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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 ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Neville Chamberlain (born March 18, 1869, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England—died November 9, 1940, Heckfield, near Reading, Hampshire) was the 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.
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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.
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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. In the 1930s, the British government pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
Sep 30, 2013 · 30 September 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 ...
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Neville Chamberlain was born in 1869. He was the son of the great, and divisive, Birmingham politician Joseph Chamberlain. Neville was educated at Rugby School, and then worked in business, spending six years trying to establish a sisal plantation in the Bahamas.
May 17, 2018 · Neville Chamberlain was born on March 18, 1869, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, the son of Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary from 1895 to 1903, and Florence Kenrick Chamberlain. Neville's home and family were the most influential aspects of his education and upbringing.