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| AEAF HQ Leigh-Mallory, Trafford |  |
| 15th Nov London The AEAF HQ takes control of the RAF Tactical Air Force & the Air Defence of Britain |
| Alliance Ismay, Hastings | |
| Oct Moscow Meets the Russians & confirms the Allied decision at Quebec to launch Overlord |
| Allied Expeditionary Force Leigh-Mallory, Trafford | |
| Aug Quebec Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Anvil Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Dec Cairo Proposes sending 2 Divs to sth France as a diversion to Overlord |
| Archbishop of Westminster Griffin, Bernard William | |
| Westminster Appointed Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster |
| Armistice Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 8th Sep Italy signs an armistice with the Allies in secret |
| Armistice Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 8th Sep Italy announces an armistice |
| Arrest of Mosley Mosley, Oswald | |
| 17th Nov Mosley is released for reasons of poor health |
| Award Harvard Degree Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 6th Sep London Receives an honarary degree from Harvard University |
| Battle of Basrat Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 15th Jan Basrat Rommel tries to halt the 8th 200 miles east of Tripoli but retreats to Tripoli |
| Battle of Wadi Akarit Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 6th April Wadi Akarit Defeats Rommel in the Wadu Akarit in Tunisia |
| Baytown Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 17th Aug Messina Baytown is approved, the 8th Army will invade Italy across the Straits of Messina |
| 17th Aug Messina It is decided that the 8th Army will invade Italy across the Straits of Messina |
| 23rd Aug Algiers Operation Baytown to land on the "toe" of Italy is set for the 2/3 Sept |
| 3rd Sep Some of the 8th Army cross the Straits of Messina & land on the Calabrian Coast |
| Birth of Beith, Alan James Beith, Alan James | |
| 20th April Birth of Alan James Beith |
| Birth of Harrison, George Harrison, George | |
| 25th Feb Liverpool Birth of George Harris on, in Speke |
| Birth of Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger, Mick | |
| 26th July Dartford Birth of Michael Philip Jagger |
| Birth of Major, John Roy Major, John Roy | |
| 29th Mar London Birth of John Major, Worcester Park |
| Bombing of Berlin Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 18th Nov Berlin 1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF |
| Bombing of Berlin Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 18th Nov Berlin 1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF |
| 22nd Nov Berlin Worst bombing of Berlin so far, 2,300 tons dropped |
| 24th Nov Berlin Berlin reported as "sea of flames", up to 10,000 dead |
| Bombing of Duesseldorf Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 23rd May Duesseldorf Duesseldorf is bombed |
| Bombing of Eder Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 16th May Eder The Dambusters breach the Eder dam by "bouncing bombs" |
| Bombing of Essen Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 5th Mar Essen Bombs Essen with 442 bombers, 14 fail to return |
| Bombing of Hamburg Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 19th Dec Hamburg The British Air Ministry announces that Hamburg lies in ruins |
| Bombing of Kiel Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 13th June Kiel Kiel is bombed by day with the loss of 17 bombers |
| Bombing of Leipzig Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 3rd Dec Leipzig The RAF bomb Leipzig, 1,500 killed & 40,000 homeless |
| Bombing of Mohne Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 16th May Mohne The Dambusters breach the Mohne dam by "bouncing bombs" |
| Bombing of Munich Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 2nd Oct Munich The RAF launch a 25 minute bombing raid on Munich |
| Bombing of Ruhr Gibson, Guy | |
| 16th May Ruhr Gibson is later awarded the VC |
| 16th May Ruhr Leads 19 Lancasters from 617 Squadron & breaches the Mohne & Eder dams |
| Bombing of Sorpe Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 16th May Sorpe The Dambusters breach the Sorpe dam by "bouncing bombs" |
| Bombing of Stuttgart Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 7th Oct Stuttgart The RAF bomb Stuttgart |
| Bombing of U boat Bases Harris, Arthur Travers | |
| 23rd Feb Priority is switched to bombing U-boat bases |
| 6th April The bombing of U-boat bases is removed from the priority list |
| Broadcast George VI George VI | |
| 25th Dec London Speaks with assurance of, "our coming victory" |
| Buccaneer Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 24th Nov Cairo An attack on the Andaman Islands to coincide with a Chinese attack on Burma is agreed |
| 24th Nov Cairo Operation Buccaner is agreed at the Cairo Conference |
| Dec Gets some LCTs from Burma against the Japanese for use in Operation Overlord |
| Capture of Crotone Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 11th Sep Crotone Capture Crotone to divert the Germans from the USA5th who are moving towards Naples |
| Capture of Foggia Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Sep Foggia The 8th Army captures the Foggia airfield |
| Capture of Gothic Line Leese, Oliver | |
| Gothic Line Leads the 8th Army's persuit of the German 10th Army as far as the Gothic Line |
| 25th Aug Gothic Line Breaches the Gothic Line |
| Capture of Mareth Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Mar Mareth Line The 8th Army breaks through the Mareth Line & takes 7,000 German & Italian prisoners |
| Capture of Messina Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 17th Aug Messina The 8th Army arrives at Messina 2 hrs after Patton |
| Capture of Naples Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Oct Naples British forces enter Naples |
| Capture of Naples Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Sep Naples The 8th Army captures the Naples airfield |
| 5th Oct Naples The Allies capture Naples |
| Capture of Pachino Airfield Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 9th July Pachino Pachino Airfield is captured in preparation for the invasion of Sicily |
| Capture of Ponte Grande Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 9th July Ponte Grande Planes from Tunisia capture Ponte Grande in preparation for the invasion of Sicily |
| Capture of Reggio Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 3rd Sep Reggio 13 Corps capture Reggio during the Allied invasion of Italy |
