- 1941 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1941 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George VI of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Winston Churchill , coalitionEvents
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19 January - British troops attack Italian-heldEritrea .
*21 January
**World War II :Australia n and British forces attackTobruk ,Libya .
** the British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" suppressed.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*22 January - British troops captureTobruk from the Italians.
*1 February -Air Training Corps formed.
*19 February - The start of the "three nights' Blitz" overSwansea , SouthWales .
*11 March - Britain agrees theLend-Lease Act with the USA.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 388-389|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*13 March -Clydebank Blitz : bombing ofClydebank .
*20 March -Plymouth Blitz : bombing ofPlymouth . [cite web|url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/Second%20World%20War-1941-Blitz.htm|title=The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History|accessdate=2007-10-03]
*29 March -Battle of Cape Matapan - Off thePeloponnesus coast in theMediterranean , British naval forces defeat those ofItaly sinking five warships. Battle started onMarch 27 .
*15 April -Belfast Blitz : Belfast is heavily bombed.
*18 April - Heaviest air-raid of the year on London.
*21 April - Greece capitulates. British troops withdraw toCrete .
* May -Greenock Blitz :Greenock inScotland intensively bombed.
*2 May to8 May - the 'May Week Raids'; sustained heavy bombing onMerseyside .
*10 May
** The House of Commons is damaged by theLuftwaffe in an air raid.
**Rudolf Hess parachutes intoScotland claiming to be on a peace mission.
*15 May - First British jet aircraft, theGloster E.28/39 , is flown.
*24 May - In theNorth Atlantic , the German battleship "Bismarck" sinks HMS "Hood" killing all but three crewman on what was the pride of theRoyal Navy .
*26 May - World War II: In theNorth Atlantic ,Fairey Swordfish aircraft from the carrier HMS Ark Royal fatally cripple theGerman battleship Bismarck in torpedo attack.
*1 June - Clothesrationing introduced.
*4 June - Britain invadesIraq , the pro-Axis government there is overthrown.
*9 August
**Franklin D. Roosevelt andWinston Churchill meet at NS Argentia, Newfoundland. TheAtlantic Charter is created as a result.
**RAF pilotDouglas Bader taken prisoner by the Germans after a mid-air collision overFrance .
*18 August -National Fire Service established.
*13 November - Theaircraft carrier HMS "Ark Royal" is hit by GermanU-boat "U-81", she capsizes and sinks the next day.
*8 December - Declaration of war on Japan following invasion ofHong Kong and Malaya.
*10 December -Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse - Two Royal Navy capital ships, HMS "Prince of Wales" and HMS "Repulse" are sunk by Japanese aircraft.
*18 December -National Service extended to unmarried women under the age of 30.
*27 December
**Winston Churchill becomes the firstBritish Prime Minister to address aJoint session of the U.S. Congress .
**British Commandos raid the Norwegian port of Vaagso, causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses.Publications
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Agatha Christie 's novels "Evil Under the Sun " (featuringHercule Poirot ) and "N or M? ".
*Rebecca West 's book "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon ".Births
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5 January -Kevin Keelan , English footballer
*7 January
**Iona Brown , British violinist and conductor (died 2004)
**John E. Walker , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
*8 January -Graham Chapman , British comedian (died 1989)
*12 January -Long John Baldry British singer (died 2005)
*26 January -Henry Jaglom , English director
*27 January -Beatrice Tinsley , English astronomer
*5 February -Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn , politician
*10 February -Michael Apted , English film director
*26 February -Tony Ray-Jones , British photographer (died 1972)
*27 February -Paddy Ashdown , British Liberal Democrat politician
*4 March -Adrian Lyne , English film director
*26 March -Richard Dawkins , British scientist
*12 April -Bobby Moore , English football player and World Cup winning captain (died 1993)
*14 April -Julie Christie , British actress
*23 April -Ed Stewart , English disc jockey
*8 June - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer and politician (died 1981)
*14 June -Mike Yarwood , impressionist and comedian
*11 July -Tommy Vance , English disc jockey (died 2005)
*4 August -Martin Jarvis , actor
*22 August - Barry Jackson, English track and field athlete
*10 September -Christopher Hogwood , English conductor
*4 October -Jackie Collins , British writer
*20 October -Anneke Wills , British actress
*31 October -Elizabeth Grieveson , British track and field athlete
*18 November -David Hemmings , English actor (died 2003)
*5 December -Sheridan Morley , theatre critic (died 2007)
*18 December -Prince William of Gloucester
*24 December -John Levene , British actor
*31 December -Alex Ferguson , footballer and football managerDeaths
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5 January -Amy Johnson , English aviator (born 1903)
*8 January - LordRobert Baden-Powell , English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts (born 1847)
*10 January -Frank Bridge , English composer (born 1879)
*28 March -Virginia Woolf , English writer (born 1882)
*23 May -Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin , car designer (born 1866)
*1 June -Hugh Walpole , novelist (born 1884)
*11 July -Arthur Evans , English archaeologist (born 1851)References
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