Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 25

Atlantic Charter

Presents common Anglo-American principles for war aims and postwar peace.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Declaration of Newfoundland

Britain & the US state all countries occupied by Germany should become independent

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Visit to Newfoundland

Visits Roosevelt for the 1st time to ask for futher US support in the war. America refuses to join the war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Enigma Machine

Orders urgent priority for Bletchley Park resources after receiving the codebreakers' appeal for more support.

Role range: 1939-1945

Declaration of War

Britain declares war on Japan

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Hong Kong

Japanese troops begin to attack Hong Kong

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Siege of Hong Kong

Japanese troops begin to attack Hong Kong

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Arcadia

Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

International Conference

Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Capture of Hong Kong

Japan accepts the surrender of Hong Kong

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Lofoten Island

Britain launches Operation Archery, a commando attack against the Lofoten Island off Norway

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Archery

Britain launches Operation Archery, a commando attack against the Lofoten Island off Norway

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Norway

A 2nd landing on Lofoten Island reinforces Hitler's belief that Britain is planning to invade Norway

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Archery

A 2nd landing on Lofoten Island reinforces Hitler's belief that Britain is planning to invade Norway

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Health of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Churchill has a heart attack just after the US enters the war, it is kept a secret

Role range: 1940-1945

Bombing of Hong Kong

The Japanese bomg Hong Kong

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Pearl Harbour

Germany declares war on the US & the US enters the war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Singapore

The Japanese bomg Singapore

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Visit to To Canada

Pays a visit to Canada

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Into Battle Published

Churchill published Into Battle, a collection of wartime speeches outlining Britain's struggle against Nazi Germany.

The Fourth Climacteric Address

Churchill addressed the United States Congress, explaining the Anglo American partnership after America's entry into the war.

Alliance United States and Russia

Agreement ABC-1 accepts the War & Navy Depts for planning when the US enters the war. Proclaims in a radio broadcast that Stalins Russia will be a full Allied partner

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Defence Agreement at Washington

The British & US agree to co-ordinate military missions & set up a Joint Staff Mission

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Joint Staff Mission (JSM)

The British & US agree to co-ordinate military missions & set up a Joint Staff Mission

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Travels to Newfoundland Conference

Churchill sails across the Atlantic for secret talks with Franklin Roosevelt about the war and the postwar international order.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Meets Roosevelt at Sea

Churchill meets Roosevelt aboard warships off Newfoundland during the conference that produces the Atlantic Charter.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Discusses American War Assistance

Churchill seeks continued American material and naval assistance while the United States remains formally neutral.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Debates Imperial Preferences

Churchill considers how proposals for freer trade might affect Britain's imperial economic preference system.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Reviews European War Aims

Churchill discusses principles for a postwar Europe liberated from Axis domination.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Supports Restored Sovereignty

Churchill agrees to a declaration expressing the restoration of sovereign rights to peoples forcibly deprived of them.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Backs Freedom of Seas

Churchill endorses the principle that nations should enjoy freedom to navigate the seas after the war.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Discusses Postwar Social Security

Churchill accepts international economic cooperation as an objective of the Anglo American declaration.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Addresses Territorial Ambitions

Churchill agrees that Britain and America seek no territorial aggrandisement as a result of the war.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Explains Charter to Parliament

Churchill later describes the shared Anglo American principles and their relevance to the continuing struggle against Axis powers.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Distinguishes Charter From Treaty

The Atlantic Charter expresses common aims rather than establishing a formal bilateral treaty of alliance.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Defends Wartime Imperial Interests

Churchill continues to distinguish British imperial responsibilities from broader interpretations of the charter's self government language.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Welcomes Allied Endorsement

Churchill welcomes other governments joining the statement of principles first issued with Roosevelt.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Consults Cabinet on Charter Language

Churchill ensures that the proposed Anglo American declaration can be accepted by his government before publication.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Defines Common Anti Axis Aims

Churchill presents the declaration as a statement of shared aims in the struggle against Axis expansion.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Links Charter to Postwar Peace

Churchill frames Allied victory as a basis for establishing a more secure international settlement.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945