Neville Chamberlain

British Conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940 and led foreign policy immediately before World War II. He is best known for his policy of appeasement aimed at avoiding war with Nazi Germany, most famously agreeing to Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia via the 1938 Munich Agreement. However, after Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Britain declared war on Germany, and Chamberlain led the UK during the initial phase of World War II. He resigned as Prime Minister following criticism of his administration over the 1940 Norway Campaign and continued to serve in the war cabinet until his death from cancer in November of that year.

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Year	Neville Chamberlain
1869	Birth of Neville Chamberlain (Period: March 18, 1869, Location: Birmingham, England)
1911	Marriage (Neville Chamberlain, Anne de Vere Cole, Age: 41 years old, Period: January 5, 1911, Location: St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London) Election to Birmingham City Council (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 42 years old, Period: November 1911, Location: Birmingham (UK))
1915	Appointment as Lord Mayor of Birmingham (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 45 years old, Period: 1915–1916, Location: Birmingham (UK))
1916	Appointment as Director of National Service (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 47 years old, Period: December 1916 – August 1917, Location: London, UK Government)
1918	First Election to the House of Commons (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 49 years old, Period: December 1918, Location: Birmingham Ladywood Constituency)
1923	Appointment as Minister of Health (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 53 years old, Period: March – August 1923, November 1924 – June 1929, Location: London, UK Government) Appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 54 years old, Period: August 1923 – January 1924, 1931–1937, Location: London, UK Government)
1937	Promotion of Appeasement Policy (Age: 67 years old, Period: 1937–1939, Location: UK, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, etc.) Promotion of British Rearmament (Age: 67 years old, Period: 1937–1939, Location: United Kingdom) Appointment as Conservative Leader and Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 68 years old, Period: May 28, 1937, Location: Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street, London)
1938	Munich Conference / Munich Agreement (Age: 69 years old, Period: September 29–30, 1938, Location: Munich (Germany)) Signing of the Munich Agreement (Age: 69 years old, Period: September 30, 1938, Location: Munich (Germany))
1939	German Disintegration of Czechoslovakia (Age: 69 years old, Period: March 1939, Location: Czechoslovakia centered on Prague) British Guarantee to Poland (Age: 70 years old, Period: March 31, 1939, Location: London and European Diplomatic Spheres) German Invasion of Poland and British Declaration of War (Age: 70 years old, Period: September 1–3, 1939, Location: Poland, London) Leadership of the War Cabinet (Age: 70 years old, Period: September 1939 – May 1940, Location: London, UK)
1940	Norway Campaign (Age: 71 years old, Period: April – June 1940, Location: Norway) Participation in the War Cabinet as Lord President of the Council (Age: 71 years old, Period: May – September 1940, Location: London, UK Government) Norway Debate (Age: 71 years old, Period: May 7–8, 1940, Location: House of Commons, London) Resignation as Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain, Age: 71 years old, Period: May 10, 1940, Location: London, UK) Death of Neville Chamberlain (Age: 71 years old, Period: November 9, 1940)

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British Politics	David Lloyd George Winston Churchill Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Clement Attlee Anthony Eden Edward Wood Ernest Bevin
French Politics	Georges Clemenceau Charles de Gaulle Paul Reynaud Édouard Daladier Léon Blum Philippe Pétain Maxime Weygand Maurice Gamelin
Jewish relief	Anne Frank Etty Hillesum Edith Stein Raoul Wallenberg Aristides de Sousa Mendes Varian Fry Nicholas Winton Chiune Sugihara
Nuclear Science	Lise Meitner James Chadwick John Cockcroft Ernest Walton Patrick Blackett Mark Oliphant Otto Hahn Otto Robert Frisch

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