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- Churchill, about to leave for America, takes the unusual step of sending a letter to HRM George VI, advising him to make Anthony Eden Prime Minister should Churchill not survive the journey. (en)
- Churchill makes his first address to a joint session of the United States Congress. (en)
- At the Gazala Line, the British position has become untenable, and General Auchinleck authorizes General Ritchie to make a concerted withdrawal from forward positions along the line. (en)
- The Casablanca Conference of Allied leaders begins. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discuss the eventual invasion of mainland Europe, the impending invasion of Sicily and Italy, and the wisdom of the principle of "unconditional surrender". (en)
- Hitler commits suicide, is succeeded by Karl Doenitz. (en)
- The Second Quebec Conference begins: Roosevelt and Churchill discuss military cooperation in the Pacific and the future of Germany. (en)
- Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Quebec Agreement during the Quebec Conference. (en)
- General Auchinleck at last replies to Churchill's somewhat urgent telegram of the 10th, saying he will have an attack ready by the sailing of the Harpoon/Vigorous convoys for Malta. (en)
- Following the Norway Debate, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom upon the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. (en)
- General Dobbie, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, sends a message to the PM saying "it is obvious that the very worst may happen if we cannot replenish our vital needs, especially flour and ammunition, and that very soon...." Churchill concludes from this and other "disturbing news" that Dobbie is not capable enough for such an important job, and decides to replace him with Lord Gort. (en)
- General Auchinleck sends Churchill a reply to the latter's telegram of the 14th, saying in part, "...I have no intention whatever of giving up Tobruk." (en)
- The creation of the Local Defence Volunteers is announced by the new Secretary of State for War Anthony Eden. It is mostly composed of the elderly and retired. (en)
- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees to asylum in the United Kingdom. (en)
- Greek government is evacuated to Crete, which Churchill is determined to defend. (en)
- Allied troops reach Paris. (en)
- Battle of the Bulge begins. (en)
- Belgium declares a state of emergency. (en)
- General Bernard Montgomery appointed commander of British Eighth Army in North Africa; Churchill is anxious to see more offensive action on the part of the British. (en)
- Churchill's speech "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" delivered to the House of Commons. (en)
- Dutch government-in-exile established in London. (en)
- Germany surrenders to the western Allies. (en)
- Churchill orders the bombing of Berlin in retaliation for the previous night's bombing of Cripplegate. (en)
- Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech to the House of Commons. (en)
- Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress. He praises the partnership of the two Allies. (en)
- The Soviets overtake Berlin. (en)
- The United Kingdom invades Iceland. (en)
- Churchill asks President Roosevelt and Canada for aid in these dark days. Outlines of the new British coalition, which includes Labour, Liberal, and Conservative members, is made public. (en)
- Germany invasion of Russia begins, as Operation Barbarossa. (en)
- The British army and the police shot unarmed protesters in Athens. The crowd carried Greek, American, British and Soviet flags, and chanted: "Viva Churchill, Viva Roosevelt, Viva Stalin." (en)
- The "V-sign", displayed most notably by Churchill, is unofficially adopted as the Allied signal, along with the motif of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. (en)
- The Yalta Conference of Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin begins; the main subject of their discussions is postwar spheres of influence. (en)
- It has been a week since Churchill sent his ultimatum to General Auchinleck, and he has not yet received a reply. He sends a terse follow-up: "It is necessary for me to have some account of your general intentions in light of our recent telegrams." Again there is no immediate reply. (en)
- The Cairo Conference ends; Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek complete the Cairo Declaration, which deals with the overall strategic plan against Japan. (en)
- Churchill orders some British troops in North Africa to be sent to Greece, despite concerns by his military. (en)
- Churchill's "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech in Commons. (en)
- The Ministerial Defence Committee, with the First Lord of the Admiralty as its chair, replaces Lord Chatfield's ministerial position of Minister for Coordination of Defence. (en)
- Lieutenant General Montgomery is knighted and made a full General. Churchill speaks: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." (en)
- The Trident Conference begins in Washington, D.C. with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill taking part. The discussions are mostly on future strategy. (en)
- Churchill visits Paris and hears that the French war is as good as over. (en)
