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Originally Posted by TGLS
I wonder if an earlier Atlee or Eden premiership would have led to the same massive election victory Labour had in 1945. Or if the new PM would have the foresight to help prepare for rebuilding in the post-war era.
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That would be the biggest danger. Either a lack of foresight or a lack of mandate. Either could have meant Russian dominance in Europe as far as the Atlantic Coast. Both Britain and Ireland would be silent neutrals. The GOP was anti communist but also isolationist. The Dixiecrats would have also preferred isolationism, less threat to Jim Crow.