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1940 in the United Kingdom

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1940 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by Britain's involvement in the Second World War, which commenced in September the previous year, as well as the numerous enemy air raids on Britain and thousands of subsequent casualties. Although the war continued, Britain did triumph in the Battle of Britain and Nazi Germany's invasion attempt did not take place.[1]

Incumbents

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Events

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Child's ration book
Supermarine Spitfire, used by the RAF during the Battle of Britain
Western Desert campaign: Vickers light tanks Mk VI on patrol with 7th Armoured Division this summer
Coventry Cathedral after the Blitz

Undated

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  • Following the outbreak of World War II, housebuilding is halted, but some 1.1 million council houses have been built in the last 20 years to replace slum property, although the need for further demolition and rehousing remains, including the issue of rehousing families left homeless by air raids.[45]
  • The British Red Cross begins to open wartime charity shops.[46]

Publications

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
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  11. ^ "Bills and Bank Holiday". Evening News. London. 11 May 1940. p. 6.
  12. ^ "The Battle of the Ports". ibiblio. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  13. ^ Cerutti, Joseph (3 June 1940). "Four-Fifths of British Saved, Eden Asserts". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Surrender at St. Valéry". 51st Highland Division. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  15. ^ "Lancastria's end told by survivors; Italian and Nazi Planes Said to Have Shot at Swimmers and Fired Oily Waters; Many Caught Below Deck; Rescue Craft Reported Set Ablaze; Victims Include Women and Children". The New York Times. 26 July 1940. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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  20. ^ a b Longmate, Norman (1972). If Britain Had Fallen. London: BBC. pp. 52–6. ISBN 0-09-909900-4.
  21. ^ Draper, Alfred (1979). Operation Fish: The Fight to Save the Gold of Britain, France and Norway from the Nazis. Don Mills: General Publishing. ISBN 9780773600683.
  22. ^ Breuer, William B. (2008). Top Secret Tales of World War II. Book Sales. p. 62. ISBN 9780785819516.
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  25. ^ Bloch, Michael (1982). The Duke of Windsor's War. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-77947-8.
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  27. ^ Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. p. 124.
  28. ^ Hayward, James (2001). The Bodies on the Beach: Sealion, Shingle Street and the burning sea myth of 1940. Dereham, Norfolk: CD41. ISBN 0-9540549-0-3.
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  31. ^ Davies, Caroline (12 September 2009). "How the Luftwaffe bombed the palace, in the Queen Mother's own words". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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  34. ^ Brown, Mike (2009). Evacuees of the Second World War. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0745-2.
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  37. ^ "Taxation – Key dates". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  38. ^ Hull Daily Mail (11 November 1940) p.3.
  39. ^ "53 killed at BSA works – 19th November 1940". The Birmingham Press. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  40. ^ Day, J.M. (25 November 2005). "West Bromwich at War – Part 2". WW2 People's War. BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  41. ^ "Shrapnel from Dudley". Black Country Bugle. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  42. ^ "Southampton's Blitz". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  43. ^ "Liverpool marks World War Two's 'worst civilian' bombing". BBC News. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  44. ^ Based on sheet music sales.
  45. ^ "Council housing". parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  46. ^ "Red Cross Gift Shop". Worthing Gazette. 17 July 1940. p. 4. The Worthing Division of the British Red Cross Society is opening a Red Cross Gift Shop in Chapel-road, Worthing for a month from to-morrow...
  47. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work. Americana Corporation of Canada. 1962. p. 546.
  48. ^ Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. London; Herndon, VA: Mansell. p. 160. ISBN 9780720123302.
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  50. ^ Barker, Donald J. "William Wallace", in Grove Music Online, 2001.

Further reading

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  • Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp