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Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940: The Politics of Method (Oxford UP, 2010) Sims, Paul David. "The Development of Environmental Politics in Inter-War and Post-War Britain" (PhD Dissertation, Queen Mary University of London, 2016) online; Bibliography of secondary sources, PP 312–26. Sissons, M.; French, P. (1963). Age of ...
This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a narrative history and bibliography of the home front see United Kingdom home front during World War II, as well as history of Scotland § Second World War 1939–45 and history of Northern Ireland § Second World War. [1]
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Spectator sports became increasingly fashionable in post-war Britain, as attendance soared across the board. [146] Despite the omnipresent austerity, the government were very proud to host the 1948 Olympics , even though Britain's athletes won only three gold medals compared to 38 for the Americans. [ 147 ]
British victory: Duar War (1864–1865) India: Bhutan: British victory: Fenian Rising (1867) United Kingdom: Irish Republican Brotherhood Fenian Brotherhood: British victory: British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) United Kingdom: Ethiopia: British victory: Klang War (1867–1874) Selangor Civil War. Forces of Raja Abdullah of Klang ...
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...