Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom before World War II. When Nazi Germany occuped Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain attended a conference in Munich intended to solve the crisis in a peaceful manner. However, George Limb opined that Chamberlain and the rest of the Allies allowed Adolf Hitler to step all over them which exemplified their lack of resolve. After the conference, Chamerlain returned to Britain where he made the announcement, "I have in my hand a piece of paper..." (PROSE: ) which promised that there would be "peace in our time." (PROSE: )
However, Chamberlain's attempts to keep the peace in Europe were unsuccessful. Hitler invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, triggering World War II. (PROSE: , , AUDIO: , ) Chamberlain had some oversight over the Torchwood Institute, and notably signed off on the idea a training base that used animated mannequins as targets. (PROSE: )
Chamberlain was succeeded as Prime Minster by Winston Churchill who led Britain during the war. (TV: , , , PROSE: , , COMIC: , AUDIO: , )
The Fifth Doctor opined that Chamberlain was ultimately wrong in the Munich decisions but, as he was trying to maintain peace, he was wrong for the right reasons, and for that the Doctor sympathised with him. Stan and Peggy Garratt named their son after Chamberlain. (PROSE: )
== Behind the scenes ==
* He was played by Roger Brierley in the miniseries Mosley, Christopher Good in Dunkirk, Roger Parrott in The King's Speech and Ronald Pickup in Darkest Hour.
* The voice of the character Atrias was based on that of Neville Chamberlain by voice actor Ian Crowe. Despite Atrias' non-exemplary leadership, Crowe did not intent to imply that Chamberlain was a coward. (BFX: )
* references real-world Nazi plans, discovered after World War II, to arrest many significant British figures during Operation Sealion. Known as in real life, Chamberlain was on that list. However, he died in November 1940.
Category:20th century individuals
Category:British prime ministers from the real world