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Adam
First human being. Created to be God's vicegerent (steward) on earth. The Quran records Adam's fall from grace as the result of disobedience to God's commands but, unlike Christian tradition, the ...
Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home
(1903–95).Prime minister. Douglas‐Home succeeded to the earldom in 1951 but relinquished it in 1963 to re‐enter the Commons as prime minister, in succession to Harold Macmillan. In 1974 he returned ...
Aneurin Bevan
(b. 15 Nov. 1897, d. 6 July 1960).British politician Born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, he started work in a coalmine at the age of 13. He was active in the South Wales Miners' Federation, and was ...
Anglo-Soviet Treaty
Signed by the British foreign secretary, Anthony Eden, and his Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov, in London on 26 May 1942. It was preceded by tough negotiations in which the British ...
ARGONAUT
Codename for the Allied conference at Yalta in the Crimea which was held from 4 to 11 February 1945 to discuss future strategy (see Grand Alliance) and the division of ...
Balkan campaign
Fought firstly by Greek troops and RAF units against Italian forces which invaded Greece in October 1940; then by Greek, British, and Commonwealth forces which resisted the German invasion of ...
Black Book
The Sonderfahndungliste GB (Special Search List GB) which was prepared by the SS functionary Walter Schellenberg in May 1940. It was a list of 2,820 British subjects and European exiles ...
Cain
The elder son of Adam and Eve. Cain offered fruits of the earth (he was a farmer) to the Lord, but they were rejected; whereas his brother Abel offered meat, which was accepted (Gen. 4). How the ...
Clement Attlee
(b. London, 3 Jan. 1883; d. London, 8 Oct. 1967)British; Prime Minister 1945–51; Earl 1955 Clement Attlee's government (1945–51) is widely regarded as Labour's most successful government. The ...
diplomacy
N.the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad: an extensive round of diplomacy in the Middle East.
East African campaign
(see Map 27). Soon after Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940, Italian forces, which had been occupying Abyssinia since 1936, captured the outposts of Karora, Gallabat, Kurmak, and ...
Eden, Sir Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977) Quick reference
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(1955–57) and Britain's youngest foreign secretary (1935). He resigned (1938) in protest at the
Eden, (Robert) Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977) Quick reference
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
British statesman and Conservative prime minister, whose brief premiership (1955–57) ended with his resignation following the Suez crisis. He received an earldom in ...
Eden, (Robert) Anthony (1897–1977) Reference library
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(1897–1977),
British Conservative politician who became foreign secretary in Churchill's coalition government in December 1940.
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Edward Heath
(b. Broadstairs, Kent, 9 July 1916; d. Salisbury, Wiltshire, 17 July 2005)British; leader of the Conservative Party 1965–75, Prime Minister 1970–4; Kt. 1992 Ted Heath was the only son of a carpenter, ...
Elizabeth II
1926– )Queen of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth (1952– ).Eldest daughter of the future George VI, Elizabeth was privately educated and in World War II served briefly in the ATS ...
Enoch Powell
(b. Birmingham, 15 June 1912; d. London, 8 Feb. 1998)British; Minister of Health 1960–3 Powell's parents were teachers in Birmingham. He was educated at King Edward School, Birmingham, and Trinity ...
European integration
The formation of European states into the world's closest regional association, which has assumed many of the characteristics of statehood.Early history (up to 1957)The attempt to promote economic ...
Eve
Arabic Hawwa. Wife of Adam. She is not named in the Quran; her name is known through oral tradition (hadith). Unlike the Old Testament, the Quran does not present her as responsible for tempting ...
Forschungsstelle
(research post). This German intelligence unit, situated in the Netherlands and, from the autumn of 1944, in Bavaria, was able to intercept and unscramble transatlantic telephone conversations. Many ...
