Was the Clivedon Set just a small group of dissentors or was facism more pervasive?
2006-11-09 23:25:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The number of actual Fascists in Britain before WWII was never more than minimal. There was some support foir Fascism in Ireland, but that was more in sympathy for anti-Britain sentiment of the Spanish and Italian Fascists.
The political support that Fascism received in Britain was designed for creating an anti-Communist force, not for spreading Fascism throughout the world. Mussolini, Hitler and Franco were simply seen as pawns against Stalin, not as role models.
2006-11-10 01:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by sdvwallingford 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the reasons that Fascism and Socialism/Communism never really gained a foothold in England before WW2 was because they didn't have the same economic problems that the mainland of Europe had.
The Great Depression of the US really affected the countries where all the major fighting occurred in World War One. England was not one of them. They were protected by the English Channel, however, Germany, France, Austria, and Italy were not so lucky. When the US could no longer loan them money, they could no longer rebuild their countries or pay war reparations to the victors. This plunged them into a depression as well. This allowed fascists and communists to accuse the liberal democracies of failure and caused the populations to support the alternatives....FASCISM/COMMUNISM. Since this didn't happen in Britain the fascists never really had much influence.
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2006-11-10 17:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by mjtpopus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was quite popular among certain classes who approved of Hitler's persecution of jews and communists. The Duke of Windsor was a leading admirer of Hitler and the Nazis had him lined up to return to the British throne when they had conquered Britain. When Rudolf Hess flew to Britain in 1941 he was going to meet the Duke of Hamilton for discussions to agree an armistice to leave the Nazis free to invade Russia but he missed the landing ground on the Duke's estate and had to use his parachute when his plane ran out of fuel, so his flight was exposed. A lot of english newspapers approved of Hitler, the most notorious was the Daily Mail
2006-11-11 02:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fascists never won a parliamentary seat.
2006-11-10 10:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was really good back then, but the Nazis where a tad faster.
2006-11-10 07:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