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Events on Thursday 26 July 1945 1
1945Labour landslide and Attlee becomes prime ministerBritain votes out Churchill after victory in EuropeDespite Churchill's wartime leadership, the Labour Party under Clement Attlee won a decisive general election victory, promising a welfare state and nationalization. The result stunned many observers abroad given Churchill's stature. Attlee's government went on to create the National Health Service.