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In defence of Neville Chamberlain

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Chamberlain's Defence White Papers

The second world war effectively began with hipter's onslaught in 19 forty. Almost immediately chamberlain is replaced by churchill and the battle of britain begins. Chamberlain was always alert to the importance of defence, he had been arguing for a much stronger navy than we had back in first world war. The planes that won the battle ofbritain were commissioned, paid for and built on te chamberlains watch, not on churchill’s or Beaver book’s.

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