Neville Chamberlain - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: clean up, typos fixed: May 27, 1937 → May 27, 1937,

2026-11-05T11:29:29Z

clean up, typos fixed: May 27, 1937 → May 27, 1937,

RobSmith at 03:48, April 6, 2025

2025-04-06T03:48:14Z

Telling: /* White Paper */

2025-04-06T03:32:30Z

White Paper

Telling at 03:31, April 6, 2025

2025-04-06T03:31:25Z

Yeschayi: adding

2020-12-11T14:43:10Z

adding

RobSmith: Not true

2019-10-28T19:22:16Z

Not true

Pokeria1: Adding this detail. Guess Chamberlain's family had been a bit closer to the Nazis than previously thought.

2019-10-13T01:26:09Z

Adding this detail. Guess Chamberlain's family had been a bit closer to the Nazis than previously thought.

JoeyJ: /* References */

2018-07-15T14:13:29Z

References

1990'sguy at 20:29, August 10, 2017

2017-08-10T20:29:47Z

1990'sguy: /* Domestic achievements */

2017-08-10T20:29:09Z

Domestic achievements

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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 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.
+'''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.
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 [[File:Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain- Let us into Palestine. In March 1939, weeks before the notorious White Paper.jpg|thumb|Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine. In March 1939, weeks before the notorious White Paper]]
-In 2019, the Telegram was uncovered, polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine. It was sent by both, non-Zionist/ultra-orthodox-Haredim and Zionists.<ref>Steven E. Zipperstein, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/uncovered-polish-jews-pre-holocaust-plea-to-chamberlain-let-us-into-palestine/ Uncovered, Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine], ''TOI'', Jan 21, 2020</ref>.
+In 2019, the Telegram was uncovered, polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine. It was sent by both, non-Zionist/ultra-orthodox-Haredim and Zionists.<ref>Steven E. Zipperstein, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/uncovered-polish-jews-pre-holocaust-plea-to-chamberlain-let-us-into-palestine/ Uncovered, Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine], ''TOI'', Jan 21, 2020</ref>
 <blockquote>In March 1939, weeks before the notorious White Paper, Polish Jewry sent London a desperate telegram, published here apparently for the first time. At terrible cost, it was ignored...

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 ==White Paper==
-leaked details of the British proposals for Palestine, including capping Jewish immigration at 15,000 per year for the next five years.
+March 17, 1939:<ref>[[Polish]] Jews ask Britain to keep faith."
 That same day, March 15, 1939, [[Nazi|Germany]] invaded [[Czechoslovakia]], and German forces triumphantly marched into Prague.</blockquote>

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	He adopted appeasement during his time in office, allowing [[Adolf Hitler]] to get what he wants but nothing more, but he couldn't be trusted.		He adopted appeasement during his time in office, allowing [[Adolf Hitler]] to get what he wants but nothing more, but he couldn't be trusted.

		+	==White Paper==
		+	leaked details of the British proposals for Palestine, including capping Jewish immigration at 15,000 per year for the next five years.
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		+	That same day, March 15, 1939, [[Nazi\|Germany]] invaded [[Czechoslovakia]], and German forces triumphantly marched into Prague.</blockquote>

	==Criticism of his European statesmanship==		==Criticism of his European statesmanship==

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	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.
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		+	== Appeasement ==
		+	He adopted appeasement during his time in office, allowing [[Adolf Hitler]] to get what he wants but nothing more, but he couldn't be trusted.
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	==Criticism of his European statesmanship==		==Criticism of his European statesmanship==

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	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.
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−	~~Chamberlain's nephew, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, had infamously been responsible for much of the Nazis' social Darwinist views.~~

	==Criticism of his European statesmanship==		==Criticism of his European statesmanship==

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	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.
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		+	Chamberlain's nephew, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, had infamously been responsible for much of the Nazis' social Darwinist views.

	==Criticism of his European statesmanship==		==Criticism of his European statesmanship==

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 ==References==
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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 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.
+'''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.

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 == 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 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.
+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 1940.
 ==References==