| 1939 - 1952 |
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| Total war, then cold war: the Nuclear Age
dawns . . . |
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| World war [for the second time]
(1939-1945) . . . Dunkirk . . . Battle of Britain (1940) . . . Atlantic convoys
& submarine war . . . food shortages (1942) . . . D-Day landings (1944) . .
. Education Act (1944) . . . Yalta conference (1945) . . . atomic bomb dropped
on Japan (1945) . . . United Nations (1945) . . . Independence for India &
Pakistan (1947) . . . severe winter weather & post-war shortages (1947) . .
. Israel (1948) . . . Berlin blockade (1948/49) . . . Irish republic (1949) . .
. NATO (1949) . . . rationing ends (1950) . . . Korean war (1950-53) . . .
European Coal & Steel pact (1951) . . . Festival of Britain (1951) . .
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| Some remarkable summers (fine/hot) & notably severe
winters * implies increase in blocking events / weather zonal component *
several winters with significant (and persistent) snowfall. |
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