In the aftermath of WW2 Britain and her colonies were left in utter ruin; aerial bombardment had reduced cities to rubble, the economy was in a fragile state and the future was extremely uncertain.
Attlee's government implemented many strategies to aid the people and the nation, considered by many as the United Kingdom's most left-leaning government.
Attlee, who was born into an affluent family and educated at Oxford, shifted his political views toward socialism after witnessing the effects of poverty.
In the 1945 general elections, the Labour Party achieved a historic landslide victory, winning a majority that allowed them to govern independently for the first time.
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