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World War II
UK during World War II
Events from the year
1941 in the
United Kingdom
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Publications
4
Births
5
Deaths
6
References
7
See also
Incumbents
Monarch
-
George VI of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister
-
Winston Churchill
, coalition
Events
19 January -
British
troops attack
Italian
-held
Eritrea
.
21 January
World War II
:
Australian
and
British
forces
attack
Tobruk
,
Libya
.
the British communist newspaper
Daily Worker
suppressed.
[
1
]
22 January - British troops capture
Tobruk
from the Italians.
1 February -
Air Training Corps
formed.
[
1
]
19 February - The start of the "three nights' Blitz" over
Swansea
, South
Wales
.
11 March - Britain agrees the
Lend-Lease
Act with the
USA
.
[
2
]
13 March -
Clydebank Blitz
: bombing of
Clydebank
.
20 March -
Plymouth Blitz
: bombing of
Plymouth
.
[
3
]
29 March -
Battle of Cape Matapan
- Off the
Peloponnesus
coast in the
Mediterranean
,
British naval forces
defeat those of
Italy
sinking five warships. Battle started on March 27.
15 April -
Belfast Blitz
: Belfast is heavily bombed.
18 April - Heaviest
air-raid
of the year on London.
[
2
]
21 April - Greece capitulates. British troops withdraw to
Crete
.
May -
Greenock Blitz
:
Greenock
in
Scotland
intensively bombed.
2 May to 8 May - the 'May Week Raids'; sustained heavy bombing on
Merseyside
.
[
2
]
10 May
The
House of Commons
is
damaged
by the
Luftwaffe
in an
air raid
.
Rudolf Hess
parachutes into
Scotland
claiming to be on a peace mission.
15 May - First British jet aircraft, the
Gloster E.28/39
, is flown.
[
1
]
24 May - In the
North Atlantic
, the
German
battleship
Bismarck
sinks
HMS
Hood
killing all but three crewman on what was the pride of the
Royal Navy
.
26 May - World War II: In the
North Atlantic
,
Fairey Swordfish
aircraft from the carrier
HMS Ark Royal
fatally cripple the
German battleship Bismarck
in torpedo attack.
1 June - Clothes
rationing
introduced.
[
2
]
4 June - Britain invades
Iraq
, the pro-Axis government there is overthrown.
9 August
Franklin D. Roosevelt
and
Winston Churchill
meet at
NS Argentia
,
Newfoundland
. The
Atlantic Charter
is created as a result.
RAF
pilot
Douglas Bader
taken prisoner by the Germans after a mid-air collision over
France
.
[
1
]
18 August -
National Fire Service
established.
[
1
]
13 November - The
aircraft carrier
HMS
Ark Royal
is hit by German
U-boat
U-81
, she capsizes and sinks the next day.
[
1
]
8 December -
Declaration of war on Japan
following invasion of
Hong Kong
and
Malaya
.
[
2
]
10 December-
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
- Two Royal Navy capital ships,
HMS
Prince of Wales
and
HMS
Repulse
are sunk by Japanese aircraft.
18 December -
National Service
extended to unmarried women under the age of 30.
[
2
]
27 December
Winston Churchill
becomes the first
British Prime Minister
to address a
Joint session of the U.S. Congress
.
British Commandos
raid the
Norwegian
port of
Vaagso
, causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses.
Publications
Agatha Christie
's novels
Evil Under the Sun
(featuring
Hercule Poirot
) and
N or M?
.
Rebecca West
's book
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
.
Births
5 January -
Kevin Keelan
, English footballer
7 January
Iona Brown
, British violinist and conductor (died
2004
)
John E. Walker
, English chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
8 January -
Graham Chapman
, British comedian (died
1989
)
12 January -
Long John Baldry
British singer (died
2005
)
26 January -
Henry Jaglom
, English director
27 January -
Beatrice Tinsley
, English astronomer
5 February -
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
, politician
10 February -
Michael Apted
, English film director
26 February -
Tony Ray-Jones
, British photographer (died
1972
)
27 February -
Paddy Ashdown
, British Liberal Democrat politician
4 March -
Adrian Lyne
, English film director
26 March -
Richard Dawkins
, British scientist
12 April -
Bobby Moore
, English football player and World Cup winning captain (died
1993
)
14 April -
Julie Christie
, British actress
23 April -
Ed Stewart
, English disc jockey
May 26 —
Ron Wallwork
, English race walker
8 June -
Robert Bradford
, Northern Irish footballer and politician (died
1981
)
14 June -
Mike Yarwood
, impressionist and comedian
11 July -
Tommy Vance
, English disc jockey (died
2005
)
4 August -
Martin Jarvis
, actor
22 August -
Barry Jackson
, English track and field athlete
10 September -
Christopher Hogwood
, English conductor
4 October -
Jackie Collins
, British writer
20 October -
Anneke Wills
, British actress
31 October -
Elizabeth Grieveson
, British track and field athlete
18 November -
David Hemmings
, English actor (died
2003
)
5 December -
Sheridan Morley
, theatre critic (died
2007
)
18 December -
Prince William of Gloucester
24 December -
John Levene
, British actor
31 December -
Alex Ferguson
, footballer and football manager
Deaths
5 January -
Amy Johnson
, English aviator (born
1903
)
8 January - Lord
Robert Baden-Powell
, English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts (born
1847
)
10 January -
Frank Bridge
, English composer (born
1879
)
28 March -
Virginia Woolf
, English writer (born
1882
)
23 May -
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
, car designer (born
1866
)
1 June -
Hugh Walpole
, novelist (born
1884
)
11 July -
Arthur Evans
, English archaeologist (born
1851
)
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-141-02715-0.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 388–389.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2.
^
"The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History"
.
http://www.plymouthdata.info/Second%20World%20War-1941-Blitz.htm
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