|
|
| Alliance Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Jan Washington The Alliance is confirmed, British Chiefs of Staff confirm their role |
| Sep Churchill agrees to send Stalin Arctic convoys |
| Archbishop of Canterbury Temple, William | |
| Canterbury Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Battle of Alamein, El Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| 1st July Alamein, El Neither side can claim victory but the Allies gain shorter supply lines |
| 27th July Alamein, El Final day of the 1st Battle of El Alamein |
| Battle of Alamein, El Leese, Oliver | |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Responsible for the initial breakthrough in the Northern Sector |
| 2nd Nov Alamein, El Responsible for the initial breakout at the end of the battle |
| Battle of Alamein, El Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 6th Oct Alamein, El Issues the final plans for the 8th Army's offensive |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Launches an attack to prevent the Germans from advancing to the Suez Canal |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El Rommel is on sick leave in Austria |
| 23rd Oct Alamein, El The 30th Corps & 13th Corps launch attacks on Himeimat & Gebel Kalakh |
| 25th Oct Alamein, El Montgomery confirms that the breakout must continue |
| 26th Oct Alamein, El 2 German tankers Proserpina & Tergesta are sunk depriving the Panzararmee of fuel |
| 3rd Nov Alamein, El Reduced to 30 serciceable tanks |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The British armoured formations break through the German front |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The British captue 9,000 prisoners & 260 tanks |
| 4th Nov Alamein, El The Germans & Italians lose more than 90,000 with Allied losses of 13,000 |
| 23rd Nov Alamein, El Launches a diversionary British attack in the South |
| Battle of Alam Halfa Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| 30th Aug Alam Halfa Forsees German plans to attack El Alamein & frustrates their attempts at Alam Halfa |
| Battle of Alam Halfa Horrocks | |
| 1st Sep Alam Halfa Helps defeat Rommel's attack on Alam Halfa Ridge |
| Battle of Alam Halfa Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 31st Aug Alam Halfa Rommel attacks the Alam Halfa Ridge |
| 1st Sep Alam Halfa Rommel's attack is turned back, Cairo & Alexandra are safeguarded |
| Battle of Kalewa Slim, William | |
| 11th May Kalewa Gets his remaining troops across the Chindwin River & into the border region |
| Battle of Moulmein Hutton, Thomas | |
| 30th Jan Moulmein Driven out of Moulmein by the Japanese & forced to withdraw across the Salween |
| Battle of Sittang Hutton, Thomas | |
| 23rd Feb River Sittang Escapes across the Sittang after an attack by the Japanese but loses heavy equipment |
| Battle of Wadi Akarit Leese, Oliver | |
| 6th April Wadi Akarit Leads the 8th Army's to victory at Wadi Akarit |
| Birth of Dury, Ian Dury, Ian | |
| 12th May Upminster Birth of Ian Dury |
| Birth of Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones, Lewis Brian Hopkin | |
| 28th Feb Cheltenham Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones |
| Birth of Kinnock, Neil Kinnock, Neil | |
| 28th Mar Tredegar Birth of Neil Kinnock |
| Birth of McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul | |
| 18th June Liverpool Birth of Paul McCartney, born in Walton General Hospital in Liverpool, England, where his mother, Mary, had previously worked as a nursing sister in the maternity ward |
| Biting Browning, Frederick | |
| 27th Feb Bruneval Captures the German Wurzburg radar device at Bruneval on the French coast |
| Biting Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 28th Feb Bruneval British paratroops raid a remote German radar site at Bruneval near the French port city of Le Havre (Operation Biting), the raiders obtain key components of the Wurzburg radar |
| Bodyguard Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Launches an operation to mislead the Germans about the Allied Invasion Plans |
| Bolero Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 14th April USAand British military commanders discuss the build-up of USAforces in the UK for an eventual invasion of German-occupied Europe, the build-up phase is codenamed Bolero |
| Bombing of Bath George VI | |
| May Beth Visits Bath |
| Bombing of Canterbury Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 31st Oct Canterbury Germany bombs Canterbury in the biggest daylight raid since the battle of Britain |
| Bombing of Cologne Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| Cologne Cologne is bombed at night by over 1,000 bombers |
| Broadcast Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Oct Churchill broadcasts to Italy appealing to them to oust their leaders |
| Campaign Nth Africa Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Aug Auchenlick is dismissed & replaced by Montgomery |
| Aug Visits the 8th Army in nth Africa |
| Capture of Benghazi Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 20th Nov Benghazi Commands the Eighth Army in the recapture of Benghazi |
| Capture of Derna Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 15th Nov Derna Helps capture Derna |
| Capture of Mareth Line Leese, Oliver | |
| Mareth Line Leads the 8th Army's advance across the Mareth Line |
| Capture of Singapore Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 15th Feb Singapore Singapore surrenders to the Japanese |
| Capture of Tobruk Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 15th Nov Tobruk Orders Church bells to be rung throughout England after the capture of Tobruk |
| Capture of Tobruk Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 13th Nov Tobruk Montgomery's forces enter Tobruk which was never again to fall under German control |
| Capture of Tobruk Ritchie, Neil | |
| London Tobruk is captured by the Germans & the 8th Army is driven back to El Alamein |
| Capture of Tripoli Leese, Oliver | |
| Tripoli Leads the 8th Army's advance along the coast road from Benghazi to Tripoli |
| Chairman Chief of Staff Comm Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee |
| Chariot Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 28th Mar St Nazaire A naval and commando raid on the St Nazaire (Operation Chariot) succeeds at badly damaging the port's dry dock and denying it German navy capital ships |
| Chief of Staff Guingand, Francis de | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to Field Marshal Montgomery |
| Chiefs of Staff Dill, John | |
| London Appointed Member of the Combined-Chiefs-of-Staff |
| Commander 10 Corps Lumsden | |
