1940s

Bunkers were built in the London Underground, including Covent Gardens. Professor Edward Travers sold the Robot Yeti captured in Tibet to Julius Silverstein. (DW: The Web of Fear) Work commenced on ULTIMA. (DW: The Curse of Fenric) German scientists worked on the Gruber-Schneider device, hoping to perfect it by 1944. (NA: Just War)

Individuals

 * Amelia Ducat manned an "ack ack" station at Folkestone. (DW: The Seeds of Doom)
 * Albert Einstein was kidnapped by the Rani. (DW: Time and the Rani)


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


 * Freeth, a member of the Parakon Corporation began visiting Earth, sparking the first reports of flying saucers. (BBCR: The Paradise of Death)


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