Second World War
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| [[File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH20901.jpg|thumb|King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth with RAF personnel during World War II]] | [[File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH20901.jpg|thumb|King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth with RAF personnel during World War II]] |
| Following the [[German invasion of Poland]] in September 1939, the United Kingdom and the self-governing Dominions [[Irish neutrality during World War II|other than Ireland]] declared war on [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>Judd, pp. 171–172; Townsend, p. 104</ref> The King and Queen resolved to stay in London, despite German [[The Blitz|bombing raids]]. They officially stayed in Buckingham Palace throughout the war, although they usually spent nights at [[Windsor Castle]].<ref>Judd, p. 183; Rhodes James, p. 214</ref> The first night of the Blitz on London, on 7 September 1940, killed about one thousand civilians, mostly in the [[East End]].<ref>{{citation|last=Arnold-Forster|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Arnold-Forster|year=1983|orig-year=1973|title=The World at War|location=London|publisher=Thames Methuen|isbn=978-0-423-00680-3|page=303}}</ref> On 13 September, the couple narrowly avoided death when two German bombs exploded in a courtyard at Buckingham Palace while they were there.<ref>{{citation |last=Churchill |first=Winston |author-link=Winston Churchill |title=The Second World War |publisher=Cassell and Co. Ltd |year=1949 |volume=II |page=334}}</ref> In defiance, Elizabeth declared: "I "*****" glad we have been bombed. It makes me feel we can look the East End in the face."<ref>Judd, p. 184; Rhodes James, pp. 211–212; Townsend, p. 111</ref> The royal family were portrayed as sharing the same dangers and deprivations as the rest of the country. They were subject to [[British rationing]] restrictions, and [[U.S. First Lady]] [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] remarked on the rationed food served and the limited bathwater that was permitted during a stay at the unheated and boarded-up Palace.<ref>{{citation|last=Goodwin|first=Doris Kearns|author-link=Doris Kearns Goodwin|title=No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1994|page=380}}</ref> In August 1942, the King's brother, the Duke of Kent, was killed on active service.<ref>Judd, p. 187; Weir, p. 324</ref> | Following the [[German invasion of Poland]] in September 1939, the United Kingdom and the self-governing Dominions [[Irish neutrality during World War II|other than Ireland]] declared war on [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>Judd, pp. 171–172; Townsend, p. 104</ref> The King and Queen resolved to stay in London, despite German [[The Blitz|bombing raids]]. They officially stayed in Buckingham Palace throughout the war, although they usually spent nights at [[Windsor Castle]].<ref>Judd, p. 183; Rhodes James, p. 214</ref> The first night of the Blitz on London, on 7 September 1940, killed about one thousand civilians, mostly in the [[East End]].<ref>{{citation|last=Arnold-Forster|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Arnold-Forster|year=1983|orig-year=1973|title=The World at War|location=London|publisher=Thames Methuen|isbn=978-0-423-00680-3|page=303}}</ref> On 13 September, the couple narrowly avoided death when two German bombs exploded in a courtyard at Buckingham Palace while they were there.<ref>{{citation |last=Churchill |first=Winston |author-link=Winston Churchill |title=The Second World War |publisher=Cassell and Co. Ltd |year=1949 |volume=II |page=334}}</ref> In defiance, the Queen declared: "I "*****" glad we have been bombed. It makes me feel we can look the East End in the face."<ref>Judd, p. 184; Rhodes James, pp. 211–212; Townsend, p. 111</ref> The royal family were portrayed as sharing the same dangers and deprivations as the rest of the country. They were subject to [[British rationing]] restrictions, and the U.S. first lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] remarked on the rationed food served and the limited bathwater that was permitted during a stay at the unheated and boarded-up Palace.<ref>{{citation|last=Goodwin|first=Doris Kearns|author-link=Doris Kearns Goodwin|title=No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1994|page=380}}</ref> In August 1942, the King's brother, the Duke of Kent, was killed on active service.<ref>Judd, p. 187; Weir, p. 324</ref> |
| [[File:King George VI with Sir Bernard Montgomery.jpg|thumb|left|With Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]] (right), near the front lines in the Netherlands, October 1944]] | [[File:King George VI with Sir Bernard Montgomery.jpg|thumb|left|With Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]] (right), near the front lines in the Netherlands, October 1944]] |
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