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    Neville Chamberlain

    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940

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  1. Aug 4, 2023 · It is most commonly associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in office from 1937 to 1940. In the 1930s, the British government pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany. Today, appeasement is usually regarded as a failure because it did not prevent World War II.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. The early life, business career and political rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated on 28 May 1937, when he was summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands" and accept the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Chamberlain had long been regarded as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin 's political heir, and when Baldwin announced his ...

  5. Neville Chamberlain. Conservative 1937 to 1940. “This is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our...

  6. Peace for our time" was a declaration made by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in his 30 September 1938 remarks in London concerning the Munich Agreement and the subsequent Anglo-German Declaration.

  7. Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS ( / ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn /; 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. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his ...

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