September: The Blitz From September, towns and cities across the UK are targeted by German air raids in a campaign lasting more than eight months. More than 40,000 civilians are killed ...

The overwhelming majority of them were bound for the UK. In the 1940s and 50s, none of these people required visas; as "citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies", they were automatically given ...

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 and promised never to surrender. The government introduced rationing, which limited the amount of food everyone could buy. In September 1940 ...