Timeline, 1944–75

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¹⁹⁴⁴	^{D-Day, 6 June}
	^{Liberation of Paris, 19–25 August}
	^{Provisional Government under General de Gaulle}
	^{Churchill’s Moscow visit (percentages agreement) October}
	^{Franco–Soviet Pact, Moscow, 10 December}

¹⁹⁴⁵	^{Yalta Conference, February (France not invited)}
	^{Attlee prime minister, 26 July}
	^{Atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6 August}
	^{Creation of Commissariat General of Plan, 21 December}

¹⁹⁴⁶	^{Resignation of de Gaulle, 20 January}
	^{US loan to UK, July}
	^{Churchill’s Fulton (5 March) and Zurich (19 September) speeches}
	^{Start of Indo-China War, November}
	^{Adoption of Monnet Plan, November}

¹⁹⁴⁷	^{Vincent Auriol, President of Fourth Republic}
	^{UK announces withdrawal from Greece and Turkey, 21 February}
	^{Truman Doctrine, 12 March}
	^{Dunkirk Treaty, 4 March}
	^{French Communist party excluded from government, May}
	^{Marshall’s Harvard speech proposes aid for Europe, 5 June}

¹⁹⁴⁸	^{Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, February}
	^{Brussels Pact (Britain, France, Benelux) establishes Western Union, March}
	^{Hague Congress, foundation of European movement, May}
	^{End of Britain’s Palestine mandate, May}
	^{Berlin blockade, June}
	^{Malayan Emergency, June}

¹⁹⁴⁹	^{Atlantic Pact (NATO), 4 April}
	^{Council of Europe created at Strasbourg, 5 May}
	^{UK devaluation, 18 September}

¹⁹⁵⁰	^{Schuman Plan for European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), 9 May}
	^{Korean War, June}
	^{Pleven Plan for European Defence Community (EDC), July}
¹⁹⁵¹	^{Treaty of Paris establishes ECSC, 18 April}
	^{Churchill government, October}

¹⁹⁵²	^{British A-bomb test, October}
	^{Mau Mau rebellion, Kenya}

¹⁹⁵³	^{De Gaulle criticizes EDC, February}
	^{Rene Coty, President of the Republic}

¹⁹⁵⁴	^{Geneva Conference, April–July}
	^{Fall of Dien Bien Phu, May}
	^{Geneva accords, June}
	^{Anglo–Egyptian Treaty for evacuation of Suez Canal Base, July}
	^{French parliament rejects EDC, August}
	^{Western European Union (WEU), October}
	^{Algerian War, November}

¹⁹⁵⁵	^{Eden prime minister, April}
	^{Messina conference begins talks for an Economic Community, June}
	^{Baghdad Pact, April}
	^{Cyprus Emergency, April}

¹⁹⁵⁶	^{Venice conference approves European Economic Community, May}
	^{Nationalization of Suez canal, July}
	^{Cabinet agrees ‘Plan G’ for a Free Trade Area (FTA), November}

¹⁹⁵⁷	^{Macmillan prime minister, January}
	^{Sandys Defence Review, January}
	^{British H-Bomb test, May}
	^{Treaty of Rome establishes EEC and Euratom, March}

¹⁹⁵⁸	^{EEC starts, January}
	^{Army revolt in Algeria, May}
	^{De Gaulle prime minister, June}
	^{Full powers voted, June}
	^{France vetoes FTA}
	^{Berlin crisis, November}
	^{De Gaulle elected president, December}

¹⁹⁵⁹	^{France enters EEC, January}
	^{President Coty hands over powers to de Gaulle, January}
	^{Michel Debre prime minister, January}
	^{French Mediterranean fleet leaves NATO command, March}
	^{Britain founds European Free Trade Association (EFTA), November}

¹⁹⁶⁰	^{New French franc, January}
	^{French A-Bomb, February}
	^{Collapse of Paris 4 Power Summit, May}
	^{Cancellation of Blue Streak missile, February}

