1945 Labour landslide
1945 · Event
Attlee's Labour wins a 145-seat majority; Churchill rejected at the peak of his fame; mandate for welfare state.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, Partition of India
Around 1945
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)