Suggests Final Communique Amendments
Proposes wording changes to the final conference communiqué during the eighth plenary meeting.
Role range: 1939-1945
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 32
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1945
Bombing of Dresden
Allied bombing of Dresden leaves 25,000 dead
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953
Cabinet Report on Yalta
Reports to the British Cabinet on the principal agreements reached at the Big Three conference in Crimea.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1945-1953
Commons Debate on Yalta
Defends the Yalta agreements during a House of Commons debate that ends with a vote of confidence.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Warning to Roosevelt over Poland
Writes Roosevelt expressing alarm about Soviet actions in Poland and urging a firm interpretation of the Yalta settlement.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Capture of Cologne
Britsh, American & Canadian troops capture Cologne
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953
United Nations
A conference on the proposed world organisation will be summoned for 25th April
Role range: 1945-1953
Plunder
Watches the Allies cross the Rhine
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Lublin Committee
Churchill argued to Roosevelt that it was "as plain as a pike staff" that Moscows tactics were to drag out the period for holding free elections "while the Lublin Committee consolidate their power."
Role range: 1940-1945
Lublin Committee
The Soviet Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) arrested 16 Polish opposition political leaders that had been invited to participate in provisional Government negotiations.
Role range: 1940-1945
Lublin Committee
The arrests were part of a trick employed by the NKVD, which flew the leaders to Moscow for a later show trial followed by sentencing to a gulag.
Role range: 1940-1945
Occupation
Asks Eisenhower why the Americans are leaving Berlin to the Russians
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
The Allies liberate Bergen-Belsen
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Liberation of Buchenwald
Arranges for photograps of Buchenwald camp victims to be circulated around the Cabinet
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Result of Surrender of Heinrich Himmler's Proposed Peace Negotiation
Himmler's approach reveals fragmentation inside the Nazi leadership but does not produce a separate peace.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Surrender of Heinrich Himmler's Proposed Peace Negotiation
Informed Heinrich Himmler wishes to open his own peace negotiations with the Allies
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia
Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia. Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1945-1945
Liberation of Dachau
The Allies liberate Dachau
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Result of Surrender of German Forces in Italy, Austria, Holland and Norway
German forces in multiple western and southern theatres stop fighting and enter Allied custody.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953
Surrender of German Forces in Italy, Austria, Holland and Norway
German troops in Italy, Austria, Holland & Norway surrender
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953
Result of Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
German forces in northwest Europe surrender to Montgomery, ending organised resistance across a large northern theatre.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Surrender of German Forces in Northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
In Europe, the 2First Army Group made its way across The Netherlands, Denmark and Northwest Germany, until on 5 May 1945 its commander, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, accepts the German surrender of all German forces
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Result of Surrender of German Armed Forces
The unconditional capitulation ends organised German military resistance.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Surrender of German Armed Forces
Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Result of Surrender of Germany
Victory in Europe Day publicly marks the end of the European war.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Surrender of Germany
Announces "Victory in Europe Day"
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
VE Day
Makes the announcement of Allied victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 p.m
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Coalition Government
Asks Attlee and Sinclair to remain in the Coalition until the defeat of Japan; the offer is rejected
Role range: 1940-1945 – 1940-1945
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Role range: 1945-1945 – 1945-1945
Constitution of Great Britain
Opening day of the Allied Control Commission for German administration
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Opening of the Allied Control Commission by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin
Opening of the Allied Control Commission by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Rule of Germany
USA., Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953
Invasion of Japan
The Allies prepare for the land invasion of Japan, the plan is scrapped
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Operation Downfall
The Allies prepare for the land invasion of Japan, the plan is scrapped
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Invention of Atomic Bomb
With Allied leaders in Potsdam when he hears news of the succesful test explosion. Sees the atomic bomb as a means of delivering peace to the world
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1945-1953
Declaration of Potsdam
The US, Britain & Nationalist China calls for unconditional Japanese surrender
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Charter
The international military tribunal charter lists 24 suspected war criminals
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Trial
The international military tribunal charter is drawn up with 24 suspect war criminals
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Result of Surrender of Japan
Japan's decision to surrender brings the Pacific War toward its conclusion.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
Surrender of Japan
Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1945
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