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In September 1939 Pollitt welcomed Britain's declaration of war on [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], but was forced to backtrack and recant when Moscow declared that the [[Second World War]] was an 'Imperialist conflict'. He was ousted as General Secretary, but was reinstated in 1941 when, following Germany's invasion of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Comintern]] made another U-turn and declared the war a popular war of resistance to Fascism. Thereafter the CPGB took an ultra-loyal line in Britain, urging increases in industrial production and condemning strikes, to such an extent that its Trotskyist enemies in the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] dubbed it 'His Majesty's Communist Party'.
In September 1939 Pollitt welcomed Britain's declaration of war on [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], but was forced to backtrack and recant when Moscow declared that the [[Second World War]] was an 'Imperialist conflict'. He was ousted as General Secretary, but was reinstated in 1941 when, following Germany's invasion of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Comintern]] made another U-turn and declared the war a popular war of resistance to Fascism. Thereafter the CPGB took an ultra-loyal line in Britain, urging increases in industrial production and condemning strikes, to such an extent that its Trotskyist enemies in the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] dubbed it 'His Majesty's Communist Party'.
Pollitt led the CPGB during its period of greatest prestige, following victory in the war, but also had to cope with the crisis in the party brought about by the 1956 speech of [[Nikita Kruschchev]] denouncing [[Stalin]] and by the Soviet repression of the 1956 [[Hungarian Revolution]]. Dispirited, he resigned as General Secretary and was given the post of Party Chairman, which he held until his death.
Pollitt led the CPGB during its period of greatest prestige, following victory in the war, but also had to cope with the crisis in the party brought about by the 1956 speech of [[Nikita Khrushchev]] denouncing [[Stalin]] and by the Soviet repression of the 1956 [[Hungarian Revolution]]. Dispirited, he resigned as General Secretary and was given the post of Party Chairman, which he held until his death.
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