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   Abroad, Attlee began decolonisation, while binding the UK into NATO. Many consider him the greatest of Britain’s Prime Ministers. Clement Attlee was born in a middle-class family in Putney. He was educated at Haileybury and University College, Oxford. He graduated in 1904, and then trained as a barrister at the Inner Temple, being called to ...

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3. academic.oup.com › ehr › article-abstractAttlee’s War: World War II and the Making of a Labour Leader ...

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   May 25, 2013 · This is a lively account of high politics in Britain during the Second World War, focusing on Clement Attlee’s rise to, and consolidation of, power. Attlee led Labour into the wartime coalition in 1940, becoming deputy prime minister in 1942 and, in 1945, the first prime minister of a majority Labour government.

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4. blogs.lse.ac.uk › lsehistory › 2017/03/29The life and times of Clement Attlee | LSE History - LSE Blogs

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   Mar 29, 2017 · In many ways we still live in a world of Attlee’s creation. His government of 1945-51 was the most radical in history, and gave Britain the NHS, National Insurance, NATO and the atomic bomb. Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee by Walter Stoneman, 1930. NPG x163783. National Portrait Gallery.

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   Who was Clement Richard Attlee?

   • Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1951, having served under the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald in the early 1920s, and as Churchill's deputy during World War II.

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   When did Clement Attlee become Prime Minister?

   • Labour 1945 to 1951 Clement Attlee was leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955, and served as Britain’s Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. As Prime Minister, he enlarged and improved social services and the public sector in post-war Britain, creating the National Health Service and nationalising major industries and public utilities.

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   How did Clement Attlee shape Britain after WW2?

   • Clement Attlee was the leader who did the most to shape Britain after the Second World War. During his premiership the National Health Service was created. His government also legislated for the modern system of National Insurance, the National Parks system, and the New Towns Act. Abroad, Attlee began decolonisation, while binding the UK into NATO.

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   Who was Lord Attlee in WW2?

   • When war finally came in 1939, Attlee remained Leader of the Opposition. In 1940, it was he who told Chamberlain that he must leave the premiership for a coalition to be formed. Attlee then served in Churchill’s war cabinet, initially as Lord Privy Seal, and then as Deputy Prime Minister from 1942.

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6. ukandeu.ac.uk › clement-attlee-and-the-1945-labourClement Attlee and the 1945 Labour victory - UK in a changing ...

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   Jul 23, 2020 · Clement Attlee was not a physically imposing figure, he wasn’t filled with Churchill’s wit and ability to ‘turn a phrase’, but in 1945 he delivered one of Labour’s largest election victories. He built a cabinet of powerful figures and managed to harness them to build some of the most enduring elements of British life and key ...

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   Labour 1945 to 1951. Clement Attlee was leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955, and served as Britain’s Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. As Prime Minister, he enlarged and improved social ...

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9. www.historyextra.com › period › 20th-centuryClement Attlee: Labour's postwar leader - HistoryExtra

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   May 6, 2021 · Born into a comfortable family in Putney, Attlee was drawn to social work in the East End of London and developed his socialist convictions through his experiences there. First elected as an MP in 1922, he was leader of his party by 1935, and took Labour into the wartime coalition with Churchill. And then, of course, he led his party to victory ...

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    Clement Attlee. Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1951, having served under the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald in the early 1920s, and as Churchill's deputy during World War II.