Events
Start of Operation
Steinbock
(21-01-44)The Blackout replaced
by a partial "Dim-out"
(17-09-44)The Home Guard
is stood down
(03-12-44)The Civil Defence
Service stood down
(02-05-45)VE Day
(08-05-45)The Family Allowances
Act passed
(16-06-45)Demobilisation of the
armed forces begin
(18-06-45)General election voting
takes place in the UK
(05-07-45)The Labour Party wins the General
Election with a historic landslide
and Clement Attlee becomes
PM
(26-07-45)Britain declares war on Germany
Chamberlain arranges a war cabinet
(3-09-39)Petrol rationing introduced
(23-09-39)First War Tax is revealed,
including a significant rise
in income taxes
(27-09-39)All men aged 20-21 must
register with the military
authorities
(01-10-39)The Phony War begins
(06-10-39)First food rationing
introduced
(08-01-40)160,000 children
from London
relocated
(05/06-39)Chamberlain resigns
(07-05-40)Churchill becomes PM;
Phony War ends
(10-05-40)The Emergency Powers
(Defence) Act 1940
passed
(22-05-40)Italy declares war
on Britain
(10-06-40)German occupation
of the Channel Islands
(30-06-40)Start date of the
Battle of Britain
(09-07-40)SS Anselm leaves with 82
children being evacuated
under the Children's
Overseas Reception
Board Scheme
(21-07-40)Formal beginning
of The Blitz
(07-09-40)End date for the Battle
of Britain
(31-10-40)The Communist
Daily Worker is
banned
(21-01-41)Civilian clothing
rationedThe National
Service (No.2)
Act is passed
(18-12-41)First US Army
troops arrive in
the UK
(23-01-42)Beginning of the
Baedeker Blitz
(23-04-42)The Chancellor of the
Exchequer presents
a budget of £5.8 billion
(12-04-43)Infant mortality recorded
by The Ministry of Health
as 49 per 1,000 - the
lowest on record for
Britain
(23-09-43)
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