Britain 1918-1951 Timeline 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryBritain 1918-1951ASOCR Created by: Georgina CCreated on: 17-05-15 15:38 February 1918 The Representation of the People Act 1 of 39 11 November 1918 Armistice ending the First World War 2 of 39 November 1918 General Election (Lloyd George, Coalition) 3 of 39 January 1919 Dail set up in Dublin 4 of 39 November 1919 Start of Anglo-Irish War 5 of 39 December 1920 Government of Ireland Act partitions Ireland 6 of 39 April 1921 National Miners' Strike 7 of 39 December 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty creates the Irish Free State 8 of 39 February 1922 Geddes Report 9 of 39 July 1922 Honours Scandal 10 of 39 August 1922 Chanak Affair 11 of 39 October 1922 Carlton Club Meeting 12 of 39 November 1922 General Election (Bonar Law, Conservative) 13 of 39 May 1923 Bonar Law resigns leadership of Conservative Party through ill health; replaced as prime minister by Stanley Baldwin 14 of 39 December 1923 General Election (MacDonald, Labour) 15 of 39 August 1924 August: Campbell Case 16 of 39 October 1924 General Election (Baldwin, Conservative) 17 of 39 October 1924 Zinoviev Letter 18 of 39 April 1925 Britain returns to the Gold Standard 19 of 39 May 1926 The General Strike 20 of 39 May 1929 General Election (MacDonald, Labour) 21 of 39 October 1929 The Wall Street Crash 22 of 39 July 1931 The May Report 23 of 39 August 1931 MacDonald forms a National Government 24 of 39 September 1931 The Gold Standard (Amendment) Act removes Britain from the Gold Standard 25 of 39 October 1931 General Election (MacDonald, National Government) 26 of 39 October 1932 British Union of Fascists founded 27 of 39 November 1935 General Election (Baldwin, National Government; MacDonald loses his seat) 28 of 39 October 1936 The Jarrow Crusade 29 of 39 May 1937 Baldwin retires; Chamberlain becomes prime minister 30 of 39 3 September 1939 Britain declares war on Germany 31 of 39 May 1940 Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister 32 of 39 December 1942 The Beveridge Report 33 of 39 8 May 1945 German unconditional surrender, Victory in Europe Day 34 of 39 July 1945 General Election (Attlee, Labour) 35 of 39 15 August 1945 Surrender of Japan 36 of 39 5 July 1948 NHS comes into operation 37 of 39 February 1950 General Election (Attlee, Labour) 38 of 39 October 1951 General Election (Churchill, Conservative) 39 of 39
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