| Sep Appointed Commander of 10 Corps of the 8th Army by Montgomery |
| Commander 8th Army Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 7th Aug Appointed Commander of the 8th Army |
| 12th Aug Cairo Arrives at Cairo to take command of the 8th Army |
| 15th Aug Cairo Takes over active command of the 8th Army |
| Commander Burma Corps Slim, William | |
| 19th Mar Appointed Commander of the Burma Corps |
| Commander Buckmaster, Maurice James | |
| Oct Appointed SOE Commander of the Independent French |
| Commander in Chief Horton, Max Kennedy | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches |
| Commander in Chief Peirse, Richard | |
| London Appointed Commander of Air forces in India |
| Commander in Chief Vereker | |
| Malta Appointed Commander-in-Chief of Malta |
| Commander in Chief Wilson | |
| London Commands forces in Persia & Iraq |
| Commander XXX Corps Leese, Oliver | |
| 1st Sep Appointed Commander of XXX Corps in the 8th Army by Montgomery |
| Conference of Washington Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Jan Washington 26 Allied countries sign the UN Declaration following the principles of the Atlantic Charter |
| 1st Jan Washington Declaration 26 not to conclude a separate armistice, becomes the basis for the foundation of the United Nations |
| 18th June Washington An allied pact becomes the United Nations |
| 18th June Washington A second front is established & atomic research is intensified |
| 18th June Washington Molotov receives military assistance & economic aid |
| Death of Gott, Edward William Gott, Edward William | |
| 7th Aug Aircraft shot down the day after Churchill advises appointing him 8th Army Commander |
| 7th Aug Death of Edward William Gott, plane shot down |
| Deputy Prime Minister Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| London Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, serves under Winston Churchill |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Informs Stalin that there should be an attack in Sth East Europe in 1943 |
| London Informs Stalin there will be no 2nd front in Europe this year |
| London Persuades Roosevelt to invade North Africa rather than France |
| Washington Agrees with Roosevelt that it will be impossible to open a 2nd Front in Europe in 1943 |
| 17th Mar USAand Britain agree to cooperate in strategic planning in the event the USAenters the war, during the ABC-1 talks, the USAagree in principal that the defeat of Germany would be the first priority in the event of a two-theatre conflict. |
| 25th June Washington DC Churchill and Roosevelt meet and agree to attack German forces in North Africa (Operation Torch) before launching invasion of Continental Europe, Torch serves to stall Bolero troop build-up in UK |
| 23rd July Stalin informs Churchill he cannot agree to the postponement of a 2nd front until 1943 |
| Aug Moscow Churchill meets Stalin at the Kremlin |
| 12th Aug USAPresident Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the 'Atlantic Charter' in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American Alliance despite USAneutrality |
| 15th Aug Moscow Churchill visits Moscow to discuss 'second front' issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe |
| Director Military Int Guingand Guingand, Francis de | |
| Appointed Directory of Military Intelligence in the Middle East |
| Dismissal Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| 8th Aug Advised that he is being relieved of his command of the 8th Army |
| Dismissal Hutton, Thomas | |
| 5th Mar London Replaced by Lieutenant General Alexander |
| Dismissal Ritchie, Neil | |
| London Releived of Command of the 8th Army by Auchinleck after the fall of Tobruk |
| Field Marshal Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| July Tobruk Appointed Commander of the 8th Army after the fall of Tobruk |
| Flotilla Leader Philip Philip | |
| Jan Appointed Flotilla Leader |
| Gymnast Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 19th July The British propose "Operation Gymnast," the invasion of French North Africa |
| Invasion of Africa Ramsay, Bertram | |
| 8th Nov Plans the naval landings for British & American forces at Algiers , Oran & Casablance |
| Invasion of Asia Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Japanese invasion, "The greatest disaster in the history of the British Empire" |
| Invasion of Burma Alexander, Harold | |
| Maymyo Chiang Kai-Shek sends Stilwell to join up with Alexander at Maymyo |
| Invasion of Burma Slim, William | |
| 19th Mar Prome Begins to defend the Prome-Toungoo Line |
| May London Withdraws to India with his Burmese Corps |
| Invasion of Europe Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Washington Agrees with Roosevelt, it will be impossible to open a 2nd Front in Europe in 1943 |
| Invasion of Sicily Leese, Oliver | |
| Sicily Captures the Western beachead in the 8th Army's landind in Sicily |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Appointed Member of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Sraff |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff Portal, Charles | |
| London Appointed Member of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Sraff |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff Pound, Dudley | |
| London Appointed Member of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Sraff |
| Joint Staff Mission Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| Washington Appointed Member of the Joint-Staff-Mission |
| Joint Staff Mission Wemyss, Colville | |
| London Appointed Member of the Joint-Staff-Mission |
| JSM Little Little, Charles | |
| Washington Appointed Member of the Joint-Staff-Mission |
| Leader House of Commons Cripps, Stafford | |
| London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| Leader Lords Gascoyne Cecil Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert | |
| Appointed Leader of the House of Lords , 1st term |
| Lieutenant Colonel Stirling, David | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant Colonel |
| Lieutenant General Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 7th Aug Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Lieutenant Philip Philip | |
| July Appointed Lieutenant |
| Lightfoot Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 23rd Sep Operation Lightfoot is launched to recapture nth Africa |
| Line Prome Toungoo Alexander, Harold | |
| 20th Mar River Salween Establishes a defensive line from Prome to Toungoo & east to the Salween River |
| Lord Privy Seal Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert | |
| Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| Medal George VI | |
