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After the outbreak of war, Mosley led the campaign for a negotiated peace, but after the Fall of France and the commencement of aerial bombardment during the Battle of Britain overall public opinion of him became hostile. In mid-May 1940, he was nearly wounded by an assault.
Feb 23, 2022 · What did Mosley do after the war? Those that were interned during the Second World War “kept the flame alive” and continued to support Mosley, but among the general population he was widely deemed to be a traitor, says Professor Copsey.
Oct 3, 2024 · Interned after the outbreak of World War II, Mosley was released in 1943 because of illness. On February 7, 1948, he launched the Union Movement, which he described as an amalgam of 51 organizations, most of them right-wing book clubs.
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- He had a privileged upbringing. Born the oldest son of a baronet in Mayfair, London, young Oswald’s childhood was predominantly spent at Apedale Hall before he was sent to finish his studies at Winchester College.
- He became one of Britain’s youngest MPs. Aged just 21 and with little experience or higher education, Mosley decided to go into politics, running as the Conservative candidate for Harrow in the 1918 general election.
- He was notoriously unfaithful. Mosley married Lady Cynthia Curzon in 1920, a match which the more cynical believed was to help Mosley’s advancement within the Conservative Party.
- He briefly served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1924, Mosley switched alliances once again, joining the Labour Party and campaigning hard against Neville Chamberlain in the seat of Birmingham Ladywood, losing by only 77 votes.
Oct 26, 2024 · British Union of Fascists (BUF), British right-wing political party founded in 1932 by would-be dictator Oswald Mosley, who espoused virulent anti-Semitism and a corporatist economic philosophy. The BUF modeled its ideology and approach on those of the Italian Fascist regime and Nazi Germany, both.
Jan 24, 2023 · Morris Beckman notes the surprising fact that, at the end of World War II, only two European countries remained marred by fascist organizations within their borders: Spain and the U.K. And even though Oswald Mosley's totalitarian heroes, Hitler and Mussolini, were both now dead, in 1945, the British Union of Fascists (BUF) leader was ready to ...
Aug 22, 2013 · Writer Hugh Purcell remembers encounters with Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists, whose last letter was a complaint to the NS.
