British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

* 1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.

" Carr argued that the Soviet Union's replacement of Foreign Minister Litvinov with Molotov on May 3, 1939 indicated not an irrevocable shift towards alignment with Germany, but rather was Stalin ’ s way of engaging in hard bargaining with the British and the French by appointing a proverbial hard man, namely Molotov, to the Foreign Commissariat.

* British replacement of the Trident system

The British quickly found a replacement ; abandoning coffee, they began cultivating tea plantations in its stead.

* British replacement of the Trident system

British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill on 10 May 1940.

* October 5 – British Leyland launches its new Metro, a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the Mini.

By the 1920s, the British Government were seeking a replacement for their book code systems, which had been shown to be insecure, and which proved to be slow and awkward to use in practice.

French land forces went on to make several attacks on the British settlement at Cuddalore, but the eventual replacement of the negligent Peyton by Thomas Griffin resulted in a return to British naval supremacy which put the French on the defensive.

Following the withdrawal of Bridgetown, Barbados, in the mid 1880s, St. George's went on to become the replacement capital of the former colony of the British Windward Islands.

Murdoch's isinglass replacement was so effective that in a court case brought by the British Customs and Excise Authorities, the noted Chemist, Sir Humphry Davy in answer to a question on whether it was " proper to be used for the purpose of fineing beer " testified that:

In 1778 when the British commander in North America, William Howe, requested to be relieved, Amherst was considered as a replacement by the government: however, his insistence that it would require 75, 000 troops to fully defeat the rebellion was not acceptable to the government, and Henry Clinton was instead chosen to take over from Howe in America.

Another group that was also based in North Texas who were aware of the Bill Mack venture on XERF and the replacement of his time slot by the Texas Night Train were the owners of a company attempting to revive the British offshore station Wonderful Radio London.

Prior to its British run, it was broadcast in North America by the ABC network as a summer replacement for re-runs of The Hollywood Palace under the title The Piccadilly Palace from 20 May to 9 September 1967.

Whitworth was commissioned by the War Department of the British government to design a replacement for the calibre. 577-inch Pattern 1853 Enfield, whose shortcomings had been revealed during the recent Crimean War.

The British learned of his death within 48 hours of its occurrence, but the dilatory attitude of Coote's replacement, James Stuart, meant that they were unable to capitalise on it militarily.

McGuire was a prominent campaigner for Australian republicanism ( the movement for replacement of the British monarch as Australia's head of state ).

A British military document from 2001 indicated that the British Army would not procure a replacement for the Challenger 2 because of a lack of foreseeable conventional threats in the future.

It premiered locally in late September 1952 as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 ( now WPVI-TV ), as a replacement for a weekday movie that had shown predominantly British movies.

An intermittent skirmish with the British garrison over the removal of this and other poles, and their replacement by the Sons of Liberty, rages until the Province of New York is under the control of the revolutionary New York Provincial Congress in 1775

Cameron's replacement, Major-General Trevor Chute, arrived in New Plymouth on 20 September to take command of operations just as Premier Frederick Weld's policy of military self-reliance took effect and the withdrawal of British troops from New Zealand began.

The second followed fears of British encroachment, and reduced the replacement time which a ship would remain in service from 25 to 20 years.

In the first he appeared as a last-minute replacement for the politician Roy Hattersley.

Considered an able but maverick politician, Gorman was famous for her public endorsement of hormone replacement therapy, her tattooed eyebrows ( she shaved them off as a teenager and they never grew back ) and her belief that rapists should be castrated.

George Edward Howarth ( born 29 June 1949 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Knowsley North from 1986 until 1997, and since then for its replacement Knowsley North and Sefton East.

While the Minister to whom each government department is ultimately responsible is an elected politician subject to replacement at any time, day to day administration of the department is in the hands of the Secretary who holds the office more or less permanently.

The ongoing crisis resulted in the replacement of Lowe as premier by Harry Holgate, a Labor politician who was markedly more supportive of the dam proposals.

Although Brazil is a major producer of cocoa beans, it is believed that the creation and success of the truffle was a combination of opportunities: the multinational corporation Nestlé, which introduced chocolate powder and condensed milk ; the creators who named it after the famous politician, the need to find a replacement to imported sweets ; and its ease of manufacture.

Rolie had become tired of life on the road and decided to leave the band after assisting in the selection of his replacement, Jonathan Cain, then of The Babys.

Since 2006, she has provided relief presenting duties for BBC Radio 2, fronting specialist documentaries, sitting in for Dermot O ' Leary for three weeks in February 2006 and co-presenting, along with Danny Baker, the hastily-conceived replacement for Jonathan Ross ' Saturday morning show, in the wake of Ross ' suspension due to Sachsgate in 2008.

saw head coach Lyn Jones resign at the end of the 2007-2008 season, on 16 May 2008 Assistant Coach Sean Holley and forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys would continue as part of a new management structure being overseen by Andrew Hore, until a replacement could be found.

