Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain served as British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, leading foreign policy during the immediate run-up to World War II. He is best remembered for his policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany, exemplified by the 1938 Munich Agreement that ceded the Sudetenland. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Chamberlain declared war on Germany and led the nation through the initial conflict. After severe political backlash surrounding the 1940 Norway Campaign, he resigned, handing leadership to Winston Churchill while continuing in the war cabinet until his death later that year.

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