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In November 1956, after months of negotiation and attempts at mediation had failed to dissuade Nasser, Britain and France, in conjunction with Israel, invaded Egypt and occupied the Suez Canal Zone. Dwight D. Eisenhower had warned Eden not to do it, saying the American people would never approve of a military solution to the crisis. [ 48 ]
After decades of low immigration, new arrivals became a significant factor after 1945. In the decades after the Second World War immigration was greatest from the former British Empire , especially Ireland , India , Bangladesh , Pakistan , the Caribbean , South Africa , Kenya and Hong Kong .
The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission To Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology. The History Press. ISBN 9780752477114. Keshen, Jeffrey A (2013). Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers Canada's Second World War. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774850827. Klein, Leonora (2006). A Very English Hangman: The Life and Times of Albert Pierrepoint. London ...
For general overviews of British politics since 1945, see: Post-war Britain (1945–1979) Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) While coverage of British social history over the same period can be found below: Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979) Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)
Demobbed: coming home after the Second World War (Yale University Press, 2009) in UK. Broad, Roger. The Radical General: Sir Ronald Adam and Britain's New Model Army 1941-46 (The History Press, 2010), ISBN 978-0-7524-6559-3; Summers, Julie. Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War (Simon and Schuster ...
Historian David Olusoga said the survey captured ‘one of the most dramatic and dangerous moments in history’.
8 May – eight days after the suicide of Adolf Hitler in Berlin and the collapse of Nazi rule in Europe, V-E Day is celebrated throughout the UK. Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes a victory speech and appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Street parties take ...
The hypothetical date for the start of the Allied invasion of Soviet-held Eastern Europe was scheduled for 1 July 1945, four days before the United Kingdom general elections. [7] The plan assumed a surprise attack by as many as 47 British and American divisions in the area of Dresden , in the middle of Soviet lines. [ 7 ]