1939 ⟶ War Cabinet Appoints Military Leadership
During its first meeting, Britain's war cabinet appoints gen...
Year
1939
1942
🎖️ War Cabinet Appoints Military Leadership
During its first meeting, Britain's war cabinet appoints general Sir Edmund Ironside as head of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and general Viscount Gort head of the British Expeditionary Force.⟶
UKMilitaryLeadershipChief of StaffBritish Expeditionary ForceWWII
🪖 National Service Act Enforces Conscription
The National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 is approved and enforces full conscription in the British Armed Forces on all able-bodied males between 18 and 41 resident in the UK.⟶
UKConscriptionMilitaryNational ServiceWar EffortWWII
🏛️ 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).⟶
UKWar CabinetGovernmentNeville ChamberlainWinston ChurchillWar EffortWWII
