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D-Day, Education, and the Birth of the U.N.
In June 1944, the D-Day landings, Operation Overlord, took place in Normandy.
In Britain the Government made two historic announcements for the welfare of everyone in the United Kingdom. A White Paper
promised the setting up of a National Health Service and, R.A.
Butler produced his Education Bill.
Education was a major issue. One of the reasons
was the evacuation of children. By moving children into
different environments, differing standards of education were uncovered. In January 1944, Butler introduced his Bill. By May, it was through both Houses. The Board of Education disappeared and its President, became Minister of Education. This was a
recognition of the importance of schooling not only in the
British social and political system but also the budgetary
process. Butler raised the school leaving age from 14 to 15 by 1947. Looking ahead, he laid down a school leaving age of 16 by 1970. The three forms of secondary education, secondary modern,
technical and grammar were to be free. Religious education was to be compulsory in every school curriculum. Every school day had to begin with an act of collective worship.
In America in 1944 a conference opened at Bretton Woods. Its aim was to make sure that the world did not repeat the economic mistakes that followed the Great War.
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945)- Born in New York
- Studied in Europe and Harvard and Columbia Law Schools
- In 1932 he defeated Hoover to become the 23rd President of the United States
- Introduced the New Deal to spend America's way out of depression of the Thirties
- Tried to keep America out of the Second World War until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
- Died just before the war ended
In 1944 the Government announced it would need to build between three and four million houses after the war. The immediate problem however was to find homes for those who the bombings had made homeless. The answer was the pre-fab. They were to be, single-storey, a standard shape and size and could be built in a weekend.
Extract From A Letter From Butler Underliining The Need For Church Schools
"17th June 1943. Dear Mitcheson, Thank you for letting me have a copy of Father Bean's letter and the petition signed by members of the Anglican Church of St Michael and of the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town. I should like your constituents to know that it is the Government's intention that religious teaching shall have a definite and assured place in the school day and that all our children shall be given the opportunity of being brought up in the faith of their parents. I fully recognise that the rights of conscience must be inviolate and that we must work out arrangements whereby children may receive distinctive denominational religious teaching if their parents so desire. It follows from this that I fully recognise that denominational schools have a continuing part to play in our educational system. I have been devoting my attention for nearly two years now to devising ways of assisting them to play their part in the educational advance for which the time is now ripe. Further help can, however, only come from the public purse and my task is to frame a plan which, judged in its denominational and secular aspects, will be accepted by the public at large. Yours Sincerely,
R.A. Butler"
 
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| 1939 | World War II begins
Conscription is introduced
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| 1940 | Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Rationing is introduced
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| 1941 | The Atlantic Charter is formed
Anglo-Soviet Treaty is signed
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| 1942 | The Beveridge Report is published
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| 1944 | Butler's Education Act
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| 1945 | Attlee becomes Prime Minister
World War II ends
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| 1946 | National Insurance Act is passed
National Health Act is passed
The United Nations is founded
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| 1947 | India becomes independent
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| 1948 | Gandhi is assassinated
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| 1949 | NATO is formed
Ireland become independent
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| War Diary 1944 | | • | January 22 Anzio landings |
| • | February Soviet troops into Estonia |
| • | March 17 Monte Casino raids |
| • | March 24 Orde Wingate killed in air crash |
| • | June 4 Allies enter Rome |
| • | June 6 D-Day. Normandy landings begin |
| • | June 14 "Doodlebug" V-1 attacks on south east England |
| • | July 20 Von Stauffenberg attempt on Hitler's life |
| • | August Soviet armies into Poland, Romania and East Prussia |
| • | August 15 Allies land in southern France |
| • | August 24 Romanians surrender |
| • | August 25 Allies enter Paris |
| • | September 2 Allies enter Brussells |
| • | September 9 V-2s launched on London |
| • | September 12 Americans cross into Germany |
| • | September 25 Arnhem - the bridge too far |
| • | October 9 Plans for UN announced |
| • | October 14 Rommel commits suicide |
| • | October 21 MacArthur back in the Philippines |
| • | November 20 Tirpitz sunk |
| • | December 16 Germans mount fruitless counter-offensive in France |
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