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Shortly after 11.00, Chamberlain announces this news on BBC Radio, speaking from 10 Downing Street. Twenty minutes later, air raid sirens sound in London (a false alarm). Chamberlain creates a small War Cabinet which includes Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty.
October 1939 events in the United Kingdom (5 P) This page was last ...
1939 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
1939 in England (4 C, 22 P) 1939 in Northern Ireland (4 C, 2 P) ... 1939 events in the United Kingdom by month (7 C) / 1939 disestablishments in the United Kingdom (6 ...
Evacuee schoolchildren leave Stepney in London at 5 am on 1 September 1939. 25 August 1939 The National Defence Companies (a voluntary reserve force of former servicemen) are mobilised to protect "vulnerable points". [2] 30 August 1939 The Fleet proceeds to its war stations. The Royal Navy is much stronger than Germany's Kriegsmarine. It has ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
1939 events in North America by month (12 C) * 1939 sports events by month (12 C) 0–9. January 1939 events (3 C, 5 P) February 1939 events (3 C, 2 P) March 1939 ...
The following events occurred in January 1939: January 1, 1939 (Sunday) ... Susannah York, actress, in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2011) January 10, 1939 (Tuesday)