¹⁹⁶¹	^{Macmillan–de Gaulle meeting Rambouillet, January}
	^{Secret Army Organization (OAS) formed, February}
	^{Military revolt in Algiers, April}
	^{France–Algeria peace talks, May}
	^{Conservative government applies for EEC entry, July}
	^{Berlin Wall, August}
	^{De Gaulle escapes Pont-sur-Seine assassination attempt, September}
	^{UK–EEC negotiations begin, October}
	^{Macmillan–de Gaulle summit, Birch Grove, November}

¹⁹⁶²	^{EEC agrees Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), January}
	^{OAS attacks in France and Algeria, January–March}
	^{Georges Pompidou prime minister, April}
	^{Collapse of Fouchet Plan for an intergovernmental European union, April}
	^{Macmillan–de Gaulle, Champs, June}
	^{Algerian independence, July}
	^{De Gaulle escapes assassination Petit-Clamart, August}
	^{Cuban missile crisis, October}
	^{Macmillan–de Gaulle Rambouillet, 15–16 December}
	^{Kennedy–Macmillan Nassau meeting, 17–21 December}

¹⁹⁶³	^{De Gaulle vetoes UK application, January}
	^{Franco–German Treaty of Cooperation, January}
	^{Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, January}
	^{Partial Test Ban Treaty, August}
	^{Alec Douglas-Home prime minister, October}

¹⁹⁶⁴	^{Plowden report on overseas representation}
	^{France recognizes Communist China, January}
	^{Chinese nuclear test, October}
	^{First Wilson government, October}

¹⁹⁶⁵	^{Anglo–French summit Paris, April}
	^{Heath Conservative party leader, July}
	^{‘Empty chair’ crisis EEC, July}
	^{Rhodesian UDI, November}
	^{De Gaulle re-elected, December}

¹⁹⁶⁶	^{‘Luxembourg Compromise’, January}
	^{France leaves NATO integrated command, March}
	^{Second Wilson government, March}
	^{Anglo–French meeting London, July}

¹⁹⁶⁷	^{Six-Day War, June}
	^{Labour government EEC application, 2 May}
	^{Wilson–de Gaulle Trianon summit, 19 June}
	^{De Gaulle in Quebec, July}
	^{Sterling devaluation, November}
	^{De Gaulle vetoes EEC bid, November}
	^{UK withdrawal from Aden, November}
¹⁹⁶⁸	^{Announcement of East of Suez withdrawal, January}
	^{Foreign Office/Commonwealth Office merger,}
	^{Paris events, May–June}
	^{Couve de Murville prime minister, July}
	^{French H-bomb test, August}
	^{Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, August}

¹⁹⁶⁹	^{Duncan Report on overseas representation}
	^{Soames affair, February}
	^{De Gaulle resigns, April; Pompidou elected, June}
	^{French franc devalued, August}
	^{Hague EEC summit agrees in principle to open UK entry talks, December}

¹⁹⁷⁰	^{Heath government renews UK application, 30 June}

¹⁹⁷¹	^{Heath–Pompidou Paris summit, 20–1 May}

¹⁹⁷²	^{Treaty of Accession, 22 January}

¹⁹⁷³	^{UK joins EEC, 1 January}

¹⁹⁷⁴	^{General election: February}
	^{Third Wilson government, 4 March}
	^{Death of Pompidou, April; Valery Giscard d’Estaing elected, May}
	^{UK renegotiates membership terms, April}
	^{General election October: Labour wins majority}

¹⁹⁷⁵	^{Renegotiation concluded, 11 March}
	^{UK referendum on European Communities membership, 5 June}
	^{Yes (continued membership): 67. 2%; No: 32.8% (64.5% of electorate voted)}

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Source: Adamthwaite Anthony. Britain, France and Europe, 1945-1975: The Elusive Alliance. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. — 272 p.. 2020

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