Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

March 18, 1869 (156 years old) in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (/ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn/; 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement on 30 September 1938, ceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. Following the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later and led the United Kingdom through the first eight months of the war until his resignation as prime minister on 10 May 1940.

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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Crusade in Europe Crusade in Europe
Mussolini: The First Fascist Mussolini: The First Fascist
Hitler: A Career Hitler: A Career
The BBC at War The BBC at War

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