This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a narrative history and bibliography of the home front see United Kingdom home front during World War II, as well as history of Scotland § Second World War 1939–45 and history of Northern Ireland § Second World War. For the military story see military history of the United Kingdom during World War II for foreign affairs, diplomatic history of World War II. For the government see timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill. 1939·1940·1941· 1942·1943·1944·1945

1939

3 June 1939 24 August 1939 25 August 1939 30 August 1939 1 September 1939 2 September 1939 3 September 1939 7 September 1939 23 September 1939 27 September 1939 1 October 1939 6 October 1939 November 1939

1940

January 1940 8 January 1940 May to June 1940 7 May 1940 10 May 1940 12 May 1940 14 May 1940 22 May 1940 10 June 1940 19 – 28 June 1940 30 June 1940 July 1940 3 July 1940 6 July 1940 9 July 1940 10 July 1940 21 July 1940 25 August 1940 28 August 1940 August–October 1940 7 September 1940 18 September 1940 31 October 1940 14 November 1940 12 December 1940 24 November 1940 20 December 1940 22 December 1940

1941

21 January 1941 13 and 14 March 1941 20 April 1941 10 May 1941 27 May 1941 1 June 1941 18 December 1941

1942

23 January 1942 5 March 1942 23 April 1942 1 July 1942 15 November 1942 1 December 1942 The Ministry of Labour reports that 1942 strikes cost 1,527,000 working days, as compared with 1,079,000 in 1941.

1943

18 February 1943 19 February 1943: 7 April 1943 12 April 1943 29 July 1943 23 September 1943 14 December 1943 20 December 1943

1944

21 January 1944 10 March 1944 22 to 28 April 1944 12 June 1944 July to September 1944 8 September 1944 17 September 1944 22 September 1944 3 December 1944

1945

1 February 1945 27 March 1945 29 March 1945 2 May 1945 8 May 1945 9 May 1945 23 May 1945 16 June 1945 18 June 1945 5 July 1945 26 July 1945 15 August 1945

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