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3 days ago · Date accessed: 16 April, 2024. On 17 May 1940, in a unique display of vulnerability and anguish, Neville Chamberlain confided to his sisters that his whole world had 'tumbled to bits in a moment' (p. 434). Clearly in shock from his 'tremendous reverse of fortunes' (p. 1), he lamented: 'There is no pleasure in life and no prospect of any' (p. 434).
Neville Chamberlain. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (March 18, 1869 – November 9, 1940), known as Neville Chamberlain, was a British Conservative politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain is perhaps the most ill-regarded British prime minister of the twentieth century in the popular mind internationally ...
Sep 5, 2009 · Sat 5 Sep 2009 07.01 EDT. On 30 September 1938, Neville Chamberlain announced "peace for our time" on the steps of 10 Downing Street, straight after returning from Munich, where he and government ...
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 45 years, as Chancellor of the Exchequer (twice) and was briefly Conservative Party leader before serving as Foreign ...
Even the inspirer-in-chief, speaking at the White House in 1954, tacitly endorsed Chamberlain’s prewar posture. “It is always better to jaw-jaw than to war-war,” Churchill said. But no one will ever completely rehabilitate Neville Chamberlain. In a dark hour, he failed to inspire the British, and always will suffer by comparison to his ...
亚瑟·内维尔·张伯伦 ， FRS （英語： Arthur Neville Chamberlain ，1869年3月18日—1940年11月9日），英国 保守党 政治人物，1937年5月至1940年5月担任 英国首相 ，以其 绥靖主义 外交政策闻名，并于1938年签署 慕尼黑协定 将 捷克斯洛伐克 苏台德 德语区割让予 德国 ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Last modified on Thu 7 Mar 2024 10.36 EST. Donald Trump is a worse appeaser in his attitude to Vladimir Putin and Russia than the 1930s British prime minister Neville Chamberlain was towards Adolf ...
