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| 1945 May 8 |
| | | World War II ends in Europe on V-E day (Victory in Europe day) | |
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| 1945 July 17 |
| | | Truman, Stalin and Churchill meet for a summit conference in Potsdam | |
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| 1945 July 26 |
| | | The British electorate dismisses Winston Churchill, giving the Labour party and Clement Attlee a landslide victory | |
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| 1945 July 26 |
| | | Winston Churchill, losing the postwar general election in Britain, has to yield his seat at Potsdam in mid-conference to Clement Attlee | |
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| 1945 September 2 |
| | | World War II ends officially with the surrender of Japan, formally accepted by Douglas MacArthur | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The takeover of the Bank of England launches an extensive programme of nationalization by the Attlee government | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The National Insurance Act secures state benefits in Britain for the sick, old and unemployed | |
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| 1946 March 5 |
| | | Winston Churchill, in a speech in Fulton, Missouri, expresses the harsh truth that an iron curtain has descended across Europe | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The National Health Service comes into effect in Britain, providing free medical, dental and hospital services for the entire population | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The British government declares that northern Ireland will remain British unless the parliament in Stormont decides otherwise | |
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