Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 31

Operation Dragoon

Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Siege of Marseille

Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Siege of Toulon

Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Ratweek

RAF & Yugoslav partisans attack roads & railways to prevent Germans escape Yugoslavia. A series of coordinated attacks launched on by Yugoslav partisans and the Balkan Air Force against German forces retreating from the Soviets

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Capture of Brussels

British troops occupy Brussels

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Bombing of London

London is hit by V-2 rockets for first time, missiles falling on Epping and Chiswick

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Death of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Execution

Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Operation Market Garden

In a bid to open the Belgian port of Antwerp to facilitate the shipment of supplies to Allied armies in France and cross the Lower Rhine river, American, British and Polish forces launch Operation Market Garden

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Hyde Park Aide-Memoire

Churchill and Roosevelt sign the Hyde Park aide-memoire pledging continued Anglo-American cooperation on atomic technology.

Operation Market Garden

The failure of Operation Market Garden and an acute supply problem brought about by the long distances involved in the quick Allied advance through France brought to an end the advance towards the city of Berlin

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Accepts Black Sea Meeting Proposal

Agrees with Roosevelt that Stalin's proposed Black Sea area can serve as the conference location.

Role range: 1939-1945

Suggests Jerusalem or Alexandria

Suggests Jerusalem or Alexandria after raising objections to several other possible conference sites.

Role range: 1939-1945

Questions Winter Black Sea Conditions

Warns Roosevelt that Black Sea ports may be unsuitable for a major conference during winter.

Role range: 1939-1945

Supports Delay on Polish Recognition

Supports Roosevelt's proposal that Stalin postpone a decision on Poland until the three leaders meet.

Role range: 1939-1945

Restores Greek confidence in Britain

Restores Greek confidence in Britain after demonstrations by the Nat Libreration Front

Role range: 1940-1945 – 1940-1945

Onwards to Victory Published

Churchill published Onwards to Victory, preserving his speeches as Allied military fortunes improved.

Jewish State

The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Partition of Palestine

The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Rule of Palestine

The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945

Proposes Preliminary Foreign Ministers Meeting

Suggests an advance meeting of the three foreign ministers before the Big Three conference.

Role range: 1939-1945

Requests Malta Chiefs of Staff Meeting

Emphasizes the importance of Combined Chiefs of Staff discussions at Malta before travelling to Yalta.

Role range: 1939-1945

Proposes Eden-Stettinius Malta Talks

Proposes short talks between Anthony Eden and Edward Stettinius during the Malta preparations.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reviews Turkish Straits Passage

Raises practical questions about Allied ships passing through the Turkish Straits on the journey toward Crimea.

Role range: 1939-1945

Sets Malta and Yalta Arrival Timetable

Confirms expected arrival dates for the preliminary Malta talks and the subsequent Crimea conference.

Role range: 1939-1945

Proposes Press Exclusion at Yalta

Proposes excluding the press from the conference to protect secrecy and reduce logistical pressure.

Role range: 1939-1945

Requests Eisenhower and Alexander Attendance

Suggests that Generals Eisenhower and Alexander attend Yalta as well as the Malta military discussions.

Role range: 1939-1945

Malta Combined Chiefs Session

Reviews Allied military planning with Roosevelt and the Combined Chiefs of Staff before Yalta.

Role range: 1939-1945

Opening of Yalta Conference

Joins Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin as the Yalta Conference opens in Crimea.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Tripartite Dinner on Smaller Powers

Discusses how smaller states should be represented in the postwar international organization during the evening dinner.

Role range: 1939-1945

Argues for French Role in Germany

Supports a significant French role in postwar German occupation and control arrangements.

Role range: 1939-1945

Fourth Plenary Poland Discussion

Participates in renewed debate over the composition and frontiers of postwar Poland.

Role range: 1939-1945

Discusses Periodic Foreign Ministers Meetings

Agrees that the three foreign ministers should meet periodically after the conference.

Role range: 1939-1945

Discusses Yugoslav Settlement Amendments

Supports British amendments concerning the proposed Yugoslav political settlement.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reopens Reparations at Final Dinner

Takes part in an evening reconsideration of German reparations with Roosevelt and Stalin.

Role range: 1939-1945

Secures French Place on German Control Council

Supports French participation in the Allied Control Council and a French occupation zone in Germany.

Role range: 1939-1945

Supports Message to Yugoslav Leaders

Agrees to send a joint message to Tito and Subasic concerning the formation of a Yugoslav government.

Role range: 1939-1945

Approves French German Occupation Role

Approves inviting France to occupy a German zone and join the Allied Control Council.

Role range: 1939-1945

Signs German Reparations Protocol

Signs the tripartite protocol governing the initial Allied approach to German reparations.

Role range: 1939-1945

Signs Soviet Japan Entry Agreement

Joins Roosevelt and Stalin in approving the secret Far Eastern agreement on Soviet entry against Japan.

Role range: 1939-1945