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Child's ration book. 1 January – World War II: Britain calls up 2,000,000 19- to 27-year-olds for military service. 3 January – Unity Mitford, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and fervent admirer of Adolf Hitler, having attempted suicide, returns to England from Germany (via Switzerland); she is carried down the gangplank of the cross-channel ferry at Folkestone on a ...
Finnish ski troops in Northern Finland January 12, 1940. 1 February: The Japanese Diet announces a record high budget with over half its expenditures being military.; 5 February: Britain and France decide to intervene in Norway to cut off the iron ore trade in anticipation of an expected German occupation and ostensibly to open a route to assist Finland.
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
3 July 1940 Cardiff is bombed for the first time. 6 July 1940 Plymouth is bombed for the first time. 9 July 1940 Official start date of the Battle of Britain. 10 July 1940 Introduction of Defence Regulation 58AA allowing the Minister of Labour to ban strike action and force compulsory arbitration.
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online; Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993). Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes.
The United Kingdom home front during World War II covers the political, social and economic history during 1939–1945.. The war was expensive and financed through high taxes, selling off assets, and accepting large amounts of Lend Lease from the US and Canada.
Battle of Britain Day, 15 September 1940, is the day on which a large-scale aerial battle in the Battle of Britain took place. [8] [10] [11] [12] [13]In June 1940, the Wehrmacht had conquered most of Western Europe and Scandinavia.