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Military Training Announcement

Great Britain · Government / National Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1939

Neville Chamberlain26 April 1939

London · Government / National Government

Announces compulsory military training as Britain accelerates preparation for a possible European war after the collapse of the Munich settlement.

Names involved

Neville Chamberlain

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