Growing impatient and realizing the window of opportunity was closing to follow up the success of the platinum-selling Trial By Fire LP with a world tour, Journey members Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon met with Perry and presented an ultimatum that he either undergo hip replacement surgery so the tour could proceed upon his recovery or a replacement singer would be hired.

The Sheepherders run with the gold was short lived ; Jonathan Boyd legitimately broke his leg in a car accident in June which forced the SWCW to name Bobby Jaggers as a replacement.

The Sheepherders ' run with the gold was short lived ; in June, Jonathan Boyd legitimately broke his leg in a car accident, causing SWCW to name Bobby Jaggers as his replacement.

When Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver died suddenly in October 1910, Young was appointed by Iowa Governor Beryl F. Carroll as Dolliver's immediate replacement.

Aguirre also came under fire for, among other things, leaving Toluca's creative midfielder Zinha out of the squad ; for cutting 20 year-old Barcelona midfielder Jonathan dos Santos ( brother of Giovani dos Santos ) at the last moment, while the team was already training abroad, and keeping veteran Adolfo Bautista on the squad ; for starting the 37 year-old Óscar Perez in goal instead of regular starter Guillermo Ochoa ; for starting the 37 year-old Cuauhtémoc Blanco in the 1 – 0 loss against Uruguay ; for rotating the captain's armband among three different players ( Rafael Márquez, Gerardo Torrado and Blanco ); for starting Bautista in the second-round match against Argentina ; for using the speedy and talented winger Pablo Barrera strictly as a replacement ; for relegating Deportivo La Coruña midfielder Andrés Guardado to the bench and replacing him in the two games he did start ; and for choosing Ricardo Osorio as a central defender over the younger Héctor Moreno ( Osorio was responsible for a crucial error in the match against Argentina that directly led to Argentina's second goal ).

Melnick agreed to pay United Artists $ 3 million, but was soon fired ; the project was canceled by his replacement, Dick Shepherd.

In 1996 David Lee Roth returned briefly and his replacement, former Extreme singer Gary Cherone, was fired soon after the release of the commercially unsuccessful 1998 album Van Halen III.

When Marilyn Monroe was fired during the filming of the comedy Something's Got to Give, the studio announced that Remick would be her replacement.

Later that day, the owner of the Sentinels decides to hire Jimmy McGinty, the Sentinels ' former coach who was fired after getting into a fight with the team's star quarterback, to recruit replacement players during the strike and coach the team for the rest of the season.

Once fired from his coaching job by O ' Neil, he is asked back to coach the replacement players.

The Roughriders fired Marshall after a 1-7 start and had Miller step in as his replacement.

Peligro was fired shortly thereafter ; the Chili Peppers brought in drummer Chad Smith as his replacement.

Whitt also served as both the Blue Jays ' bench coach and first base coach starting in 2005, and was rumoured to be a potential replacement for then-incumbent manager John Gibbons until Gibbons and several coaches were fired midway through the 2008 season.

He was reintroduced by Vince McMahon on Raw as the replacement for color commentator ( and Alliance member ) Paul Heyman, who had been ( kayfabe ) fired in the aftermath of the Alliance's loss at the previous night's Survivor Series.

Scarpetta returns to Virginia in Trace, convincing herself that she was fired from her position, at the request of her replacement, Dr. Joel Marcus.

Royals owner Ewing Kauffman fired Lemon as manager and stated he wanted a younger person to fill the position and " did not want to lose Jack McKeon ," who was named as Lemon's replacement.

On February 2, 2012 General Manager Doug Soetart was fired by the Everett Silvertips with no immediate replacement named.

But Kelly is fired after he stands up to his nitpicking boss Marty Peretz and the staff are less enchanted with his replacement, fellow writer Charles “ Chuck ” Lane.

On July 18, Smith was fired as general manager and Garth Snow was named as his replacement.

One month after being fired by the Avalanche, Hartley was appointed as the second full-time head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers, who were looking for a replacement after original coach Curt Fraser was fired following an 8 – 20 – 4 – 1 start on January 15, 2003.

After the Aeros started off the season with a 12 – 27 – 3 record, the team fired head coach Terry Ruskowski, and named Tippett as his replacement.

Bowness was then promoted to the NHL, as the Winnipeg Jets fired their head coach Dan Maloney, and named Bowness as his replacement.

Laverne, having been fired by Dr. Weston's replacement, came to work there as well.

Saxbe was the permanent replacement for Elliot Richardson, who had been fired by Nixon during the " Saturday Night Massacre " at the height of the Watergate scandal.

After Krantz fired Bakshi, he began to seek a replacement director for Heavy Traffic, calling several directors, including Chuck Jones.

This line-up would suddenly be changed, however, during the middle of a 1998 tour between The Aquabats and pop punk band Blink-182, when the latter unexpectedly fired their drummer Scott Raynor and recruited Barker as a last-minute replacement to sit in for the rest of the tour.

The Board of Directors fired Nuclear's President ( and, in the process, had to return his private jet to him ), but for two months could not find a replacement, as nobody wanted to head a corporation that was most likely going to go out of business.

He remained on the staff when Hlinka was fired one year later, under replacement Rick Kehoe, then Ed Olczyk.