing Socialism as "some form of Gestapo"
Election
Loses seat at the general election
Election
The SNP first wins a Parliamentary seat at the Motherwell by-election but Dr Robert McIntyre Member of Parliament loses the seat at the general election three months later
Election
1st SNP Member of Parliament is elected to Parliament, in a Motherwell by-election
Electronic Stored Program Vision
Applies his universal-machine ideas to the practical design of an electronic stored-program computer.
Emergency Laws Transitional Provisions Act
Emergency Laws Transitional Provisions Act 1945 continues selected emergency powers after the war
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