1940s

Major events

 * World War II continues.

Minor events

 * Bunkers are built in the London Underground, including Covent Gardens. Professor Edward Travers sells the Robot Yeti captured in Tibet to Julius Silverstein (DW: The Web of Fear).


 * Amelia Ducat mans an "ack ack" station at Folkestone (DW: The Seeds of Doom).


 * Albert Einstein is kidnapped by the Rani (DW: Time and the Rani).


 * Ratcliffe is imprisoned for sympathizing with the Nazis, arguing that Britain is fighting on the wrong side (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks).


 * The Parakon named Freeth begins visiting Earth, sparking the first reports of flying saucers (BBCR: The Paradise of Death).


 * Work commences on the ULTIMA Machine (DW: The Curse of Fenric)


 * German scientists work on the Gruber-Schneider device, hoping to perfect it by 1944. (NA: Just War)


 * Melanie Bush's grandfather is killed fighting the German army (NA: Just War).

Years

 * 1940


 * 1941


 * 1942


 * 1943


 * 1944


 * 1945


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 * 1949

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