The NG. Baldwin and Chamberlain 1935-1940
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- The National Government. Baldwin: 1935 - 1937 and Chamberlain: 1937-1940
- ACTS/ things introduced
- Special Areas Act 1935
- Made £2m available to depressed areas in Britain
- Rearmament introduced
- Special Areas Act 1935
- Social
- 44,000 workers encouraged to move to other towns
- 30,000 men found places on retraining courses
- Unemployment assistance instead of "dole"
- Economy
- GB industrial production up 11% 1935 compared with 1929
- Low interest rates - down 2% until 1939
- 10% reduction on unemployment benefit
- govt. controlled salaries
- Chamberlain supported stimulating private enterprise
- Economy
- Economy
- GB industrial production up 11% 1935 compared with 1929
- Low interest rates - down 2% until 1939
- 10% reduction on unemployment benefit
- govt. controlled salaries
- Chamberlain supported stimulating private enterprise
- Political
- The Abdication Crisis of 1936
- Baldwin - significant political skill
- BBC 4 DOCUMENTARY: Baldwin's greatest triamph
- PEARCE: (Baldwin remained) highly trusted.
- managed to uphold core traditional principles
- important for him and other members of the Con. party
- had extreme political sensitivity
- Edward VIII knew nothing of plans
- ensured tabloids printed nothing until final few weeks
- Significant opposition against Baldwin
- some MPs in favour of marriage
- the public in favour of King
- Baldwin - significant political skill
- The Fall of Neville Chamberlain
- Outbreak of war 1939: Personal disaster for Chamberlain
- PEARCE: had pursued peace with devotion and determination
- introduced > gas masks > conscription > rationing 1940
- AJP: Govt. still moving into the war backwards with their eyes tightly closed
- Lack of military initiative
- 1m still unemployed
- NORWAY
- Foreign Policy
- Appeasement
- warnings from Churchill - Baldwin/Chamberlain - no overwhelming concern
- Germany not as bad as Russia
- PEARCE: The lesser of two evils
- militarily weak - no investment
- German trade important for GB
- Disarmament: 10 year rule - no investment in the armed forces post WW1
- militarily weak - no investment
- Public perception: >Grateful when war averted. > didn't want war
- The Guilty Men: Chamberlainand close MPs (Halifax) who supported appeasement
- Appeasement
- warnings from Churchill - Baldwin/Chamberlain - no overwhelming concern
- Germany not as bad as Russia
- PEARCE: The lesser of two evils
- German trade important for GB
- Appeasement
- Appeasement
- GB intervened when Germany occupied Denmark. Poor planning, uncoordinated had to withdraw
- Chamberlain resigns
- Foreign Policy
- Outbreak of war 1939: Personal disaster for Chamberlain
- The Abdication Crisis of 1936
- Foreign Policy
- Disarmament: 10 year rule - no investment in the armed forces post WW1
- Public perception: >Grateful when war averted. > didn't want war
- The Guilty Men: Chamberlainand close MPs (Halifax) who supported appeasement
- Disarmament: 10 year rule - no investment in the armed forces post WW1
- ACTS/ things introduced
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