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Which disaster caused Harold’s return to the cabinet?

  • 1940 Canberra air disaster

  • 1939 Sydney Siege

  • 1945 Melbourne fire

  • 1941 Brisbane flood

Answer

The 1940 Canberra air disaster caused Harold’s return to the cabinet. The disaster was a Royal Air Force crash that killed 23 people, including the British Secretary of State for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood. Harold took over Wood’s position in the cabinet after the crash.
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