6 January 1944Birth of Syd BarrettSyd Barrett
Birth of Syd Barrett, later founder, singer, guitarist and early songwriter of Pink Floyd
Historical records for Great Britain in 1944, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Birth of Syd Barrett, later founder, singer, guitarist and early songwriter of Pink Floyd
Birth of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page
Birth of Jimmy Page, later guitarist, producer and founder of Led Zeppelin.
Eden urges Polish representatives not to reject the Soviet statement outright and argues that its reference to the Curzon Line leaves some room for adjustment.
Secures Allied approval for his revised ground plan for the Normandy invasion.
Montgomerys plans for D-Day are approved by the Allies
The British X Corps establish bridgeheads across the River Garigliano
The RAF drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin
The Allied landings in Anzio begin
36,000 Allied roops sucessfuly land with the loss of only 13 lives
Churchill tells Polish ministers that Britain considers the Curzon Line a realistic basis for negotiations linked to territorial compensation in the north and west.
Birth of Nick Mason, later drummer and the only member to appear on every Pink Floyd album.
Churchill informs Roosevelt that he has advised the Polish Government to examine the Curzon Line as part of a wider territorial settlement.
Succesfully argues the case for more troops & a broader landing area
In 2000 it is revealed that the operation had been supervised by Edwin Hardy Amies, at the time head of SOEs Belgian Section. Assassination offensive against Nazi security forces in Occupied Europe by the SOE, to create confusion and trepidation at the same time as the Allies increase preparations for the Resistances contribution to the Normandy Landings
In 2000 it is revealed that the operation had been supervised by Edwin Hardy Amies, at the time head of SOEs Belgian Section
Assassination offensive against Nazi security forces in Occupied Europe by the SOE, to create confusion and trepidation at the same time as the Allies increase preparations for the Resistances contribution to the Normandy Landings
Expands the planned Normandy assault from three to five seaborne divisions with stronger airborne support.
Churchill presses Mikolajczyk at Chequers to recognize that the Riga frontier must change and that the Curzon Line should guide negotiations.
Eden explains Soviet assurances that Poles east of the proposed frontier and Ukrainians west of it could transfer across a Curzon-based settlement.
Birth of Kinks drummer Mick Avory.
Presents the coalition White Paper on a national health service.
Supports treatment without charge as a planning principle.
Criticises cautious coalition health service proposals.
Churchill tells Stalin that Poland could accept administration west of a Curzon-based demarcation line while reserving formal rights pending final negotiations.
Churchill reports that the Polish Government is prepared to acknowledge that the 1921 Riga frontier no longer corresponds to wartime realities.
Completes the political fable Animal Farm.
Birth of Roger Daltrey, the same working class neighbourhood that produced fellow Who members Pete Townshend and John Entwistle
Birth of Who vocalist Roger Daltrey.
Becomes a full colonel and Assistant Director of Military Intelligence in India, supporting operations connected with the Burma campaign.
Serves as Assistant Director of Machines and Mechanical Devices while Bombe operations continue supporting Enigma exploitation.
Montgomery presents his strategy for the invasion at St Pauls School, a ninety day battle, ending when all the forces reach the Seine, pivoting on an Allied-held Caen, with British and Canadian armies forming a shoulder & US armies wheeling right
Explains the intended Normandy battle to senior commanders at his headquarters in St Paul's School.
Birth of Robert Calvert
Tuck proposes using explosive lenses to shape detonation waves into the spherical convergence required for implosion.
Commands an invasion of Italy to divert the Axis powers from the D-Day landings
Presents the final ground plan to senior commanders and political leaders before D-Day.
Montgomerry presents Overlord plans to senior commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill
The Americans are assigned Utah and Omaha, the British Gold and Sword, and the Canadians Juno Beach.
