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Winston
Churchill |
1874
- 1965 |
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First
Lord of the Admiralty in Chamberlain's government
then Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
from May 1940. Probably the greatest British hero
of this century. His defiance of Nazi Germany,
spirit and his superb leadership and oratory skills
were a positive inspiration to British and Allied
morale. |
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Neville
Chamberlain |
1869
- 1940 |
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Prime
Minister from May1937 until May 1940. During
his time as Prime Minister he had followed a policy
of appeasement of the Nazis in an attempt to avert
war. By May 1940 he had lost the confidence of
the British people and Parliament and surrendered
the leadership to Churchill. He remained a member
of the Cabinet, but died in November 1940. |
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Clement
Atlee |
1883
- 1967 |
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Deputy
Prime Minister in Churchill's coalition government.
He became Prime minister following the defeat
of Churchill's Conservative Party in the general
election of July 1945. |
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Anthony
Eden |
1897-
1977 |
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Appointed
Foreign Secretary in the Churchill government.
Eden was a tough and stubborn negotiator for the
British and was against giving territiorial concessions
to the Soviets in Eastern Europe. |
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Field
Marshal John Dill |
1881
- 1944 |
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Chief
of the Imperial General Staff from May 1940 until
December 1941 when he was replaced due to poor
health. Subsequently he became Head of the British
Joint Staff Mission to Washington. |
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Field
Marshal Alan Brooke |
1883
- 1963 |
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Brooke
replaced Dill as the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff at the end of 1941. He had a reputation
as a fine strategist and was good at turning plans
into practical operations. |
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Air
Chief Marshal Charles Portal |
1893
- 1971 |
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Chief
of the Air Staff from 1940 onwards. Portal was
wise and diplomatic head of the RAF. He was an
advocate of strategic area bombing for most of
the war, however he later changed his views to
that of bombers supporting offensive action |
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Admiral
Dudley Pound |
1877
- 1943 |
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Admiral
of the Fleet and First Sea Lord from 1939 until
he was taken ill and died in October 1943. |
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Admiral
Andrew Cunningham |
1883
- 1963 |
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Became
Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord in October
1943 following the death of Pound. Prior to this
appointment, Cunningham had been a highly successful
naval commander in the Mediterranean. |
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