| 1936 | George VI accedes to the throne upon the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII |
| 1937 | Frank Whittle invents the jet engine |
| 1938 | Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signs agreement with Adolf Hitler at Munich in an attempt to stop outbreak of war in Europe |
| 1938 | Nazi Germany annexes Austria |
| 1939 | Germany invades Poland.
Outbreak of World War II. |
| 1940 | Retreating British troops evacuated from beaches of Dunkirk as Germans advance. |
| 1940 | Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister. |
| 1940 | Battle of Britain fought in the skies over England between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. |
| 1940 | German bombers blitz London, Coventry and other major cities |
| 1941 | Hitler invades the Soviet Union |
| 1941 | America enters the War after Japanese air raid on US fleet at Pearl Harbour. |
| 1942 | Fall of Singapore to the Japanese |
| 1942 | British victory at El Alamein. |
| 1944 | D-Day landings in Normandy as the Allies begin to push the German fo
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