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Declaration of War

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

5Records
1939–1941Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1939

Neville Chamberlain29 March 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Embarks on policy which leads to British declaration of war against Germany

Neville Chamberlain3 September 1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Declares war on Germany, at 11 AM

George VI3 September 1939

Antibes · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Present at Antibes when Britain declares war

1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill10 June 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Benito Mussolini declares war on the Allies

1941

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill8 December 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Britain declares war on Japan

Names involved

George VINeville ChamberlainWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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