This is shown through Edens downfall of his response to the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956 which beside his ill health made him resign from office in 1957 not long after the crisis happened as he shown Britain how weak he was but also shown the world how weak Britain had become as they were still trying to act like a superpower but in reality they needed help from Allies such as the US. But in 'Dr Jonathan Pearson- Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (2002)'
Furthermore, with the help of R.A Butler and Heath, Macmillan quickly took control of the party and began the recovery process for the problems caused by Suez. It could also be argued that the events of the Suez crisis cause more damage to the labour party, than the fortunes of the tories, as seen in source 5 “there was no internal split in the conservative party”. However source 6 suggests Labour suffered “widespread disgust” and became far more unpopular. This was due to Labour opposing the war which caused the party to be seen by many working-class
“Britain won the Crimean War but lost the peace” The aftermath of the Crimean War left a ruined world. The treaty of Paris had huge implications on all of the countries and soon what seemed like a treaty that was in Britain’s favour soon became a treaty that worked against them. Britain wanted Russia to come off worse in the treaty and this supposedly happened but only lasted a couple of years and then Russia revoked “The Black Sea Clauses” and all that Britain had worked for (peace, power and preservation) had all been lost. For a while it seemed like Britain came out on top and peace throughout the world had been restored but the tables soon changed, and the Russian sphere of influence didn’t seem to be getting smaller and was trying to gain control of Constantinople and the vital route through the straits Initially Britain maintained the balance of power, but gradually lost the peace due to the laws of the Treaty of Paris. One of the main reasons why Britain lost the peace was because of the implementations against Russia.
The French saw Nasser as encouraging the Algerians to intensify their war against France (Rogan, p.298). By 1970 Nasser had overplayed his hand in trying to build a Pan-Arab hegemony under himself and everything he had built came crumbling down. One important event that weakened the momentum of Pan-Arab nationalism was Iraq`s decision to stay out of the United Arab Republic formed by Egypt and Syria. Without the excitement and power that the addition of Iraq might have brought to the United Arab Republic, Egypt and Syria were left to the tedious job of making their hybrid state work (Rogan p.317). A not so easy job after all.
Was the Labour 1945 election win a forgone conclusion. There are many different opinions as to why Labour won the nineteen fourteen five general election. A large amount of the opinion that the election was over even before it had begun however i do not think that this is true. In my opinion the main reason for Labour winning the 1945 election was not thorough the skill of the Labour and certainly not through the skill of their campaign of Atlee himself it was through the conservatives and in particular Winston Churchill shooting himself in the foot.The conservatives made many errors however the biggest of these was the comment than Winston Churchill made on the 4th of june 1945 in which he spoke about how no socialist government come survive without a Gestapo type presence, whether or not this is true this was not a quote which was thought through in anyway by the prime minister at the time or by any of his advisors the United Kingdom was just coming out of a long and hard war in which British propaganda had made the Gestapo out to be the ultimate enemy. For this reason the Gestapo was not something that the British people were very sympathetic towards and Winston Churchill by using this in is his speech made a large amount of the British people reconsider their views on him and it was around this time that the British people started to see Atlee as a serious option to lead the country.
One of the reasons why the economy weakened after the Second World War was because of the resources Britain needed for warfare. Three industries which were the “engines of power”, cotton, coal and engineering, were declining (Darwin, 1988: 60). Without the means to modernize her industrial technologies Britain’s influence in the world declined. Furthermore, many factories, houses and shipping ports were destroyed during the bombing. According to Darwin (1988: 65), twenty five percent of the national wealth was needed for war supplies, restoration of industries and reconstruction of the buildings.
These problems progressively mounted so high that they obscured Lloyd George's successes and toppled him from power, ultimately helping the Conservatives engineer his downfall. This essay will assess both internal factors, such as problems as home, centred on unemployment, coupled with external factors, including the Chanak Crisis. It will be argued that the Conservatives reaped power as a result of the combined internal and external problems, all of which amounted to a loss of confidence at home, and thereby created negative public perceptions of the Liberals. Lloyd George's post as Prime Minister was in a way doomed from the beginning. He came to power at the head of a coalition party making enemies along the way.
They were also in a country plagued by a financial crisis with the majority of the population automatically having hatred for the government. The treaty of Versailles also posed a serious threat to the government with the country left embarrassed by its ruling and the war guilt that Germany faced. The extreme right in particular were a threat to the republic. The actions of the Spartacists in particular concerned the leaders of the SPD as they knew that they could not rely on the support of the army in the face of a revolt. Thus a deal was done with the right wing (the pre 1918 military, judiciary and civil service).
What Problems Did The Weimar Government Face? The Weimar Republic faced opposition from the outset in 1919, after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Economic hardship affected the whole nation and led to uprisings and assassinations. The Weimar Republic was created at a time of confusion and chaos after Germany had lost the First World War. Many people felt that Germany had received a very harsh deal in the Treaty of Versailles and they resented the government for signing it and agreeing to its conditions.
The country was faced with huge losses in manpower and economic destruction after the war, despite being one of the victors. The country was mourning the loss of an entire young male generation. With the onset of the Great Depression, the French people felt the democratic system had failed them and so they looked to extremist organisations to lead them. As the international situation was worsening, it became clear that the instability in France from 1920 to 1940 meant the nation was divided, depressed and in danger of being captured by the Germans in 1940. Immediately after the First World War, there was a period of political instability with the election of four different Prime Ministers in three years.