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Churchill's Government and Total War
HISTORY: Key Facts for A2 Exam
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06/06/2011

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May 1940
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After narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence, Chamberlain resigns although he remains in Churchill's Cabinet.
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Halifax
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Foreign Secretary 1939-42
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Wood
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Chancellor 1940-42
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1942
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Churchill announced his revitalised War Cabinet
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Morrison
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Home Secretary 1942-1945, a Labour MP
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Bevin
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Minister for Labour 1942-1945, a Labour MP
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Attlee
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Labour leader and Deputy PM 1942-1945
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Ministry of Supply
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Established 1939
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September 1939
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National Registration Scheme introduced.
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£255 million
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Provided for food subsidies during WW2
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100,000
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Prosecuted for the Black Market in WW2
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National Service Act II
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Passed 1941, conscripting women into work
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7 million
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WW2 Women Workers
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1 million
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WW2 Women Volunteers
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Women's Land Army
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Organisation to increase British agricultural produce.
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Spring 1939
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Male conscription introduced
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Emergency Powers Act
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Passed 1940 to mobilise the economy
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1 million
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WW2 Defence Workers
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Electoral Truce
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Agreed 8th September 1939 to prevent division of coalition parties in by-elections
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1971
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Date that post war credits from WW2 citizens were repayed by the government
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50%
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WW2 income tax
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