Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 27

Health Reform

The Beveridge scheme for compulsory social insurance is announced

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Reform of Government

The Beveridge scheme for compulsory social insurance is announced

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

The Unrelenting Struggle Published

Churchill published The Unrelenting Struggle, collecting speeches from a difficult phase of the Second World War.

Bodyguard

Launches an operation to mislead the Germans about the Allied Invasion Plans

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

International Agreement at Washington

Agrees with Roosevelt that it will be impossible to open a 2nd Front in Europe in 1943

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Invasion of Asia

Japanese invasion, "The greatest disaster in the history of the British Empire"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Europe

Agrees with Roosevelt, it will be impossible to open a 2nd Front in Europe in 1943

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Operation Overlord

Churchill unofficially informs the Soviets in a memorandum handed to Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov that the resources necessary for an invasion were lacking in 1942

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

In a joint statement with Soviet Union Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin and United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill had announces a "full understanding" with regard to the urgent tasks of creating a Second Front in Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

The planning process was started in earnest after the Casablanca and Tehran Conferences with the appointment of British Lieutenant General Frederick E. Morgan as Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Two preliminary proposals were drawn up: Operation Sledgehammer, for an invasion in 1942, and Operation Roundup, for a larger attack in 1943, which was adopted and became Operation Overlord, although it was delayed until 1944.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Roundup

Two preliminary proposals were drawn up: Operation Sledgehammer, for an invasion in 1942, and Operation Roundup, for a larger attack in 1943, which was adopted and became Operation Overlord, although it was delayed until 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Sledgehammer

Two preliminary proposals were drawn up: Operation Sledgehammer, for an invasion in 1942, and Operation Roundup, for a larger attack in 1943, which was adopted and became Operation Overlord, although it was delayed until 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Persuades Roosevelt to invade North Africa rather than France

Persuades Roosevelt to invade North Africa rather than France. Informs Stalin there will be no 2nd front in Europe this year. Informs Stalin that there should be an attack in South East Europe in 1943

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Endorses United Nations Declaration

Churchill joins the Allied commitment to cooperate against Axis powers through the Declaration by United Nations.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Churchill Supports No Separate Peace Pledge

The Allied declaration commits participating governments to avoid making a separate peace with their common enemies.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Casablanca

The Combined Chiefs of Staff use diplomacy to persuade Turkey to join the Allies. Arrives to discuss the blueprint for military victory with President Roosevelt

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of 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

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Capture of Tripoli

Britain captures Tripoli

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Casablanca

Agrees to end the war unconditionally, Germany will be defeated then Japan

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Sicily

The Casablanca Conference agrees Sicily will be invaded in July & in August

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Visit to Turkey to get it to join the

Visits Turkey to get it to join the Allies, Turkey refuses because it distrusts Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Speech

Makes a public broadcast outlining plans for a post-war Britain

Role range: 1940-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Trident

Churchill attends the Third Washington Conference, code named Trident, to discuss Allied strategy with Roosevelt

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Trident

The Allies agree to the completion of "Roundup" by 1st May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Conference of Trident

The Allies agree to invade Sicily to knock Italy out of the War

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Roundup

The Allies agree to the completion of "Roundup" by 1st May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Tube Alloys

The Allies agree to develop the atomic bomb, operation "Tube Alloys"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Sicily

The Allies agree at Trident to proceed with the invasion of Sicily as part of the Mediterranean strategy

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Eder

The Dambusters breach the Eder dam by "bouncing bombs"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Mohne

The Dambusters breach the Mohne dam by "bouncing bombs"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of Sorpe

The Dambusters breach the Sorpe dam by "bouncing bombs"

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Addresses Congress regarding the Allied war aims

Addresses Congress regarding the Allied war aims

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

International Agreement at Washington

Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Washington where they agree a cross-Channel invasion (Operation Overlord) to be provisionally be launched on 1 May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Overlord

Churchill & Roosevelt meet in Washington where they agree a cross-Channel invasion (Operation Overlord) to be provisionally be launched on 1 May 1944

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of India

Japanese troops cross into India

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Italy

Allied forces land on the Italian mainland at Salerno, almost 400 landing craft and supply ships involved in landings

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Invasion of Sicily

Allies land on Sicily (Operation Husky): almost 3,000 landing craft, and supply ships involved in landings

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Husky

Allies land on Sicily (Operation Husky): almost 3,000 landing craft, and supply ships involved in landings

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Allied Conference

Proposes an Allied Conference. Convinced Italy must be invaded & Rome captured. Concerned the US will turn its attention toward the Pacific at the expense of Europe

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945