1940 In The United Kingdom, including: Minister Of Aircraft Production, Blood, Toil, Tears, And Sweat, Norway Debate, We Shall Fight On The Beaches, ... Their Finest Hour, Chamberlain War Ministry

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More info: Events from the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. * Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, national coalition (until 10 May), Winston Churchill, coalition * 16 February - Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cossack pursues German freighter Altmark into Jossingfjord in southwestern Norway, resulting in freedom for 290 British sailors and seamen held as prisoners. * 16 March - First civilian casualty of bombing in the UK, on Orkney. * 9 April - The British campaign in Norway commences following the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. * 9 May - Guy Lloyd wins the East Renfrewshire by-election. * 13 May - Winston Churchill, makes his famous "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. ** Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her government arrive in London following the German invasion of France and the Low Countries. * 22 May - Parliament passes the Emergency Powers Act giving the government full control over all persons and property.