Neville Chamberlain

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Neville Chamberlain

Munich Agreement: Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Neville Chamberlain

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Also Known As	Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Born	March 18, 1869 • Birmingham • England
Died	November 9, 1940 (aged 71) • near Reading • England
Title / Office	prime minister (1937-1940), United Kingdom • Chancellor of the Exchequer (1931-1937), United Kingdom • Chancellor of the Exchequer (1923-1924), United Kingdom • House of Commons (1918-1940), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation	Conservative Party
Role In	Munich Agreement • World War II

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Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.

Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet

British statesman

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

prime minister of United Kingdom

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

dictator of Germany

Frederick Edgeworth Morgan, the British officer who drew up the original plan for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy.

Frederick Edgeworth Morgan

British officer

Pierre Laval.

Pierre Laval

French politician and statesman

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

German diplomat

John Cairncross

British civil servant and spy

Bernard Law Montgomery

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery

British military commander

Trafford Leigh-Mallory, British commander of Allied air forces used in the Normandy Invasion.

Trafford Leigh-Mallory

British air marshal

Andrew Browne Cunningham, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the Royal Navy, 1943–46.

Andrew Browne Cunningham

British naval officer

Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet

British military officer

Percy Hobart

British military officer

Miles Dempsey, commander of the British Second Army during World War II.

Miles Christopher Dempsey

British general

Bertram Home Ramsay, naval commander in chief of Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion.

Bertram Home Ramsay

British officer

Alan Francis Brooke (Lord Alanbrooke), chief of the British Imperial General Staff during World War II.

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

British field marshal

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander

British general

Arthur William Tedder

Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

British air marshal

Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

British field marshal

Richard Nelson Gale

British army officer

Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham

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