Final conference at Montgomerys HQ in St Pauls School
Presents the final plan to senior commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill at St Pauls. Expresses his belief that that Allied tanks will reach Falaise on D-Day
Leads an Allied force which captures Cassino
Joe Cocker is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
In the Spring 1944, Churchill had commissioned a contingency military enforcement operation plan (war on the Soviet Union) to obtain "square deal for Poland" (Operation Unthinkable), which resulted in a May 22 report stating unfavorable success odds. The reports arguments included geostrategic issues (possible Soviet-Japanese alliance resulting in moving of Japanese troops from continent to Home Islands, threat to Iran/Iraq) and uncertainties concerning land battles in Europe
Taylor joins Los Alamos and highlights hydrodynamic instability problems that influence the move toward a more conservative implosion design.
Subordinate commanders are informed D-Day will be 5th June
The Government commits itself to maintaining a high and stable level of employment.
Sees Oracle, the third specialised Twinn-type Bombe for Abwehr Enigma, installed in May.
Orders the Second Army to hold the line between Villers-Bocage & Caen
Orders the Second Army to hold the line between Villers-Bocage & Caen
The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain
Announces the Allied liberation of Rome in the Commons
The attackers pour out of their battered gliders, completely surprising the German defenders, and take Horsa & Pegasus bridges within 10 minutes. A force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, take off from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset, southern England in six Horsa gliders to capture Pegasus Bridge, and also "Horsa Bridge", a few hundred yards to the east, over the Orne River
Announces the Allied liberation of Rome in the Commons
Announces an imminent Allied assault on the coast of France in the Commons
The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain. Dummy parachutists are dropped just east of the intended landing area. 176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days. 1,000 British bombers strike 10 German gun batteries, 5,000 tons of bombs are dropped
Commands infantryman who land by glider & capture 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa
Commands all Allied ground forces during the initial phase of the Normandy invasion.
1st day of the bombing of Caen
The marshalling yards of Trappes are bombed to disrupt German suppllies to Normandy
British forces establish a strong beachhead but do not seize the planned D-Day objective of Caen.
Lieutenant Brotheridge is killed crossing the bridge in the first minutes of the assault and thus becomes the first member of the invading Allied armies to die in combat on D-Day. Leads the infantry capture of 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa. 1st Allied death in Normandy
Parachutes behind enemy lines & captures Benouville, including Pegasus Bridge
Commands infantryman who land by glider & capture 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa
Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps secure Pegasus Bridge
One of the members of the 7th Battalion reinforcements is young actor Richard Todd who would, nearly two decades later, play Major Howard in the film The Longest Day
Commands the British 30th Corps on Gold beach
Leads the infantry capture of 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa. 1st Allied death in Normandy
Commands the British 30th Corps on Gold beach
1st day of the bombing of Caen
To the east, Rommels nightmare had been realised, a continuous British-Canadian beachhead, 20km (12 miles) across and up to 10km (six miles) deep. By midnight neither Bayeux nor Port-en-Bessin had been taken, the depleted American force was several kilometres short of Port-en-Bessin but the French Resistance had taken over Bayeux
Crocker's I Corps directed the British and Canadian assault formations advancing toward Caen.
Dempsey commanded the British Second Army landing east of Bayeux and advancing toward Caen.
Captures the Islands of St Marcouf off Utah beach
Parachutes behind enemy lines & captures Benouville, including Pegasus Bridge
At about 9:30 Hermanville is captured
Sets up an HQ at Ranville
Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps disable gun emplacements at Merville
Royal Marine Commandos land on Gold Beach & capture Arromanches
The British capture Bayeaux
Montgomery directed the Allied ground campaign and treated Caen as the principal objective of the British Second Army.
The British 3rd Division fails to capture Caen
A major objective, was still in German hands by the end of D-Day, and would remain so until the battle for Caen, 8 August
Caen. Commander of all ground forces for Operation Overlord. By the end of the day the Allies land 130,000 men & 22,000 parachutists.
On Sword Beach the regular British infantry came ashore with light casualties they advance about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) by the end of the day but failed to make some of the deliberately ambitious targets set by Montgomery in particular
The Allies lose 9,500 killed or wounded.
