Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador of USA
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1941 in Great Britain — Page 6
Explore 301 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1941.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1941
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Balliol Junior Common Room
Serves as President of the Balliol College Junior Common Room.
BBC Eastern Service Employment
Orwell joined the BBC Eastern Service and produced broadcasts aimed at audiences in India.
BBC German Service
Helps produce anti-Nazi broadcasts for listeners in Germany.
Bells and Grass
Publication of "Bells & Grass"
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
West published Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, a sweeping literary study of Yugoslav history and society.
Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 2nd term
Capture of Singapore
Singapore falls to the Japanese, takes responsibility & is removed from office
Chief of Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
Appointed Commander of the Imperial General Staff
Chief of Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
Appointed Commander of the Imperial General Staff
Churchill Addresses Territorial Ambitions
Churchill agrees that Britain and America seek no territorial aggrandisement as a result of the war.
Churchill Backs Freedom of Seas
Churchill endorses the principle that nations should enjoy freedom to navigate the seas after the war.
Churchill Consults Cabinet on Charter Language
Churchill ensures that the proposed Anglo American declaration can be accepted by his government before publication.
Churchill Debates Imperial Preferences
Churchill considers how proposals for freer trade might affect Britain's imperial economic preference system.
Churchill Defends Wartime Imperial Interests
Churchill continues to distinguish British imperial responsibilities from broader interpretations of the charter's self government language.
Churchill Defines Common Anti Axis Aims
Churchill presents the declaration as a statement of shared aims in the struggle against Axis expansion.
Churchill Discusses American War Assistance
Churchill seeks continued American material and naval assistance while the United States remains formally neutral.
Churchill Discusses Postwar Social Security
Churchill accepts international economic cooperation as an objective of the Anglo American declaration.
Churchill Distinguishes Charter From Treaty
The Atlantic Charter expresses common aims rather than establishing a formal bilateral treaty of alliance.
Churchill Explains Charter to Parliament
Churchill later describes the shared Anglo American principles and their relevance to the continuing struggle against Axis powers.
Churchill Links Charter to Postwar Peace
Churchill frames Allied victory as a basis for establishing a more secure international settlement.
Churchill Meets Roosevelt at Sea
Churchill meets Roosevelt aboard warships off Newfoundland during the conference that produces the Atlantic Charter.
Churchill Reviews European War Aims
Churchill discusses principles for a postwar Europe liberated from Axis domination.
Churchill Supports Restored Sovereignty
Churchill agrees to a declaration expressing the restoration of sovereign rights to peoples forcibly deprived of them.
Churchill Travels to Newfoundland Conference
Churchill sails across the Atlantic for secret talks with Franklin Roosevelt about the war and the postwar international order.
Churchill Welcomes Allied Endorsement
Churchill welcomes other governments joining the statement of principles first issued with Roosevelt.
Civil Liberties
Warns against authoritarian habits during wartime emergency.
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of Gibraltar
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of Gibraltar
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of Cyrenaica
Commander in Chief
Appointed to commands the forces in Palestine & Transjordan. Appointed Military Governor of forces in Greece
Commander in Chief
Governs forces in Cyrenaica
Commander in Chief
Military Governor of forces in Greece. Appointed to commands the forces in Palestine & Transjordan
Commander of 12th Corps
Appointed Commander of the 12th Corps
Commander of 12th Corps
Appointed Commander of the 12th Corps
Commander of Eighth Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army
Commander of Eighth Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army, after its defeat by Rommel at Gazala
Commission
Healey receives a commission and transfers into the Royal Engineers.
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