a level history- churchill's view of events 1929-1940
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- Churchill's view of events 1929-1940
- why Churchill was out of office 1929-1939
- in conflict with the buk of his own party
- took up a series of unpopular causes and spoke about them in an increasingly reckless way
- became more isolates from british politics
- the wall street crash affected him personally, compelled him to writing for a living
- churchills attitude to the abdication crisis
- he was a member of a limited informal group called 'the kings friends'
- undertook to support the monarch for reasons of personal loyalty and chivalry
- churchill misjudged the mood in the house of commons and made a speech in favour of the king
- he was a member of a limited informal group called 'the kings friends'
- his views about empire and india and clashes with his party
- churchill served in india as a young officer
- he had the view that india had to be protected in order to maintain the empire
- British rule prevented the domination of the Hindu elites over the large numbers of Indian Muslims
- British rule ensure the end of what he saw as barbaric practises and meant economic and social progress
- the Indian population wanted self-governance and representation
- April 1919, ghandi led a mass campaign against the rowlass acts
- brutality as a result of the campaign led to indian nationalism getting new supporters
- attitude towards germany after 1933
- Churchill felt strongly about remaining uninvolved in the Munich agreement
- Churchill did not favour staying out of European affairs
- Churchill was critical of the governments policy on rearmament and appeasement
- his views about rearmament and appeasment
- hitlers views about the need to rearm and end the restrictions of the treaty if versailles were well known
- churchill did not object to the concept of a nationalist dictatorship
- Churchill saw the new regime in Germany as brutal
- churchill feared a repeat of the situation prior to 1914
- churchill used his position as a back bench MP to utter warnings about the need to arm
- critics pointed out that churchill himself had been responsible for disarming in the 1920s and for maintaining the 10 year rule
- the financial crisis meant that it may be difficult to Britain to rearm
- hitler reintroduced conscription in 1935, breaking the treaty of versailles
- remilitarised the rhineland in march 1936
- why churchill became prime minister
- the debate in the house of commons about norway led to major political changes
- the debate was not focused entirely on the norwegian cmapaign, but on the whole record of the government since the war started
- chamberlain came under some unexpected attacks from his own side
- there was little indication that the debate would lead to chamberlain resigning
- labour took advantage of the unexpected amount of criticism by conservative mps to force a vote
- this made it much more of a vote of of confidence
- over 40 conservative MPs voted against the government and the other 40 abstained
- chamberlain was not defeated but was exposed to a lot of hostility
- most MPs wanted Lord halifax to become PM, a peer who sat in the house of lords
- chamberlain was not defeated but was exposed to a lot of hostility
- over 40 conservative MPs voted against the government and the other 40 abstained
- churchill took responsibility for the failure
- this made it much more of a vote of of confidence
- labour took advantage of the unexpected amount of criticism by conservative mps to force a vote
- the debate in the house of commons about norway led to major political changes
- why Churchill was out of office 1929-1939
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