Janus: The Broadwater Collection

Churchill/BRDW I Press contains:
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26 A	Cuttings
26 B/1	Cuttings
26 B/2	Cuttings
27 1	Cuttings
27 2	Cuttings and cartoons relating to WSC, both before and after the Conservative election defeat
27 3	Contains cuttings referring to the biography of WSC, 'Battle', with a minority of photographs and cuttings concerning other topics
27 4	Cuttings relating to the commencement of Randolph Churchill's public life
29 1	Cuttings concerning WSC's role in the lead up to, and commencement of, the Second World War
29 A/1	Cuttings and Cartoons relating to WSC
29 A/2	Cuttings, Photographs and Cartoons relating to WSC previous to the outbreak of the Second World War
30	Parliamentary speeches

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The Broadwater Collection

Title	Cuttings, Photographs and Cartoons relating to WSC previous to the outbreak of the Second World War
Reference	BRDW I Press 29 A/2
Covering Dates	Jun 1936-Jul 1939
Extent and Medium	1 volume

Content and context

Career: Speculation within the press, concerning WSC's absence from higher government and his suitability for a return to the Admiralty; Julian Sandys is born 19 September 1936.

Domestic Policy: Abdication of King Edward VIII [later Edward, Duke of Windsor]; Alfred Duff-Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] resigns; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain rejects calls for a general election; House of Commons endorses conscription.

Foreign Policy: WSC highlights Britain's defensive needs (especially the RAF), in the face of German re-armament; WSC reveals fears over isolation due to British foreign policy as Germany threatens Czechoslovakia, and describes the Munich agreement as 'a failure'; WSC appeals to the United States to 'stand against dictators'; Hitler accuses WSC of 'warmongering', as Britain re-arms.

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