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What's the Context? Signature of the Atlantic Charter, 14 August 1941

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...Bay, off Newfoundland. On 14 August 1941 they signed the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration of principles drawn up when Britain was engaged in deadly conflict with the Axis powers,...

What’s the Context? Occupying Powers sign Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, 3 September 1971

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...China was desirable if it could be achieved without conceding too much ground. Westpolitik and Ostpolitik In July 1969 a speech by Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko indicated a new openness...

What’s the Context? The decision to build a British atomic bomb, 8 January 1947

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A 1947 decision of the Attlee Government led to the develop of an independent atomic weapon for the UKemnt

...subsequent decisions to replace or renew atomic weapons systems. Such decisions are always controversial and difficult, but they are also impossible not to take.[2] The decision in January 1947 formalised...

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