White Defence League (WDL)

Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Historic Environment: Notting Hill.

Definition

A far-right, neo-Nazi organisation that incited racial violence in Notting Hill using the slogan "Keep Britain White".

Exam Context

White Defence League (WDL) appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Migrants in Britain and Notting Hill, especially Historic Environment: Notting Hill and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970.

Migrants in Britain and Notting Hill Historic Environment: Notting Hill Notting Hill, c1948–c1970

Found in Revision Notes

Migrants in Britain and Notting Hill

Racism, the 1958 Riots and Anti-Immigrant Groups

Historic Environment: Notting Hill • Notting Hill, c1948–c1970

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Related Key Terms

"Colour Bar"Exemplary sentencing "Keep Britain White"Kelso Cochrane

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