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Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna
TWP w Warszawie
Dr hab. Jakub Basista
Meeting 14
Great Britain in World War II.
Second World War
George VI, 1936-1952
1938
September – Munchen Agreement
1939
31 March – Chamberlain’s speech on guarantees for Poland
23 August – Ribbentrop-Molotov Treaty
25 August – Polish – British Treaty
1 September – Nazi attack on Poland
3 September– Britain declares war on Germany
17 September – Red Army enters Poland
1940
10 May – Germany begins war in Western Europe
Polish government transferred to G. Britain
May-June – evacuation of Dunkirk
9 July – Temporary Czechoslovak Government established in London (recognized by British
on 21 July)
10 July – beginning of the Battle of Britain
11 November – Polish and Czechoslovak governments-in-exile sign a declaration about future
cooperation after the war
1941
January – 4 Freedoms proclamation by FDR (speech, worship, from want, from fear)
March – Lend-Lease Act – empowers the President to supply war materials to any country
whose defense appears vital for USA
22 June – German attack on USSR; Churchill offers USSR help
12 July – GB and USSR sign a treaty concerning common action of both governments against
Germany during the war
30 July – Sikorski – Mayski treaty signed (15 August – army cooperation agreed on)
12 August – Atlantic Charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill on boart of “Prince of
Wales” 15 August – The Atlantic Charter accepted as war objectives
14 August – Polish-Soviet military agreement – Polish army to be formed in USSR
4 December – the so-called Stalin-Sikorski Declaration announced (organizational issues and
the future of international relations)
7 December – Pearl Harbour; 8 Dec USA declares war on Japan; 11 Dec Germany & Italy
declare war on USA
1942
1 January – Washington Pact – declaration by 26 nations at war with the Axis powers not to
conclude separate armistice (Declaration of United Nations)
23 January – Polish-Czechoslovak Treaty on confederation after the war
26 May – USSR & GB alliance treaty
11 June – Treaty between USA and USSR on cooperation at war
18-26 June – 2nd Washington Conference – establishing of second front
August – talks in Moscow regarding measures against Germany (Harriman represents FDR)
30 August – evacuation of Polish army from USSR to Iran (110,000)
1943
14-24 January - Casablanca Conference – Roosevelt and Churchill decide on landing in Sicily
and Germany’s “unconditional surrender”
25-26 April – USSR breaks contacts with Polish government in London (the question of
Katyń)
12-25 May – Washington Conference – Roosevelt and Churchill decide on operation
“Overlord”
10 July-17 August – landing in Sicily by Allies
3 June – French Liberation Front of De Gaulle formed in Algiers
19-30 October – talks in Moscow regarding cooperation until final victory
29 September – surrender of Italy
22-26 November – Cairo Conference – Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang Kai-Shek - operations
against Japan
28 November-1 December – Teheran Conference – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin – decisions
on war strategy and Polish borders
1944
6 June - landing in Normandy (operation “Overlord”)
21 August –7 October – Dumbarton Oaks Conference (USSR, USA, G.Britain, China) – draft
of UN Charter
9-18 October – Moscow meeting; spheres of influence (Churchill, Eden, Stalin)
1945
4-11 February – Yalta Conference
8 May – Germany surrenders
17 July – 2 August – Potsdam Conference (Truman, Churchill/Attlee, Stalin)