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Britain in WW2
Questions regarding British participation in World War 2, in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war.
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What happened the day churchill became prime minister?
After Neville chamberlain (prime ministor of Britain) declared war on Germany people lost faith in him and was voted not to be prime ministor anymore and Winston churchill took over by a major vote.
Why didn't Britain and France react to German militarism?
Because France and Britain agreed to allow Germany to expand its borders a certain amount to try and dispel Hitler's ambition by giving him a large portion of Czechoslovakia. When Hitler kept making advances into the rest of Czechoslovakia and Poland Great Britain and France warned Hitler to stop or they would be forced to declare war. On September 3rd 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany
What was lend lease in World War 2?
In WWII, the Lend-Lease Act was an act the allowed the United States to loan or sell war materials to other nations that were protecting democracy. The main nation that we did this with was Great Britain.
What was the last war between France and Britain?
The last official war between France and Great britain was that of the Seventh Coalition, that included the Waterloo Campaign and the Neapolitan War.
But the last military actions of a not declared war between Great Britain and the so called France of Vichy took place between the summer 1940 and November 1942, after the Armistice between Germany and the unoccupied France, the most notables of which was the Battle of Mers-El-Kebir fought on July 3, 1940 and the British attacks on Dakar carried on July 8 and September 23-24-25,1940.
What did Neville Chamberlain do as a prime minister?
Chamberlain's Broadcast on the Outbreak of War September 3rd, 1939 I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10, Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany. You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me that all my long struggle to win peace has failed. Yet I cannot believe that there is anything more or anything different that I could have done and that would have been more successful. Up to the very last it would have been quite possible to have arranged a peaceful and honourable settlement between Germany and Poland. But Hitler would not have it. He had evidently made up his mind to attack Poland whatever happened; and although he now says he put forward reasonable proposals which were rejected by the Poles, that is not a true statement. The proposals were never shown to the Poles nor to us; and though they were announced in the German broadcast on Thursday night, Hitler did not wait to hear comments on them, but ordered his troops to cross the Polish frontier next morning. His action shows convincingly that there is no chance of expecting that this man will ever give up his practice of using force to gain his will. He can only be stopped by force and we and France are to-day, in fulfilment of our obligations, going to the aid of Poland, who is so bravely resisting this wicked and unprovoked attack upon her people. We have a clear conscience. We have done all that any country could do to establish peace, but a situation in which no word given by Germany's ruler could be trusted and no people or country could feel themselves safe had become intolerable. And now that we have resolved to finish it, I know that you will all play your part with calmness and courage. At such a moment as this the assurances of support that we have received from the Empire are a source of profound encouragement to us. When I have finished speaking certain detailed announcements will be made on behalf of the Government. Give them your close attention. The Government have made plans under which it will be possible to carry on the work of the nation in the days of stress and strain that may be ahead. But these plans need your help. You may be taking part in the Fighting Services or as a Volunteer in one of the branches of Civil Defence. If so, you will report for duty in accordance with the instructions you receive. You may be engaged in work essential to the prosecution of war or to the maintenance of life of the people-in factories, in transport, in public utility concerns or in the supply of other necessaries of life. If so, it is of vital importance that you should carry on with your jobs. Now may God bless you all and may He defend the right. For it is evil things that we shall be fighting against, brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution. And against them I am certain that the right will prevail.
Which country first claimed North Dakota?
France claimed the area now known as North Dakota, along with most of North America, in 1682. In 1713, France gave the northeastern half of North Dakota to Great Britain.
What year did the U.S. join Britain and France in World War 2?
The 8th of December 1941 was the date that the US joined world war 2
How many people were killed in Belfast during the blitz?
The Belfast Blitz was the high-casualty German air raids on Belfast in April and May 1941 during World War II. The first was on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. Two hundred bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacked the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Some 900 people died as a result of the bombing and 1,500 were injured. In terms of property damage, half of the houses in Belfast were damaged or destroyed. Outside of the city of London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz.[1][2] The second high casualty raid was on the night of Sunday 4 May 1941 when 150 were killed.
source: Wikipedia
When did Tommy Flowers invent Colossus the world's first electronic digital programmable computer?
He did not entirely invent the Colossus computer. Bletchley Park had already produced a counting machine dubbed "Heath Robinson" (British equivalent of the American "Rube Goldberg Machine"), but it was highly unreliable due to the need to synchronize two paper tapes at high speeds. The key improvement to the existing "Heath Robinson" design that Tommy Flowers made was to replace the "encryption key" tape with high speed electronics that could be programmed to generate the key in real time as the "encrypted message" tape was being read. That completely eliminated the problems with synchronizing of paper tapes. But the logical principals used to break the cipher were identical in both the "Heath Robinson" and the Colossus.
Once initial problems with the prototype Colossus Mark I had been resolved and it was reliably working on messages at 5000 characters per second Tommy Flowers added a five level deep pipeline, providing parallel processing in the finished Colossus Mark II permitting it to work on messages at 25000 characters per second.
Britain was committed to defend France and Belgium and since they joined the Britain did
Why did the british hope to gain by winning over Rudolf Hess to their side during World War 2?
Rudolph Hess was not won over by the British, he flew over because he thought he could influence those in high places in the government.
He was misguided in thinking his few friends in Britain had any influence in government circles, they did not.
What is the symbol of the German army?
The Swastika, taken from an ancient Indian religion. I believe it was originally a symbol for enlightenment.
How many pets died in World War 2?
im not sure of any numbers but animals were used to get messages across the battlefield
That is a slightly altered rendition of a famous speech by Winston Churchill in which he expressed the determination of the British to defend themselves by any means necessary from the attack by Nazi Germany.
small battle (the 12th one) during the battle of Isonzo..........
How did the British stop the Nazi invasion on England?
Yes, the British were able to hold off Germany for long enough that the English Chanel, which the Germans needed to cross in order to invade England, had become nasty due to season change. This eliminated all chance for crossing.
How do you become a game warden in Kentucky?
In order to become a game warden in the state of Kentucky you must have a bachelor's degree. You must also pass several tests in the same capacity of any correctional or law enforcement officer.
What did the people of Britain have to endure during world war 2?
People had to make do with less because of the disruption of trade and the need to concentrate resources on war production. Bombing killed 50,000 and destroyed nearly half a million houses, and for a time invasion was widely expected. Over a million children were evacuated from major cities: for many it was the first time they'd seen the countryside. Rationing controlled food supplies, yet paradoxically living standards remained high as necessities were distributed more equally. Women replaced men again in essential war work. From 1942 the country adjusted to the arrival of 1.5 million US troops in preparation for the invasion of German-occupied France: "Oversexed, overpaid and over here" was a complaint of male Britons which reflected tensions with the newcomers in many areas. The war left Britain victorious but exhausted: "austerity" became the order of the day as the government sought to restore the nation's balance of payments. Rationing only ended in 1954 (remarkably, bread was rationed only in 1946-48, after the war's end).
What where British soldiers called during the revolutinary war?
British soldiers were called lobsterbacks don't forget red skins!