Parachutes behind enemy lines disabling gun emplacements threatening Sword Beach
Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps secure Pegasus Bridge
Commands 137 warships, 4,000 landing craft & 2,000 support ships
Rennie's division landed on Sword Beach with orders to advance rapidly toward Caen.
Gale's airborne division secured bridges and high ground east of Caen to protect the invasion flank.
By midnight neither Bayeux nor Port-en-Bessin had been taken, the depleted American force was several kilometres short of Port-en-Bessin but the French Resistance had taken over Bayeux
Parachutes behind enemy lines & captures Benouville, including Pegasus Bridge
Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps disable gun emplacements at Merville
Parachutes behind enemy lines disabling gun emplacements threatening Sword Beach
Schumann arrived in liberated Bayeux and linked Free French representatives with local residents.
Christopherson's Sherwood Rangers supported the infantry entering Bayeux with armoured vehicles.
Dempsey's Second Army secured Bayeux during the expansion from Gold Beach.
Graham's 50th Division provided formations that entered and secured Bayeux.
Bayeux becomes the first major mainland French town liberated after D-Day.
Montgomery's forces made Bayeux the first mainland French town liberated after D-Day.
Bucknall directed XXX Corps in the western attempt to outflank Caen.
Dempsey ordered the attempt to encircle Caen from the west through the Villers-Bocage sector.
Erskine led the 7th Armoured Division through the western bridgehead during the attempt to envelop Caen.
Montgomery considered an airborne and armoured encirclement intended to isolate Caen.
Manages to land 16 Divisions ashore facing 14 enemy Divisions
V-1 missiles 1st land on London
Schumann accompanied local Resistance leaders during de Gaulle's public appearance in Bayeux.
Draws up a list of 33 top German war criminals
Crosses over to Normandy in the Arethusa & attends a conference at Montogomerys HQ
Birth of Raymond Douglas Davies
The Allies gain a bridgehead over the River Odon near Caen
Barker's division attacked toward Rauray to protect the Epsom flank near Caen.
Ritchie's corps launched Operation Martlet to secure the flank of the forthcoming Epsom offensive west of Caen.
Dempsey supervised the Second Army offensive across the Odon west of Caen.
Montgomery launched Operation Epsom to draw German armour into battle west of Caen.
Montgomery launches Operation Epsom west of Caen to gain ground and draw German armour into battle.
O'Connor commanded VIII Corps in the offensive intended to cross the Odon and outflank Caen.
Launches an attack on Caen, operation Epson
The British establish a bridge-head on the River Odon
Supports the British advance across the Odon as Operation Epsom forces Germany to commit additional armoured reserves.
Adair's Guards Armoured Division reinforced the British advance during the fighting west of Caen.
The Allies capture Hill 112 but Dempsey withdraws & the Germans recapture it
Adopts Richard Horatio Blair with Eileen.
At Churchills request Stalin agrees to a Russian offensive during D-Day
Dempsey's logistical system used the bypass to move supplies and vehicles toward the front.
British engineers built a bypass so military traffic could avoid Bayeux's narrow medieval streets.
Marshalling yards are bombed to disrupt German suppllies to Normandy. 717 French are killed
Dempsey's Second Army used undamaged Bayeux as a supply, communications, and transit centre.
Supports D-Day intelligence planning that directs 30 Assault Unit to seize German Enigma machines, codebooks and cipher material.
Continues wartime service as Allied forces advance through Western Europe.
Keeps strong British and Canadian pressure around Caen, drawing major German armoured forces into the eastern sector.
Montgomery established his headquarters near Bayeux while directing the Battle of Normandy.
At the Battle of Arnhem makes the comment "I think we might be going a bridge too far"
Leads an attack whih takes the Nijmegen Bridge
A seabourne assault on southern France at the same time as Overlord
Preparations included armoured vehicles specially adapted for the assault, developed under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Percy Hobart (Montgomerys brother-in-law, and an armoured warfare specialist)
A total of 12,000 aircraft under Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory were to support the landings, including 1,000 transports to fly in the parachute troops; 10,000 tons of bombs would be dropped against the German defenses, and 14,000 attack sorties
Commands the 1st Airbourne Division during the Normandy landings
An oil pipeline is laid beneath the English Channel from Britain toward Normandy as part of Operation PLUTO.
