George VI (1895–1952), king of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and sometime emperor of India

by H. C. G. Matthew

  • Youth and education
  • Naval service and the First World War
  • The duke and duchess of York: very different to dear David
  • Philanthropy, recreation, and travel
  • The reign of Edward VIII
  • George VI
  • Foreign policy and the onset of war
  • George VI and the Second World War
  • The end of the war
  • Towards peacetime
  • Politics and the end of the war
  • The post-war monarchy
  • Final years
  • Assessment

References

See also

Themes

  • Monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
  • Consorts of the monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Churchill Archive
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

DNB archive

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