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A Coronation as War Looms
In 1937 George VI was crowned King. Stanley Baldwin resigned and Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister. The Japanese bombed Shanghai and the Germans bombed Guernica.
The Government produced their plans to evacuate London in wartime and for air-raid shelters to be built. In 1937 Germany signed a treaty with Japan in order to contain Communism. Germany had signed a treaty with Italy the year before.
In Ireland the Irish Free State became Eire.
Ramsay MacDonald died and Clement Atlee became the Leader of the Labour Party.
George VI |
GEORGE VI (1895-1952)- King of the United Kingdom (1937-1952)
- Emperor of India (1936-1947)
- The second son of George V
- Christened Albert
- Following tradition he joined the Navy in 1909
- Became the Duke of York in 1920
- Married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923
- Became King on the abdication of his elder brother Edward VIII
- Did much to raise morale during wartime, remaining in residence at Buckingham Palace and visiting bombsites in the capital
The 大象传媒 made its first television outside broadcast and 999 was first used for police emergency calls in 1937.
 
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| 1933 | Hitler German Chancellor
Roosevelt US President
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| 1935 | Baldwin Prime Minister for the last time
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| 1936 | George V dies
Edward VIII becomes King
Edward VIII abdicates
George VI becomes King
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| 1937 | Chamberlain Prime Minister
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| 1938 | The Munich Agreement is signed
Germany annexes Austria
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| 1939 | World War II begins
Conscription is introduced
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| 1940 | Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Battle of Britain
Rationing is introduced
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| 1941 | The Atlantic Charter is signed
German invasion of Soviet Union
The Anglo-Soviet Treaty is signed
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| 1942 | The Beveridge Report is published
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| Pop Culture Of 1937 | | • | Margo Fonteyn's debut at Sadler's Wells |
| • | George Orwell publishes the Road to Wigan Pier |
| • | Woman magazine first published |
| • | Pablo Picasso paints Guernica |
| • | A Nice Cup Of Tea was Top of the Pops |
| • | Out of Africa by Karen Blixen was published |
| • | John Steinbeck's play Of Mice and Men produced on Broadway |
| • | Walt Disney makes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
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