Before the Normandy landings it is planned to take Caen within 24 hrs
Churchill asks Eisenhower to cancel Dragoon in order to break the deadllock at Caen
Churchill asks Eisenhower to cancel Dragoon in order to break the deadllock at Caen
Asks for heavy bomber support from Leigh-Mallory
Churchill criticizes Montgomery at a Chiefs of Staffs meeting for being too catious
A massive air bombardment commences on Caen which devastates the city
The press refer to attempts at capturing Caen a "stalemate"
1st day of the operation launched by Montgomery to capture Caen
Crocker's I Corps coordinated three divisions in the direct assault on Caen.
Dempsey directed the British and Canadian corps attacking into northern Caen.
1st day of the operation launched by Montgomery to capture Caen
Montgomery launched Charnwood to capture northern Caen and force German troops behind the Orne.
Rennie's division advanced into the eastern districts of Caen during Charnwood.
1st day of the operation launched by Montgomery to capture Caen
1st day of the operation launched by Montgomery to capture Caen
Dempsey's troops entered northern Caen after German forces withdrew across the Orne.
Montgomery's forces occupied northern Caen while German troops retained the southern suburbs.
British and Canadian troops secure northern Caen after Operation Charnwood.
Caen is bombed to obliterate enemy defences but only the southern suburbs are taken
Launches a major armoured offensive east of Caen to gain ground and hold German armour in the British sector.
Adair's division advanced through the narrow armoured corridor east of Caen.
Dempsey directed Goodwood as the principal Second Army offensive east of Caen.
Hobart's specialized armoured vehicles supported the crossing and attack east of Caen.
Launched in order to clear Caen but the British lose 5,537 casualties & 400 tanks. Caen is bombed to obliterate enemy defences but only the southern suburbs are taken. 7 out of 8 Panzers in Normandy are engaged in battle
Montgomery intended Goodwood to hold German armour around Caen and gain ground south-east of the city.
The British VIII and I Corps, to the east of Caen, launch Operation Goodwood. The British lose 450 tanks, the Sherman displays serious weaknesses. Launches 3 Divisions east of Caen to gain the Bourguebus Ridge on the road to Falaise.
The offensive began with the largest air bombardment in support of ground forces yet, with more than a thousand aircraft dropping 6,000 short tons (5,400 t) of high explosive and fragmentation bombs from low altitude.
O'Connor commanded the massed armoured assault east of Caen toward Bourguebus Ridge.
Roberts led the 11th Armoured Division toward Cagny and Bourguebus Ridge south-east of Caen.
The southern suburbs of Caen are captured. Caen is bombed in to obliterate enemy defences but only the southern suburbs are taken
The Allies capture Caen
Churchill visited Caen with Montgomery and Dempsey and inspected Bailey bridges across the Orne basin.
Dempsey accompanied Churchill during his inspection of troops and bridges in Caen.
Montgomery accompanied Churchill through Caen and explained the current battle situation.
Birth of Richard Wright, later keyboardist and vocalist with Pink Floyd
Supports Bradleys left flank & engages the Germans south of Caen
The Canadians & British move into Vire & force a German rereat
Uses British operations toward Vire to maintain pressure and support the left flank of the American breakout.
Supports Bradleys left flank & engages the Germans south of Caen
Shifts emphasis south and east after Caen is secured, preparing further operations toward Falaise.
Operation Anvil, which is renamed Operation Dragoon, the liberation of south east France by US, Free French and British troops
Appointed Lieutenant, 1st, on board HMS Whelp
Appointed Lieutenant, 1st, on board the Whelp
Operation Anvil, which is renamed Operation Dragoon, the liberation of south east France by US, Free French and British troops
Wants Eisenhower to transfer "D-Day" from Marsailles to Brest, Eisenhower refuses
Endorses Bradleys order for Patton to clear Brittany with "minimum forces"
A major objective, was still in German hands by the end of D-Day, and would remain so until the battle for Caen, 8 August
Supports renewed Canadian operations intended to narrow the escape route for German forces.
