1939 ⟶ Chamberlain Announces War with Germany
At 11:15 a.m. British Standard Time (BST) the Prime Minister...
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1939
1943
1945
📢 Chamberlain Announces War with Germany
At 11:15 a.m. British Standard Time (BST) the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces to the public that Britain is at war with Germany.⟶
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✉️ UK Delivers Ultimatum to Germany
At 9:00 a.m. the British ambassador to Berlin Nevile Henderson is instructed by the Cabinet to deliver an ultimatum to Germany which expired without answer at 11:00 a.m.⟶
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🏛️ Chamberlain Forms War Cabinet
In Britain, Chamberlain forms a new war ministry with a smaller and more powerful war cabinet within composed of nine ministers (Chamberlain, Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir John Simon, Lord Halifax, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Sir Kingsley Wood, Lord Chatfield, Lord Hankey and Winston Churchill).⟶
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⚔️ South Africa Declares War on Germany
South Africa, now under Prime Minister Jan Smuts, declares war on Germany.⟶
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⚔️ Finland Officially Declares War on Germany
Finland declares war on Germany, backdated to September 15, 1944.⟶
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