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Tag : Britain

1940-10-25Hamburg Bombed

Hamburg suffers from heavy allied bombing.

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1940-10-21Liverpool Bombed

Liverpool is bombed for the 200th time.

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1940-10-20Cairo Bombed

Italian aircraft bomb Cairo.

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1940-10-20Bahrain Bombed

Italian aircraft bomb American-operated oil refineries in the British Protectorate of Bahrain.

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1940-10-09Chamberlain Resigns

For health reasons, Neville Chamberlain resigns from the House of Commons. Winston Churchill is elected leader of the Conservative Party.

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1940-09-24Gibralter

Vichy French aircraft bomb Gibraltar.

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1940-09-24Bombing Berlin

RAF mounts large bombing raid on Berlin.

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1940-09-21Underground Shelters

The Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly Line was closed to trains, tracks were concreted over, and reinforced floodgates were installed that could be closed instantly in case of burst river embankments due to bomb damage.

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1940-09-17Operation Sealion Postponed

Operation Sealion is postponed until further notice.

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1940-09-163rd Coldstream Escapes

On 16 September, the 3rd Coldstream Guards were almost cut off when a large group of Italian tanks moved inland from the coastal road in the region of Alam el Dab. But a radio call to the 11th Hussars summoned timely assistance.

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