Orders an airborne division to Gace to close the ring around the main German forces
Fails to persuade Eisenhower to transfer D-Day from Marsailles to Brest
Launches another operation against Falaise
Watches the D-Day landings & wires Eisenhower saying how succesful they are
130,000 men and 18,000 vehicles had landed
Orders the Canadians to close the gap between the 1st Canadian & 3rd US Army
Coordinates British, Canadian, Polish and American pressure as the Falaise pocket is closed.
The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, laying the foundation for the establishment of the UN
The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, laying the foundation for the establishment of the UN
The Poles & Americans meet & seal the Falaise pocket, ends the Normandy Campaign
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC)
Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC)
Presses Allied armies to close around German forces retreating from the Normandy battlefield.
Oversees the transition from the Normandy battle to the rapid Allied pursuit across France.
Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC)
RAF & Yugoslav partisans attack roads & railways to prevent Germans escape Yugoslavia. A series of coordinated attacks launched on by Yugoslav partisans and the Balkan Air Force against German forces retreating from the Soviets
Is promoted field marshal as Eisenhower assumes direct command of Allied ground operations.
British troops occupy Brussels
Troops of 21st Army Group capture Antwerp and its docks largely intact during the rapid advance through Belgium.
London is hit by V-2 rockets for first time, missiles falling on Epping and Chiswick
Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial
Approves a plan to shoot Nazi leaders without trial
Lieutenant Jack Grayburn led an attempt to secure the southern end of the bridge but was unsuccessful, and a later attempt using a flame thrower only succeeded in setting the freshly painted girders of the bridge alight. However, the British were able to make good their position and quickly repulsed the 10th SS Reconnaissance Battalion and other German units when they arrived to secure the bridge
Secures the Nijmegen Bridge & the South Bank of the Lek
Additionally, Major General Williams-commander of IX Troop Carrier Command-decided that it would only be possible for one air lift per day, meaning it would take three days to deliver the entire Division and Polish Brigade to the area
However, Urquhart was severely restricted in how he could prepare and deploy his troops.
Meanwhile, the first lift suffered only light losses as the aircraft and gliders flew from British bases to the target area.
Required to secure the road, rail and pontoon bridges over the Lower Rhine and hold them for two to three days until relieved by XXX Corps.
The US IX Troop Carrier Command were limited in their availability; with two more major drops taking place at the same time, there were insufficient carrier aircraft available to fly the entire division to The Netherlands in one lift.
The first arrivals were the 21st Independent Parachute Company at 12:40, who marked the landing zones for the gliders and parachutists in advance of the main landings.
The first lift was preceded by intense bombing and strafing raids made by the British Second Tactical Air Force and the American Eighth and 9th Air Forces. These targeted the known flak guns and German garrisons and barracks across the area.
The task of securing the Rhine Bridgehead fell to the 1st Airborne Division under the command of Major General Roy Urquhar.
Airborne divisions land along the route to Arnhem as XXX Corps begins the ground advance.
In a bid to open the Belgian port of Antwerp to facilitate the shipment of supplies to Allied armies in France and cross the Lower Rhine river, American, British and Polish forces launch Operation Market Garden
In a bid to open the Belgian port of Antwerp to facilitate the shipment of supplies to Allied armies in France and cross the Lower Rhine river, American, British and Polish forces launch Operation Market Garden
Airborne troops were dropped in The Netherlands to secure key bridges and towns along the Allied axis of advance.
Farthest north, the British 1st Airborne Division, supported by men of the Glider Pilot Regiment and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, landed at Arnhem to secure bridges across the Nederrijn.
Initially expecting a walkover, British XXX Corps planned to reach the British airborne forces within two to three days. After sweeping through France and Belgium in the summer of 1944, the Allies were poised to enter The Netherlands.