- The Commonwealth forces at Singapore surrender to the Japanese. (en)
- Crucial British Cabinet meeting: Churchill wins a vote on continuing the war, in spite of vigorous arguments by Lord Halifax and Chamberlain. (en)
- The evacuation of Allied forces from Crete ends; over 17,000 are captured by German forces. (en)
- The Moscow Conference (1944) begins: Churchill and Stalin discuss spheres of influence in the postwar Balkans and make the percentages agreement. (en)
- Japan attacks Hong Kong, Malaya and the Philippines in a simultaneous attack with Pearl Harbor but is counted a day later due to the international date line. (en)
- US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, and is succeeded by Vice President Harry S Truman. (en)
- Churchill survives a censure motion in the House of Commons. (en)
- Neville Chamberlain resigns from the House of Commons for health reasons; Winston Churchill is elected head of the Conservative Party. (en)
- Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. (en)
- USS Wasp and HMS Eagle deliver a second contingent of Spitfires to Malta in Operation Bowery. A few days later, a grateful Churchill will signal Wasp "Who says a Wasp can't sting twice?" These aircraft, employed more aggressively than those previously delivered, turn the tide in the skies over Malta during the next few days, and the Axis is forced to abandon daylight bombing. This is a major turning point in the Siege, and thus in the North African Campaign, although the approaches to the island remain subject to deadly and accurate Axis air attack, preventing efficient re-supply of the island. (en)
- Churchill appoints Lord Louis Mountbatten the commander of South East Asia Command. (en)
- At a conference in Moscow, Churchill informs Stalin that there will not be a "second front" in 1942. (en)
- Churchill, concerned that the situation in Malta will cause the Axis forces in North Africa to be better supplied than British forces, sends a telegram to Sir Stafford Cripps in Cairo, asking him to pressure General Auchinleck to take offensive action before this can occur. (en)
- The Labour Party win the United Kingdom general election by a landslide. Churchill resigns as Prime Minister, ending his first premiership. (en)
- Churchill gives his famous "finest hour" speech to the House of Commons. (en)
- The evening after speaking to Congress, Churchill suffers a mild heart attack. (en)
- Montgomery begins a major British offensive beginning at Sollum on the Libya/Egypt border. The British reach Bardia on the 11th, Tobruk on the 12th, and Benghazi on the 18th. (en)
- Benito Mussolini is removed from office; it leads to the formation of a new government in Italy. (en)
- Winston Churchill urges Harold Alexander to order the Anzio generals to show more aggression. (en)
- Churchill offers the former Kaiser Wilhelm II, who is now living in the Netherlands, asylum in the United Kingdom; he declines. (en)
- Churchill is called on to form a wartime coalition government. (en)
- In discussions with Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, Molotov continues to press Soviet demands for territorial acquisitions made during the run-up to war, including the Baltic states, Eastern Poland, and Bessarabia. Churchill cannot or will not agree to these demands, and the talks become deadlocked. (en)
- Italy announces a blockade of British ports in the Mediterranean area. (en)
- The convoy 'Vigorous', en route to Malta, sights a large Italian naval squadron headed toward it. 'Harpoon' comes under attack for the first time; 'Vigorous' has been under air attack almost since leaving port. (en)
- Japan attacks the US Navy base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Churchill was with the President's special envoy, Averell Harriman, and the US Ambassador to Britain, John Gilbert Winant, when he received the news over the telephone from President Roosevelt. (en)
- British forces reach El Agheila, Cyrenaica. British battleships shell Genoa and British aircraft attack Livorno. Churchill again pleads with the US: "give us the tools." (en)
- British and US troops land at Normandy in France, initiating a Second Front against Germany. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the day is also known as D-Day. (en)
- From the floor of the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden reads what is known as the Joint Declaration by Members of the United Nations, in which the Allies denounce the German extermination of Jews. A copy of the declaration appears on the front pages of newspapers around the world. (en)
- Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for meetings with Roosevelt. (en)
- Churchill and his Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden are in Athens in an attempt to reconcile the warring factions. (en)
- The Cairo Conference: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. (en)
- The Tehran Conference. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy; . Stalin at last has the promise he has been waiting for. (en)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at NS Argentia, Newfoundland. The Atlantic Charter is written and released to the world press. (en)
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