The Great War (2014)

British Economy after WW1 - Fear of The Bolshevik Brit (8x12)

: 25, 2021

The cost - in men, materiel and GDP - for the First World War was immense for Great Britain. And the returning soldiers wanted their share after being sent to die for their country. This explosive situation led to a series of Labour led strikes between 1919 and 1921 and changed the political and economic landscape of Great Britain.