A Look Back At
Born in 1940
What Was Life Like in 1940?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Monarch
George VI
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
3p
Loaf of Bread
2p
Petrol (per litre)
1p
Average House
£675
Weekly Wage
£3.50
Value of Money
£1 in 1940 would be worth approximately £56.00 in today's money.
Events of 1940 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1940 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 3–9 March – RMS Queen Elizabeth makes her maiden voyage from Clydebank to New York.
- 9 April – British campaign in Norway commences following Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of neutral Denmark and Norway.
- 26 May – 4 June – The Dunkirk evacuation of British Expeditionary Force takes place. 300,000 troops are evacuated from France to England.
- 4 June – Churchill makes his We shall fight on the beaches speech to the House of Commons.
- 18 June – Churchill makes his Battle of Britain speech to the House of Commons: "...the Battle of France is over.
- 10 July – Battle of Britain air offensive of the German Luftwaffe against RAF Fighter Command begins.
- 22 July – Special Operations Executive formed to undertake espionage and sabotage in enemy-occupied countries.
- 17 September – Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), the planned German invasion of Britain, indefinitely.