Montgomery favoured a single thrust north over the Lower Rhine River, allowing the British Second Army to bypass the Siegfried Line and attack the Ruhr. To this end, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden
After sweeping through France and Belgium in the summer of 1944, the Allies were poised to enter The Netherlands. Montgomery favoured a single thrust north over the Lower Rhine River, allowing the British Second Army to bypass the Siegfried Line and attack the Ruhr. To this end, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden
Churchill and Roosevelt sign the Hyde Park aide-memoire pledging continued Anglo-American cooperation on atomic technology.
The capture of Nijmegen bridges allows the ground advance to continue toward Arnhem.
Arnhem was a victory for the Germans (albeit tempered by their losses further south]) and a major defeat for the British army. The Allies withdrew from the southern bank of the Rhine and the front stabilised on "the island" between the Rhine and Waal rivers
Arnhem was a victory for the Germans (albeit tempered by their losses further south]) and a major defeat for the British army. The Allies withdrew from the southern bank of the Rhine and the front stabilised on "the island" between the Rhine and Waal rivers
The Glider Pilots would organise the routes to the river and the whole operation would be covered by an intense artillery barrage from XXX Corps.[163] South of the river the evacuation was organised and staffed by men of the Royal Engineers of 43rd Division and Royal Canadian Engineers, using rafts
Urquhart formulated his withdrawal plan on the successful method used in the evacuation of Gallipoli during the First World War. The northernmost units would fall back first, moving through the more southerly groups who would then follow behind.
and storm boats.
Accepts withdrawal of the surviving British airborne force after the Arnhem bridge cannot be held.
Montgomery orders a retreat, the British lose 1,130 killed & 6,000 taken prisoner
The 1st airborne retreats, 2,200 are evacuated, 7,000 are captured, killed or wounded
Orders are given to join up with the Second Army on the south bank of the Rhine
Orders are given to join up with the Second Army on the south bank of the Rhine
Secures approval for the airborne and ground operation intended to cross major Dutch rivers rapidly.
Proposes a bold plan to head north through the Dutch Gelderland, bypassing the German Siegfried Line defences and opening a route into the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr. Initially proposed as a British and Polish operation codenamed Operation Comet, the plan was soon expanded to involve most of the First Allied Airborne Army and a set piece ground advance into The Netherlands, codenamed Market Garden
The failure of Operation Market Garden and an acute supply problem brought about by the long distances involved in the quick Allied advance through France brought to an end the advance towards the city of Berlin
The failure of Operation Market Garden and an acute supply problem brought about by the long distances involved in the quick Allied advance through France brought to an end the advance towards the city of Berlin
Proposes a bold plan to head north through the Dutch Gelderland, bypassing the German Siegfried Line defences and opening a route into the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr. Initially proposed as a British and Polish operation codenamed Operation Comet, the plan was soon expanded to involve most of the First Allied Airborne Army and a set piece ground advance into The Netherlands, codenamed Market Garden
Advocates concentrating Allied supplies on a northern thrust through the Netherlands toward the Ruhr.
Birth of John Alec Entwistle
Birth of Who bassist John Entwistle.
Churchill links acceptance of the Curzon Line to Allied support for Polish territorial gains in East Prussia and toward the Oder.
Churchill unequivocally supports using the Curzon Line as the basis of the Polish-Soviet territorial settlement during talks with Stalin and Mikolajczyk.
Churchill confirms with Stalin that they will support Polish claims to compensating territory in the north and west if the eastern frontier follows the Curzon basis.
Agrees with Roosevelt that Stalin's proposed Black Sea area can serve as the conference location.
Birth of John Roy Anderson, later Yes vocalist, lyricist and founding member.
Although the Germans counterattacked in October they were repulsed and subsequently the front line in The Netherlands would not move until after the winter
A senior official in Palestine is gunned down by Jewish terrorists in Cairo
A senior official in Palestine is gunned down by Jewish terrorists in Cairo
Suggests Jerusalem or Alexandria after raising objections to several other possible conference sites.
Warns Roosevelt that Black Sea ports may be unsuitable for a major conference during winter.
