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At the beginning of '45 it was Winston Churchill, but after WW2 ended in Europe in May a general election was called, which saw him replaced by Labour leader Clement Attlee.

Attlee was in office until early '51 and was Prime Minister when the war in the Far East ended in August '45. He was also in office when India became independent, oversaw Britain's contribution to the Berlin Airlift of '47 when Stalin's Soviet government attempted to seal off West Berlin, and for the first year of the Korean War. His government also introduced the Welfare State and the National Health Service in the UK.

At the '51 elections, Attlee was voted out and replaced by Churchill again, who was elected as a peactime leader. He went on to lend British military support to the USA during the Korean War.

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Clement Attlee- he won the may 1945 election which ousted Churchill from office. Attlee's term as PM saw the introduction of the Welfare State, and also the National Health Service by his Health Secretary Aneurin Bevan. He also saw the UK get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, become signed up to NATO, and participate in the Berlin Airlift of 1947, as well as Indian Independence the same year.

He was voted out in '51 and replaced by Churchill again, who was re-elected as a peacetime leader.

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Clement Attlee in 1950

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