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| − | '''Clement Attlee''' was the longest-ever serving Leader of the [[Labour Party]], and | + | '''Clement Attlee''' was a British politician and statesman in the [[20th century]]. |
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| + | He was the longest-ever serving Leader of the [[Labour Party]], and [[UK/Prime Minister]] from 1945 to 1951. | ||
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| Born | Clement Richard Attlee 1883-01-03 Putney, Surrey, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1967-10-08 (Age 84) Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College (Oxford) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Lady Janet Shipton Lady Felicity Harwood • Martin Attlee • 2nd Earl Attlee • Lady Alison Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Violet Millar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Fabian Society | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clement Attlee was a British politician and statesman in the 20th century.
He was the longest-ever serving Leader of the Labour Party, and UK/Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.
Operation Embarrass
- Full article: Operation Embarrass
- Full article: Operation Embarrass
In late 1946 when Clement Attlee's government asked MI6 for “proposals for action to deter ships masters and crews from engaging in illegal Jewish immigration and traffic.” Stewart Menzies, the chief of the SIS, suggested carrying out false flag bomb attacks against Jewish refugees, which were indeed carried out in 1947 and 1948 as Operation Embarrass.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Labour Built the Bomb | Article | 10 July 2017 | Bill Ramsay | The prompt for this short essay is not Labour's nuclear legacy: it is what took place in the UN General Assembly last Friday when the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty passed into international law. |
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