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===The CPGB and the Second World War===

===The CPGB and the Second World War===

The [[Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact]] of 1939 led [[Comintern]] to instruct the CPGB to oppose the war (which it had been supporting as an anti-Fascist war). This caused much internal dissent and defection, as well as the dropping of its long-time General Secretary, [[Harry Pollitt]] (1890-1960). The CPGB newspaper, the [[Daily Worker|Morning Star]], was for a time suppressed by the British Government. However, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 Pollitt was recalled, the party threw itself into the war effort, and Communist officials were active in attempts to prevent strikes.

The [[Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact]] of 1939 led [[Comintern]] to instruct the CPGB to oppose the war (which it had been supporting as an anti-Fascist war). This caused much internal dissent and defection, as well as the dropping of its long-time General Secretary, [[Harry Pollitt]] (1890-1960). The CPGB newspaper, the [[Daily Worker]], was for a time suppressed by the British Government. However, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 Pollitt was recalled, the party threw itself into the war effort, and Communist officials were active in attempts to prevent strikes.

===The post-war years===

===The post-war years===