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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1939 | - 3 Sep 1939—3 Sep 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
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| 2 | 1940 | - 15 Sep 1940—15 Sep 1940: Battle of Britain: massive waves of German air attacks decisively repulsed by the
RAF - Hitler postpones invasion of Britain
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| 3 | 1941 | - 1941—1941: First use of antibiotics
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| 4 | 1942 | - 6 Sep 1942—6 Sep 1942: Germans defeated at Stalingrad
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| 5 | 1944 | - 6 Jun 1944—6 Jun 1944: D-Day invasion of Normandy
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| 6 | 1945 | - 8 May 1945—8 May 1945: VE Day (Victory in Europe). Atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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| 7 | 1947 | - 1 Apr 1947—1 Apr 1947: School leaving age raised to 15 in Britain
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| 8 | 1948 | - 5 Jul 1948—5 Jul 1948: National Health Service (NHS) begins in Britain
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| 9 | 1952 | - 2 May 1952—2 May 1952: First commercial jet airliner service launched, by BOACComet between London
and Johannesburg
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