Brief description of British culture between 1945 and 1959

3) Brief description of British culture between 1945 and 1959

-Politics

-For politics, Britain was a main victor of World War 2. It gave independence to India in 1947. It was also a founding member of the United Nations in 1945, with a veto in the Security Council. It had collaborated closely with the United States during the Cold War after 1947, and in 1949 helped form NATO as a military alliance against the Soviet Union. It fought North Korea and China in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Prosperity returned in the 1950s and London remained a world center of finance and culture, but the nation was no longer a major world power.

-Society

-Conditions after World War 2 was severe. Wartime rationing had to continue and was extended for the first time as is was needed to feed the German civilians in the British sector of occupied Germany. Rationing is a mitigation measure  to help the poor and desperate people to increase their nutritional value and their living standards. Many housewives were in disapproval of such actions. Conservatives saw this as their chance and started to rebuild their fortunes by attacking socialism, austerity, rationing, and economic controls. By 1951, they were back in power.

-Education

-After 1944, the Education Act changed the education system for the people. It introduced the secondary education and made it free for all pupils. It raised the school leaving age to 15 and kept the decision point for sending children to higher levels at age 11.

Credits:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Act_1944

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postwar_Britain