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Armament

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1939–1945Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1939

Neville Chamberlain3 September 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Parliament passes the National Services (Armed Forces) Act

1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill27 February 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Introduces the Navy estimates to Parliament for the 1st time since 1914

1945

Ironside Ironside, 1st12 June 1945

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Completes the plan for the defense of Britain

Names involved

Ironside Ironside, 1stNeville ChamberlainWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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