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HUT 13 (Millennium Project) -  Conflicts from 1945 to present day

The 'Winds Of Change'

The World Economist Maynard Keynes commented on the position in Britain in 1946 and said:

"Britain cannot police half the world while we are in debt to the other half".

Harold Macmillan, the new Prime Minister due to Anthony Eden's immediate resignation after the Suez Crisis (1956), made a moving speech in Cape Town, South Africa in February 1960:

"Ever since the break up of the Roman Empire, one of the constant factors of political life has been the emergence of the independent nations. The wind of change is blowing through this continent and whether we like it or not this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept this fact and our national policies must take account of it."

He made this same speech some weeks before in Accra. This second delivery of the speech caught World attention. This became known as Macmillan's famous 'Winds of Change' speech, indicating that at some time the Empire would gradually crack and break, however Britain would make sure that the smaller countries would be ready for self-government.

Words like these from the Prime Minister of Great Britain gave great encouragement to the nationalists in our acquired Empire. The Prime Minister did indicate that we had an intention to go, however the leaving
was not easy.

In our latest addition to the Museum we cover the following areas; -
 

• Netherlands East Indies 1945-46
• French Indo-China 1945-46
• Palestine 1945-48
• Cyprus (EOKA) 1946-77
• Sudan 1946
• Egypt 1947-56
• (including the Suez crisis 1956)
• Berlin Airlift 1948
• Jordan 1948-58
• Malayan Emergency 1948-60
• 'Amethyst' Incident 1949
• Korean War 1950-53
• Persian Crisis 1951
• Kenya - Mau Mau 1952-56
• Oman Area 1952-65
• Aden 1959-67
• Kuwait 1961
• Thailand 1962
• India 1962
• Borneo-Indonesia Confrontation 1962-66
• Rhodesia 1965-79
• Cod Wars 1972-73
• Oman 1970-75
• Belize 1981
• Falklands Conflict 1982
• Gulf War 1991
• Bosnia 1993
• Bosnia 1993
• Kosovo 1999
• East Timor 1999
• Gulf War 2003

We have received considerable help from various associations and for this we are very grateful. If there is a subject we have not covered and you can help, then please let us know.
 

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