Serves on a headquarters committee considering the reorganisation of the Army in India as the war moves toward its final phase.
Death of Andrew, Prince Philips father
Presents his assessment of the northern Allied front at Maastricht.
Argues for concentrating resources on a powerful northern offensive.
Churchill publicly defends the Curzon Line as the basis for Poland's eastern frontier while arguing that Poland should receive substantial compensation from Germany.
Supports Roosevelt's proposal that Stalin postpone a decision on Poland until the three leaders meet.
Temporarily receives operational control of US First and Ninth Armies during the Ardennes crisis.
Death of Arthur Eddington
Restores Greek confidence in Britain after demonstrations by the Nat Libreration Front
National Velvet, which costarred fellow young actor Mickey Rooney and English newcomer Angela Lansbury, became a great success upon its release. First film appearance in Gaslight as a conniving maid, for which she received an Academy Award nomination
National Velvet, which costarred fellow young actor Mickey Rooney and English newcomer Angela Lansbury, became a great success upon its release
Reorganises the northern shoulder of the Allied line and prepares forces for renewed offensive action.
Appointed Chairman of the 1922 Committee
First film role in A Canterbury Tale
Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French
Healey serves as a beach master during the British assault at Anzio.
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Commander of First Armoured Division during the first Battle of Coriano
Commander of First Armoured Division during the second Battle of Coriano
The 33rd Corps join at Imphal & the Japanese supply lines are cut. Concentrates 17th, Twentieth & 23rd Indian divisions around Imphal
The Japanese are forced back to the Chindwin River
Healey works as a beach master during the difficult Allied landings at Anzio.
Birth of Glenys Kinnock
Birth of Jeff Beck
Birth of John Tavener
Appointed Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General
Stars in Candlelight in Algeria
Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC). Appointed Allied Air Commander in Chief, South East Asia
Appointed Air Commander in Chief of South East Asia Command (SEAC). Appointed Allied Air Commander in Chief, South East Asia
Appointed Commander of the Allied Land Forces of South East Asia
Appointed Commander of the Allied Land Forces of South East Asia
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army
Appointed Commander of the British Second Army
Appointed Commander of XXX Corps in Normandy
Appointed Commander of XXX Corps in Normandy
Appointed Counsellor of State, exercises functions of the throne for 1st time
Completes experimental work leading to a functioning prototype of the Delilah secure voice encoder.
Analyses enemy radar and guides British countermeasures.
Appointed Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Leads the fictitious British 4th Army to distract Germans from Operation Overlord
Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French
Appointed British Representitive to the French Committee of Liberation
Decodes German communications while serving at Bletchley Park.
Contributes to Allied planning for political information and re-education in defeated Germany.
Appointed Governor General of Australia, 1st term
Appointed High Commissioner of Palestine & Trans
Appointed High Commissioner of Palestine & Trans
The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war
Fails to relieve the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem
Holds the rank of captain during his wartime intelligence service.
Appears in National Velvet, alongside fellow young actor Mickey Rooney and Angela Lansbury
Advocates a comprehensive and publicly planned health service.
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Tactical Airforce
Commands the British Second Army during Operation Overlord
Given the responsibility of developing ampibious armoured support, "Hobarts funnies"
Commander in Chief of the Allied airforces for Operation Overlord
Commands the Tactical Forces East during Operation Overlord
The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war
Becomes an assistant chief in the psychological warfare organisation serving Allied headquarters.
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war
Works on Scottish arrangements for a national health service.
Commands the British Second Army during Operation Overlord
Continues reading, writing and correspondence during a serious three-month illness.
Approaches Monte Cassino on the west of the Gustav Line which guards the route to Rome
Appointed Field Marshal. Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean
Appointed Field Marshal. Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean
Publication of "The Road To Serfdom"
Launches the HMS Vanguard
Tests Delilah concepts for secure speech transmission over telephone lines and VHF radio links.
Proposes reform while preserving more voluntary hospital independence.
Hoyle worked alongside Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold during wartime scientific service.
Appears in Waterloo Road. Appears in This Happy Breed
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