Bermuda

Country

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometres (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometres (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida. Its capital ...

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Documents about Bermuda

Monday 27th May 1940

Construction of Aerodromes and Naval Bases by the United States in British Colonies and Dominions.

extract Chiefs of Staff “strongly” in favour of lease of UK bases in Trinidad, Newfoundland, Bermuda to US in exchange for credit
person Telesforo Trinidad
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Washington
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Government of Canada
organisation United States Congress
 

Meeting minutes

extract PM opposed. US “given us practically no help in the war”, keep "everything which would help us for their own defence”
extract British Ambassador to Washington suggests lease of UK bases overseas to America to help pay war debts
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
person John Dill
person Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
place Halifax Peninsula
place Brussels
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Washington
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Indian National Congress
 

Thursday 18th July 1940

Grant of air facilities to the United States.

extract Halifax details plan to grant airbases to US. "In future" US may be responsible for guarding "English-speaking peoples"
place Great Britain
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place North America
place Jamaica
place Europe
place South America
place Washington
place West Germany
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation United States Department of State
organisation United States Navy
organisation Government of Canada
organisation United States Congress
organisation United States Army
 

Wednesday 21st August 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Halifax: Mussolini "heating up the atmosphere" but Italy "unlikely to declare war against Greece at the present time"
extract PM: Attitude of UK and US should be friends "each prepared to do what was possible to help the other" not quid pro quo
extract Cabinet calls US offer to formally exchange lease of UK base facilities for destroyers and weapons "out of the question"
person Anthony Eden
person William Lyon Mackenzie King
place South Africa
place Greece
place Bermuda
place Jamaica
place Newfoundland, Kentucky
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation United States Army
 

Meeting minutes

extract War Cabinet agrees "every endeavour must be made to limit dollar expenditure to vital needs"
extract Air Chief: Attacks yesterday mainly small, by single aircraft along the East and SE coasts. "Good proportion" intercepted
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Herbert Morrison
person Kingsley Wood
place Greece
place East Germany
place Egypt
place Bermuda
place Singapore
place Washington
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation House of Commons of Canada
 

Meeting minutes

extract Halifax: Looks as if whole of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroons as well as Chad territory "swinging away" from Vichy
extract PM Churchill: We can "not afford to allow any of our aerodromes to be out of action"
extract PM complains arrangements for filling aerodrome bomb craters "very inadequate". Runways must be repaired within 24 hours
extract Beaverbrook: Recent air fighting has made considerable inroads on reserves. Effect of bombing on production "not serious"
extract PM: In view of German indiscriminate bombing considering temporary "marked departure" from bombing only military targets
extract Air Chief: Bombing of Berlin targets last night "most successful". PM to send congratulatory message to Bomber Command
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Charles de Gaulle
person William Lyon Mackenzie King
place South Africa
place New Caledonia
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place British Cameroons
place Washington
place Africa
place Newfoundland, Kentucky
place Chad
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
 

Wednesday 25th September 1940

United States Base at Bermuda.

extract Colonial Office: Planned US base on Bermuda will cause "gravest dislocation" of island life. Suggest islanders object
place Great Britain
place Bermuda
place Washington
organisation United States Department of State
 

Meeting minutes

extract Home Secretary: London and Liverpool enemy's chief objectives in past 24 hours. Air Secretary to boost Liverpool defences
extract PM: German wireless has announced "Three-Power Pact" with Japan and Italy. Pact seems to be directed against USA
extract Cabinet agrees to maintain blockade of French colonies. Halifax: Difficult to alter our "join de Gaulle or starve" policy
extract PM: RAF construction/repair "nearly 2.5 times" number of machines destroyed. Fine achievement by Air Production Minister
extract Admiralty: First 5 Destroyers obtained from USA have arrived Belfast. SS Stratford, Ashantian and Port Denison torpedoed
extract Air Chief: Vickers Works severely damaged. Crewe attacked damage "slight". RAF lost 10 machines (7 pilots safe), Enemy 32
extract Air Chief: Great deal of enemy activity off Dutch coast and Dover yesterday, heavy attack on Isle of Wight & Southampton
person Anthony Eden
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Richard Kiel
person Kingsley Wood
person Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
place Kassala
place Guernsey
place Portugal
place Egypt
place Madagascar
place Bermuda
place Tangier
place Liverpool
place Sudan
place Malta
place Dakar
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Home Office
 

Friday 27th December 1940

United States activities in the West Indies and other British Dependencies.

extract Colonial Secretary: "Gravely disturbed" by US demands in Caribbean. We risk "being false" to the Colonies and UK public
person Telesforo Trinidad
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place Jamaica
place Washington
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation United States Department of State
 

Meeting minutes

extract Morrison: Glasgow tramworkers refusing to work after "alert" sounded. Minister of Labour to take what action he can
extract Cabinet agrees to make further concessions to USA in Caribbean. Colonial Secretary: This will "lead to major friction"
extract PM Churchill: President's speech yesterday "satisfactory". US committed to "implacable hostility and resistance" to Axis
extract Eden: US Naval Attaché Berlin has given a "depressing account" of the lack of success of our bombing raids on Berlin
extract Morrison: Recent raid on Manchester and last night's attack make it clear our firewatching organisation is "inadequate"
extract PM Churchill: "Fullest publicity should be given to the damage caused". No military objectives were aimed at
extract Morrison: Overnight damage to London comparable in severity to 7th September raid. Over 300 casualties
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
person Herbert Morrison
person Telesforo Trinidad
place City of London
place Plymouth
place Hungary
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place Manchester, New Hampshire
place Liverpool
place Gibraltar
place Berlin
organisation Home Office
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
organisation United States Congress
 

Friday 31st January 1941

United States Bases: System of Command in Leased Territories.

extract Chiefs of Staff discuss the transfer of command of UK overseas bases to the United States
person Telesforo Trinidad
place Bermuda
place Jamaica
 

Wednesday 5th February 1941

United States Bases.

extract Colonial Secretary circulates draft text of lease for British bases to the United States
place Cranborne
place Bermuda
 

Tuesday 8th April 1941

Meeting minutes

extract Beaverbrook: Serious damage suffered by aircraft factories at Rochester and Belfast last night
extract Haining: Greeks holding out at Roupel Pass and on the Nestos Line. Yugoslavs have given ground in the Strumica Valley
extract General Haining: It is believed our infantry formations in Libya have completed their withdrawal to the Tobruk area
extract War Cabinet accepts offer from President Roosevelt for additional US forces to defend Newfoundland, Bermuda and Trinidad
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Telesforo Trinidad
place Cranborne
place Bermuda
place Albania
place Newfoundland, Kentucky
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Libya
organisation Hopatcong High School