Chamberlain government

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British government United Kingdom ministry historical government

The Chamberlain government was the British administration led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930s and early World War II, noted especially for its policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government → United Kingdom ministry → historical government →
alsoKnownAs	Neville Chamberlain ministry →
chancellorOfTheExchequer	Neville Chamberlain → Sir John Simon →
coalitionPartners	Conservative Party (UK) → Liberal National Party → National Labour Organisation →
country	United Kingdom →
dateOfMunichAgreement	1938-09-30 →
dateOfWarDeclarationOnGermany	1939-09-03 →
declaredWarOn	Germany →
domesticIssue	air raid precautions → introduction of conscription in peacetime → rearmament of the United Kingdom →
endDate	1940-05-10 →
firstLordOfTheAdmiralty	Duff Cooper → Winston Churchill →
followedBy	Churchill war ministry →
foreignPolicyDoctrine	appeasement →
foreignSecretary	Anthony Eden → Lord Halifax →
headOfGovernment	Neville Chamberlain →
historicalReputation	controversial →
homeSecretary	Sir John Anderson → Sir Samuel Hoare →
introducedMeasure	Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 → Military Training Act 1939 →
involvedInEvent	Norwegian campaign → Sudeten Crisis → outbreak of World War II →
keyInternationalActor	Fascist Italy → French Third Republic →
keyInternationalOpponent	Nazi Germany →
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
legislatureStatus	National Government coalition →
legislatureTerm	38th Parliament of the United Kingdom →
ministerOfLabour	Ernest Brown →
monarchDuringTerm	George VI →
notableForPolicy	appeasement of Nazi Germany →
oppositionLeader	Clement Attlee →
oppositionParty	Labour Party (UK) →
parliamentaryMajorityType	large majority →
politicalPartyOfPrimeMinister	Conservative Party (UK) →
precededBy	Second Baldwin government →
reasonForEnd	loss of confidence after Norwegian campaign →
signed	Munich Agreement →
startDate	1937-05-28 →
succeededByPrimeMinister	Winston Churchill →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chamberlain government ("Neville Chamberlain ministry") →	alsoKnownAs
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ("Government of Neville Chamberlain") →	foundedBy
37th United Kingdom Parliament ("Third National Government") →	government
Military Training Act 1939 ("Neville Chamberlain government") →	introducedBy
Churchill government →	precededBy