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  2. 1940 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II

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    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.

  4. Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II

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    The first war tax is revealed by the Cabinet, including a significant increase in income taxes. 1 October 1939 Call-Up Proclamation: all men aged 20–21 who have not already done so must apply for registration with the military authorities. 6 October 1939 With the end of formal Polish resistance the Phoney War begins; It lasts until April 1940 ...

  5. United Kingdom home front during World War II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. British Army during the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    During the early war years, mainly from 1940 to 1942, the British Army suffered defeat in almost every theatre of war in which it was deployed. But, from late 1942 onwards, starting with the Second Battle of El Alamein , the British Army's fortunes changed and it rarely suffered another defeat.

  7. Timeline of World War II (1940) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War

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    A British soldier guards a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure.. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.

  9. 1940 British war cabinet crisis - Wikipedia

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    In May 1940, during the Second World War, the British war cabinet was split over whether to discuss peace terms with Germany or to continue fighting. Opinion on the side of continuing with the war was led by the prime minister, Winston Churchill, while the side preferring negotiation was led by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax.