British politician (1881-1959)
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He came within a breath of becoming Britain's wartime prime minister in May 1940, but stepped aside — leaving Churchill to face Hitler while Halifax pressed, weeks later, for peace talks as Dunkirk burned.
Edward Wood rose through Conservative ranks to become Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931, then Foreign Secretary from 1938 to 1940. He worked closely with Neville Chamberlain to appease Hitler through 1938, but after Kristallnacht and the seizure of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, he pivoted to deterrence and backed the guarantee to Poland. When Chamberlain fell in May 1940, Halifax was the leading candidate to succeed him but declined, believing he'd be a figurehead with Churchill running the war; his seat in the House of Lords became the official explanation. Weeks later, with British forces r…
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[W]e are all alike determined to throw all our weight on the side of securing world peace through respect for law based on just settlements.
Hitler invited me to begin our discussion, which I did by thanking him for giving me this opportunity.
He [Hitler] did not challenge this and said that formal agreement between the four Powers [Britain, France, Germany and Italy] might not be very difficult to achieve.
He [Hitler] then asked me what other problems there were between us...
Hitler was on the whole quiet and restrained, except now and again when he got excited; over Russia or the Press.
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