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'''Neville Chamberlain''' (March 18, 1869 - November 9, 1940) was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] from May 27, 1937 to May 10, 1940. Chamberlain belonged to (and was the chairperson of) the [[Conservative Party]]. Chamberlain, together with France's [[Edouard Daladier]], signed the [[Munich Pact]] with [[Germany]]. This allowed Germany to annex the [[Sudetenland]] in exchange for a promise of peace. Chamberlain received a hero's welcome upon his return to Great Britain, declaring that the pact had provided  "peace in our time." However, he also immediately took steps to bring the British armed forces into a state of readiness for war, implying that he himself knew that war was imminent. Hitler looked upon Chamberlain as an extremely wily character, and felt that he had been cheated out of war.

'''Neville Chamberlain''' (March 18, 1869 - November 9, 1940) was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] from May 27, 1937 to May 10, 1940. Chamberlain belonged to and was Leader of the [[Conservative Party]]. Chamberlain, together with France's [[Edouard Daladier]], signed the [[Munich Pact]] with [[Germany]]. This allowed Germany to annex the [[Sudetenland]] in exchange for a promise of peace. Chamberlain received a hero's welcome upon his return to Great Britain, declaring that the pact had provided  "peace in our time." However, he also immediately took steps to bring the British armed forces into a state of readiness for war, implying that he himself knew that war was imminent. Hitler looked upon Chamberlain as an extremely wily character, and felt that he had been cheated out of war.

Not long after, Hitler took all of [[Czechoslovakia]] and then invaded [[Poland]], starting [[World War II]]. In the spring of 1940, following British and French reverses in [[Norway]], Chamberlain resigned and [[Winston Churchill]] became Prime Minister.

Not long after, Hitler took all of [[Czechoslovakia]] and then invaded [[Poland]], starting [[World War II]]. In the spring of 1940, following British and French reverses in [[Norway]], Chamberlain resigned and [[Winston Churchill]] became Prime Minister.

== Domestic achievements ==

== Domestic achievements ==

Chamberlain's disastrous foreign policy and inept conduct of the first months of World War II overshadowed a lifetime of achievement before his comparatively short tenure as Premier, particularly in the field of domestic policy. As Minister of Health twice and in a long period of office as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], his achievements included landmark reforms of local government finance, improvement of conditions in factories, establishment of the basis of a welfare state, repayment of much the National Debt from the Great War and technological modernisation of British industry. Consequently, he is generally rated as one of the most significant UK government ministers of the 20th century. Ironically, the economic strength achieved by Chamberlain's domestic reforms in peacetime placed Britain in a strong position to resist Germany when war broke out. He remained highly respected in Parliament and the country even after his fall from Prime Ministerial office, and he remained in charge of home policy in the Churchill government until shortly before his death in 1941.

Chamberlain's disastrous foreign policy and inept conduct of the first months of World War II overshadowed a lifetime of achievement before his comparatively short tenure as Premier, particularly in the field of domestic policy. As Minister of Health twice and in a long period of office as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], his achievements included landmark reforms of local government finance, improvement of conditions in factories, establishment of the basis of a welfare state, repayment of much the National Debt from the Great War and technological modernisation of British industry. Consequently, he is generally rated as one of the most significant UK government ministers of the 20th century. Ironically, the economic strength achieved by Chamberlain's domestic reforms in peacetime placed Britain in a strong position to resist Germany when war broke out. He remained respected in Parliament and the country even after his fall from Prime Ministerial office, and was in charge of home policy in the Churchill government until shortly before his death in 1941.

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