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It must also be stressed  
(1)
that the 1945 election was
the first opportunity the electorate had had to
choose their government since 1935. 
(2)
When war
broke out in 1939, elections were suspended so the
British people had had no chance to register their
approval or otherwise of government policies for ten
whole years. Victory in Europe had been achieved
with the surrender of Germany and its allies, but the
war in the Pacific had still to be won. Most people
acknowledged that Churchill had proved himself a
great leader in wartime conditions. He became a
symbol of British resistance to the Nazi war machine.
However, voters had long memories and Churchill
was associated in the nation’s consciousness with the
horrors of the 1930s. 
(3)
Older voters, too, recalled the
aftermath of the First World War (‘the war to end all
wars’), when promises about a reordering of British
society had been made and then power and wealth
had returned to the same people as before the war.
In July 1945, as the war neared its close, the mass of
the voters seemed determined that this time things
would be very different. 
(4)
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Another 
(1)
important factor in the 1945 election was
the widespread feeling among the population that
they had made sacrifices to win the war and
deserved some reward for those sacrifices. 
(2)
Millions
of men and women had served, and were still
serving, in the armed forces. Almost a million people
had made the ultimate sacrifice. Indeed, the votes of
the serving soldiers were a decisive factor in making
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sure Labour were returned to power with such a huge
majority. Conscripted men and women had been
separated from their families and given up their
paid employment to serve their country. 
(3)
They
believed they deserved something better than what
had faced them in the 1930s. 
(4)
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The wartime government under Churchill had,
however, 
(1)
anticipated the restructuring of British
society post-war and had produced the Beveridge
Report, which had important recommendations
about health, employment, social security and
educational opportunities. 
(2)
In the light of that
report, the 1945 election manifestos of the two main