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The post-war military cost £200 million a year, to put 1.3 million men (and a few thousand women) in uniform, keep operational combat fleets stationed in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean as well as Hong Kong, fund bases across the globe, as well as 120 full Royal Air Force squadrons. [15]
The Education Act became a permanent part of the Post-war consensus supported by the three major political parties. [139] [140] While the new law formed a part of the widely accepted Post-war consensus agreed to in general by the major parties, one part generated controversy. Left-wing critics attacked grammar schools as being elitist because a ...
June – War Report debuts on the BBC. 13 June – The Charlotte Greenwood Show debuts on NBC. [6] 20 June – The Dick Haymes Show debuts on NBC. [6] 23 June – Boston Blackie debuts on NBC. [6] 28 June – The Alan Young Show debuts on NBC. [6] 13 August – The Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show debuts on NBC. [6] 31 August – The Frank ...
The Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Gala Premier that had been the last programme transmitted seven years earlier at the start of World War II, is reshown after Bligh's introduction. [3] 29 June – BBC's coverage of Wimbledon returns, after not being seen since 1939 due to the service's discontinuation during World War II. It was among the ...
1945 in British radio – The BBC Light Programme starts broadcasting; First broadcast of Today in Parliament. [4] 1946 in British radio – The BBC Third Programme launches and the BBC General Forces Programme closes; First broadcast of Down Your Way, Letter from America and Woman's Hour. 1947 in British radio – First broadcast of Round ...
Historian David Olusoga said the survey captured ‘one of the most dramatic and dangerous moments in history’.
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)
Britain faces its “1937 moment” and must be prepared to act rapidly to prevent the spread of war in Europe, according to the new head of the Army.