After being a part of a coalition goverment for the duration of World War II, the Labour Party successfully contested the 1945 General election, and Clement Attlee became Prime Minister. However, the Labour Party soon found itself grappling with the German Freedom Front's acts of terrorism in occupied Germany, and was subject to criticism for the years following the war. This included attacks on Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral in 1947. By 1948, Attlee's government had begun withdrawing troops.