1940
January 8, 1940 - Rationing begins in UK
March 16, 1940 - Scapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway
May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
May 15, 1940 - Holland surrenders
May 28, 1940 - Belgium surrenders
June 3, 1940 - British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk
June 10, 1940 - Italy declares war on Britain and France
June 10, 1940 - Norway surrenders
June 22, 1940 - France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris
June 3, 1940 - Dunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo
July 1, 1940 - German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic
July 10, 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins
August 23, 1940 - First German air raids on London
August 25, 1940 - First British air raid on Berlin
September 1940 - Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain) is planned by the Germans
September 7, 1940 - German Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins - London is a key target. Onslaught of German air raids on other major cities in England including Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester
September 13, 1940 - Italy invades Egypt
September 15, 1940 - Victory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain
September 27, 1940 - Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
October 1940 - Operation Sea Lion postponed until Spring of 1941
October 7, 1940 - Germany invades Romania
October 28, 1940 - Italy invades Greece and Albania
November 20, 1940 - Hungary joins the Axis
November 23, 1940 - Romania joins the Axis
December 9,1940 - Britain begin a desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians
Air raids continue on London
March 16, 1940 - Scapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway
May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
May 15, 1940 - Holland surrenders
May 28, 1940 - Belgium surrenders
June 3, 1940 - British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk
June 10, 1940 - Italy declares war on Britain and France
June 10, 1940 - Norway surrenders
June 22, 1940 - France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris
June 3, 1940 - Dunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo
July 1, 1940 - German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic
July 10, 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins
August 23, 1940 - First German air raids on London
August 25, 1940 - First British air raid on Berlin
September 1940 - Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain) is planned by the Germans
September 7, 1940 - German Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins - London is a key target. Onslaught of German air raids on other major cities in England including Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester
September 13, 1940 - Italy invades Egypt
September 15, 1940 - Victory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain
September 27, 1940 - Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
October 1940 - Operation Sea Lion postponed until Spring of 1941
October 7, 1940 - Germany invades Romania
October 28, 1940 - Italy invades Greece and Albania
November 20, 1940 - Hungary joins the Axis
November 23, 1940 - Romania joins the Axis
December 9,1940 - Britain begin a desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians
Air raids continue on London