Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II?

Player #24358685, In retrospect, the Munich Agreement negotiated by Chamberlain may on its face seem naive and destined to fail. Yet at the time it was signed, Britain was ill-prepared to face Germany and would have had to capitulate if war broke out then. The Munich Agreement bought time for Britain to ramp up its military and prepare its defenses for the eventual war with the Axis. If Chamberlain had not negotiated the treaty with Hitler, it is possible that all of Europe would have been conquered by the Nazis before the U.S. could consider entering the war. So Chamberlain has bedn vilified for the treaty, which fortunately bought enough time for the Allies to resist the

The Munich Agreement or, as Monty Python dubbed it, the Great Pre-War Joke of 1938."

Player #26129643, That's not actually the case I'm afraid. The planned election of 1940 did not take place due to the war and the parliament elected in November 1935 remained in place as a war-time coalition until the election of July 1945

As valid and important as Lincoln's second run for President is often cited as democracy working during a crisis, Americans, at least, rarely refer to the fact that the UK election went ahead after WWII had already started.

DescriptiveEvil10, what does that even mean??

Can't believe I missed that one!