Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Research Paper

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is set in England in the 1940’s. During this time World War II was occurring, and the air raids in London. During this time period England had been at war and was suffering due to all the lives lost so far in the war. Germany in 1940 and 1941 would blitz England without warning, Blitz is a German word meaning ‘lightning war.’ Not only were air raids happening but they were dealing with problems within their country. They were dealing with rationing, and still trying to recover from the Great Depression. During the Great Depression England was one of the luckier ones. Their economic downturns were not as severe as other countries such as the United States, Australia, and also Germany, but they still …show more content…
Ramsay MacDonald was the prime minister at the dawn of the Great Depression and ended up resigning. Then they had Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, then finally they got Winston Churchill. Churchill was climbing to the top of the ladder in World War I in parliament. Then he led the British army into battle that led to the defeat of that battle and the lose of many British soldiers’ lives. After this battle, Churchill was removed from parliament. He then joined the British army to try and get himself back in the war effort and helped the triple alliance win World War I. After helping win the first world war Churchill wanted to get back being part of parliament. He climbed his way back up and soon became prime minister in 1940 after Neville Chamberlain resigned. He then wins a second term a decade later in 1951, and then just 5 short years later he retires as prime minister. He then dies in 1965 after having a …show more content…
So America creates the Marshall Plan/EPR aid that will help rebuild western Europe due to war damages. America sent about $13 billion worth of economic aid to the European countries. Many countries collected aid such as Britain, western Germany, France, Greece and many more had benefited from this plan. The Marshall plan went into effect in 1948 and was thriving, especially in Britain it helped rebuild the country, reestablish worldwide trade, restore industrial and agricultural productions. It also helps the financial stability in Britain. After the Marshall plan went into effect the European nations made a four-year recovery plan called Committee of European Economic Cooperation. Which was led by Britain and France, and it would help stabilize the recovery process. Soon Germany had the same concept and altered the name to the Organization for European Economic