1930 – 1950: The Second World War and the welfare state

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10 stories from this era

1. 1933–1939Hitler and the road to warabout 2 min1 question
2. 1940Churchill: the Prime Minister who would not surrenderabout 3 min1 question
3. May–June 1940Dunkirk: 300,000 men rescued from the beachesabout 2 min1 question
4. 1940–1941The Battle of Britain and the Blitzabout 3 min1 question
5. 1941–1944From Pearl Harbor to the Normandy landingsabout 2 min1 question
6. 1945Victory: first Germany, then Japanabout 2 min1 question
7. 1928–1945Fleming and penicillinabout 2 min1 question
8. 1944–1948Bevan's NHS and Butler's Education Actabout 3 min2 questions
9. 1947–1960sFrom Empire to Commonwealthabout 2 min1 question
10. 1948–1970sMigration after the war: rebuilding Britain togetherabout 3 min1 question

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