Who was the british prime minister in1938?

Answer 1

Neville Chamberlain- he took over as Conservative Prime Minister the previous year, replacing Stanley Baldwin, and attempted to forestall another European war at the Munich Peace Summit in '38, when he and other major European leaders persuaded Hitler to sign a declaration agreeing not to expand the Reich into any further territory than it already had done. But Hitler broke his promise the following year and invaded Poland in early September '39, forcing Chamberlain to declare war on Germany on 3rd Sept.

He went on to send an enormous British taskforce numbering some 150,000 men to back up the French Army when German troops invaded France, but despite both the British and French inflicting heavy losses on the Nazis, they were pushed back to the West coast of France by the might of the advancing Panzer divisions. This led to the disastrous evacuations at Dunkirk and to Chamberlain's resignation in May 1940, when he was replaced by Winston Churchill.

Answer 2

James Ramsey-MacDonald, who was in office from 5th June 1929 to 7th June 1935.

Initially a Labour Premier, he had to preside over the onset of the Great Depression in the UK following the Wall Street Crash in the US in '29. on 24th August '31, the Labour Government split over it's inability to resolve a budget crisis and MacDonald resigned, but was reappointed as head of a national Labour Government (a form of coalition whereby Labour remained in power by dint of support from the Conservatives and Liberals). For this move, he was expelled from the Labour Party.

He attended the Ottowa Conference, which supported the policy of Protectionism, and also appointed the first female Government minister Margaret Bondfield, who was made Labour Minister. MacDonald was voted out in the '35 general election and replaced by Stanley Baldwin's Conservative administration- Baldwin had been Prime Minister before, from 1924-29.

MacDonald died in 1937, at the age of 71- the same year that Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister.

Answer 3

Neville Chamberlain