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Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ m b ər l ɪ n /; 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
May 9, 2024 · Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of the United Kingdom from May 28, 1937, to May 10, 1940, whose name is identified with the policy of ‘appeasement’ toward Adolf Hitler’s Germany in the period immediately preceding World War II. Learn more about Chamberlain’s life and career in this article.
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- Neville Chamberlain was the son of British businessman and social reformer Joseph Chamberlain and Florence Kenrick. Neville’s mother died when he w...
- Neville Chamberlain was a product of the British upper class. His father had made a substantial fortune in business before moving into politics, an...
- Neville Chamberlain’s name has become synonymous with appeasement, the policy by which the aggressive moves of the fascist powers of Europe went la...
- While Neville Chamberlain genuinely believed that he had won "peace with honour" and secured "peace for our time," Churchill countered “You were gi...
Apr 2, 2014 · Neville Chamberlain was the British prime minister as Great Britain entered World War II. He is known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Aug 4, 2023 · The British Policy of Appeasement toward Hitler and Nazi Germany. Appeasement is a diplomatic strategy. It involves making concessions to an aggressive foreign power in order to avoid war. It is most commonly associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in office from 1937 to 1940.
Sep 30, 2013 · Seventy-five years after the Munich Agreement signed with Hitler, the name of Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister at the time, is still synonymous with weakness and appeasement.
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Apr 7, 2021 · Neville Chamberlain remains one of Britain’s more well-known, and often most maligned Prime Ministers. Famous for his policy of appeasement in the 1930s, he put off the inevitable for as long as possible, before declaring war on Germany in September 1939.
Sep 30, 2013 · On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain received a rowdy homecoming after signing a peace pact with Nazi Germany.
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