Unit 3 Britain 1931-1951 Exam Revision-Chronological Timeline 4.0 / 5 based on 5 ratings ? HistoryBritain 1931-1951GCSEEdexcel Created by: RevisingalotCreated on: 01-04-15 12:29 Key Topic 1: The Impact of the Depression 1911-National Insurance Benefit set up November 1918-Out-of-work Donation Scheme (‘the dole’) set up for soldiers + war workers 1921-NUWM set up 1929-Ramsey Macdonald’s Labour Party comes to power 1930-Unemployment Insurance Act August 1931-Means test set up August 1931-Benefit rate cut by 15% October 1931-Ramsey Macdonald’s National Government comes to power 1934-Unemployment Act 1934-Special Areas Act 1934-Palmer’s Shipyard closed by the National Shipbuilders’ Society October 1936-Jarrow March begins 31st October 1936-Jarrow March reaches London 1937-Special Areas (Amendment) Act December 1937-Sir John Jarvis’ steel works open in Jarrow 1 of 5 Key Topic 2: Britain Alone From 1935-Local councils told to build air raid shelters and radar invented 1937-Air Raid Precaution (ARP) Service set up From 1938-People encouraged to consider evacuation 1st September 1939-WWII BEGINS 1st September 1939-Real evacuation begins December 1939-Many evacuees return home 9th April 1940-Germany invades Norway and Denmark 10th April 1940-Germany begins Western Europe invasion (Operation Yellow) 10th May 1940-Germany invades France 10th May 1940-Churchill made Prime Minister 14th May 1940-Anthony Eden asks for Local Defence Force volunteers 21st May 1940-First retreating Allied troops reach Dunkirk 26th May 1940-Operation Dynamo starts-Small boat owners asked to take troops to big ones 29th May 1940-300 boats ferrying troops to bigger boats 4th June 1940-Last boats take soldiers from Dunkirk to Britain 22nd June 1940-France surrenders 2 of 5 Key Topic 3: Britain at war November 1936-The Ministry of Food made plans to control the food supply June 1939-Government re-forms the Women’s Land Army for farming 5th September 1939-Ministry of Information set up 1939-Ministry of Supply set up (to control production of war supplies) 8th January 1940-Rationing begins 7th December 1941-Pearl Harbour attack 8th December 1941-Conscription introduced for all unmarried women aged 20-30 6th June 1944-D-Day September 1944-Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands-Decisive Axis victory December 1944-Battle of the Bulge-Decisive Allied victory April 1945-Hitler commits suicide 8th May 1945-VE Day 3 of 5 Key Topic 4: Labour in power (1941-Law to raise income of those who could claim free healthcare from £250-£420) 1st December 1942-Beveridge Report published 1944-Education Act of 1944 8th May 1945-VE Day 23rd May 1945-Churchill resigns, new election set for 5th July 5th July 1945-General election 26th July 1945-Results publicised, delayed to allow for postal votes-Labour win a landslide 1945-Family Allowances Act From 1945-Government building schemes to provide work 1945-Aneurin Bevan becomes Health Minister 1946-National Insurance Act 1946-National Assistance Act 1946-1946 NHS Act-Free medical, dental and optical care for all 1947-1947 NHS Act-Charges on prescriptions 1947-1947 NHS Act-Charges on some services 1948-NHS Act forced through despite delays caused by the BMA 4 of 5 Key Topic 2: Britain Alone (Continued) 10th July 1940-Battle of Britain begins August 1940-LDF reaches 1,000,000 (renamed the Home Guard) 10th July – 7th August 1940-Luftwaffe attacks on British coast especially radar stations 8th August – 6th September 1940-Luftwaffe attacks on RAF airfields 7th September – 15th September 1940-Luftwaffe begin to bomb London (Blitz begins) 15th September 1940- Luftwaffe defeated (now called Battle of Britain day) 17th September 1940-Hitler calls off Operation Sealion 8th November 1940-RAF bombs Munich 14th November 1940-Luftwaffe begins retaliatory bombing on Coventry May 1941-Blitz ends April 1942-German Baedeker raids June 1942-RAF bombs Cologne June 1942-Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury in retaliation August 1942-Last Luftwaffe raid on Coventry January 1943-Last big Luftwaffe raids 12th June 1944-First V1 (Vergeltung 1) rockets launched September 1944-First V2 (Vergeltung 2) rockets launched 5 of 5
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