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Who led the UK as Prime Minister for most of the Second World War, from 1940 to 1945?

  • A Neville Chamberlain
  • ✓ Winston Churchill
  • ✕ Clement Attlee Your answer
  • D David Lloyd George

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Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 and led a wartime coalition government. Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister when war began in 1939, and Clement Attlee took over after the July 1945 election.

Source: UK Parliament website; Life in the UK handbook; Encyclopaedia Britannica

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