| Capture of Salerno Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 20th Sep Salerno Joins up with the USAforces at Salerno |
| Capture of San Giovanni Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 3rd Sep San Giovanni 13 Corps capture San Giovanni during the Allied invasion of Italy |
| Capture of Sangro Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 8th Nov Sangro The 8th Army captures the heights on the Sangro, 100 miles east of Rome |
| Capture of Sicily Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 17th Aug Sicily The Allies occupy all of Siciliy |
| Capture of Sicily Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 17th Aug Sicily Sicily is in Allied hands after a campaign lasting 38 days & costing 31,000 casualties |
| Capture of Stirling Stirling, David | |
| London Captured after the SAS has destroyed 250 enemy aircraft, sent to Colditz |
| Capture of Syracuse Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 10th Sep Syracuse Syracuse is captured by the 8th Army during the Allied invasion of Siciliy |
| Capture of Tripoli Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 23rd Jan Tripoli Britain captures Tripoli |
| Capture of Tripoli Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 23rd Jan Triploli The Eigth Army marches into Tripoli & all of North Africa comes into Allied hands |
| Capture of Tunis Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 7th May Tunis Tunis is captured & entered by the British 1st Army |
| Capture of Tunisia Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 8th April Joins forces with the Americans in Western Tunisia |
| Chancellor Anderson, John | |
| 25th Dec Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term |
| Chief of Naval Staff Cunningham, Andrew | |
| Appointed Chief of Naval Staff |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Navy |
| Commander 21 Army Group Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 24th Dec Channel Appointed Commander of the 21 Army Group |
| 24th Dec English Channel Appointed Commander of the 21 Army Group |
| Commander 8th Army Leese, Oliver | |
| Appointed Commander of the 8th Army, succeeds Montgomery |
| Commander in Chief Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief in India |
| Commander in Chief Leigh-Mallory, Trafford | |
| Aug Quebec Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Commander in Chief Peirse, Richard | |
| London Appointed Commander of Air forces in South East Asia |
| Commander in Chief Ramsay, Bertram | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Navy for Operation Overlord |
| Normandy Appointed Commander of Operation Neptune |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Navy for Operation Overlord |
| Commander in Chief Wilson | |
| London Commands forces in the middle east |
| Conference of Allies Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 16th July Proposes an Allied Conference |
| Conference of Cairo Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 24th Nov Cairo 1st day of bi-lateral talks between Britain & the USA |
| 24th Nov Cairo Confirms British committment to Overlord |
| 24th Nov Cairo Japan will lose Pacific Islands seized since the beginning of World War I |
| 24th Nov Cairo Operation Buccaner is agreed at the Cairo Conference |
| 24th Nov Cairo Requests "elasticity" for further options in the Mediterranean |
| 24th Nov Cairo Stalin turns down the invitation to appear at the Cairo Conference |
| 25th Nov Cairo British Chiefs of Staff propose guerilla war in Yugoslavia, Greece & Albania |
| 25th Nov Cairo British Chiefs of Staff propose opening the Dardanelles to Russia |
| 25th Nov Cairo British Chiefs of Staff propose pushing the offensive in Italy to the Pisa-Rimini line |
| 25th Nov Cairo British proposals are accepted for further discussions at Tehran with Russia |
| 25th Nov Cairo Efforts are made to bring Turkey into the war on the side of the Allies |
| Dec Cairo Proposes sending 2 Divs to sth France as a diversion to Overlord |
| 6th Dec Cairo Churchill & Roosevelt agree Gen Eisenhower will command Allied forces for the planned invasion of Europe, Eisenhower's appointment as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, publicly announced by Roosevelt |
| Conference of Casablanca Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Casablanca Eienhower is appointed The Supreme Allied Commander for Overlord instead of Brooke |
| Conference of Casablanca Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Casablanca A joint Allied staff COSSAC is set up for invasion of Europe in the Summer of 1944 |
| Casablanca A joint offensive will be launched on the Contentin Peninsula |
| 13th Jan Casablanca Arrives to discuss the blueprint for military victory with President Roosevelt |
| 13th Jan Casablanca The Combined Chiefs of Staff use diplomacy to persuade Turkey to join the Allies |
| 14th Jan Casablanca Churchill and Roosevelt discuss next phase of war, a decision is made to attack Sicily and Italy in bid to divert German military resources and make good pledge to Stalin for a 'second front' in Europe |
| 24th Jan Casablanca Agrees to end the war unconditionally, Germany will be defeated then Japan |
| Conference of Moscow Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 30th Oct Moscow Agrees to the European Advisory Commission to divide Germany into military zones |
| Conference of Quebec Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 5th Aug Quebec Leaves Britain on board the Queen Mary bound for Halifax, Canada |
| Conference of Quebec Leigh-Mallory, Trafford | |
| Aug Quebec Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Conference of Tehran Brooke, Alan Francis | |
| Nov Tehran Attends the Tehran conference |
| Conference of Tehran Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Nov Tehran Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the sth of France in May 1944 |
| 25th Nov Cairo British proposals are accepted for further discussions at Tehran with Russia |
| 27th Nov Tehran Arrives to take place at the Tehran Conference |
| 28th Nov Tehran Opening full day of the Tehran Conference attended by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin |
| Dec Tehran "we have concerted our plans for the destruction of the German forces" |
| Conference of Trident Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 15th May London The Allies agree to the completion of "Roundup" by 1st May |
