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5 ott 2023 · What the Royal Family did during the WW2. Find out what roles they took on including Princess Elizabeth joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service At 6pm on 3 September 1939, King George VI spoke to the people of Britain and the Empire.
King George VI paid State Visits to France in 1938, and to Canada and the United States in 1939, the first British monarch to enter the United States. His greatest achievements came during the Second World War, when he remained for most of the time at Buckingham Palace (the Palace was bombed nine times during the war).
Princess Elizabeth was just 13 years old when war broke out on September 3, 1939. Like many children living in London, Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret were evacuated to avoid the dangers of bombing raids. They were sent to Windsor Castle, approximately 20 miles outside of London.
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The German vessels were first spotted by the Norwegian Coast Guard at Færder lighthouse and subsequently at Bolærne Fort in the Oslofjord. Notification of approaching foreign battleships was sent to Oscarsborg Fortress, strategically located at the narrowest point of the Oslofjord. As the ships entered the Drøbak Sound, the commander at Oscarsborg,...
The members of the Royal Family, the Government and the Storting boarded a special train at the Oslo Eastern Railway Station and headed northwards. Convened at Elverum in Eastern Norway, the Storting gave the King and the Government full authority to rule the country for the duration of the war. On 10 April King Haakon met with the German envoy, Cu...
It soon became clear that Norway would be unable to withstand the German forces, even with Allied support. The Allies decided to withdraw, leaving the King with a difficult choice. He decided it would be best to leave the country, together with Crown Prince Olav and the Government. They departed from Norway on the British heavy cruiser Devonshire o...
Crown Princess Märtha and her three children crossed the border into Sweden on the night of 9 April 1940. They stayed with her Swedish family until 12 August, when they travelled to the USA at the invitation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her friendship with the US president and his wife opened doors for the Crown Princess, who worked assiduou...
Germany capitulated on 8 May 1945. On 13 May Crown Prince Olav and five government ministers returned to a liberated Norway. King Haakon, Crown Princess Märtha and the children returned on 7 June, five years to the day that the King and Crown Prince had been forced to leave the country.
The George Cross has been awarded directly to 155 people, 84 posthumously (awarded after the person had died), and was bestowed (awarded) on over 100 recipients during the Second World War. Facts about King George VI. King George was born in 1895 and ruled 1936–52) His great-grandmother was Queen Victoria. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ...
8 set 2022 · On 13 September, 1940, Germany’s bombing of Britain reached Buckingham Palace. Five bombs hit the Royal Family’s residence, but Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, chose to stay in ...
7 giu 2018 · By Andrew Glass. 06/07/2018 12:07 AM EDT. On this day in 1939, with war clouds looming on the European horizon, King George VI became the first reigning British monarch to visit the United...
