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1940
May
14
The Local Defence Volunteers
On 14 May 1940 Anthony Eden called on men aged 17–65 by radio to join the Local Defence Volunteers. Five days earlier conscription was extended to men up to 36.
July
23
The Local Defence Volunteers become the Home Guard
On 23 July 1940 Eden told the Commons that the Local Defence Volunteers would be renamed the Home Guard, as England’s coast became a barrier of mines and wire.
1942
May
26
The Anglo-Soviet Treaty
On 26 May 1942 Eden and Molotov signed in London a treaty of wartime alliance and twenty years of co-operation. It said not a word about the Soviet borders.
December
17
Key event
The Allied declaration on the extermination of the Jews
On 17 December 1942 Anthony Eden read to the Commons a declaration by 11 governments and the Free French condemning the murder of the Jews. MPs rose in silence.
1943
April
19
The Bermuda Conference
On 19 April 1943 British and American diplomats met in Bermuda to discuss refugees from Europe. They had ruled out almost every means of rescue in advance.