WWII in 1940

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  • Rationing begins in Britain.

  • Period: to

    Events in WWII 1940

  • Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.

  • Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.

  • Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.

  • Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.

  • Holland surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.

  • Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends.

    Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends.

  • Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.

  • Germans enter Paris.

    Germans enter Paris.

  • Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.

  • Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich; Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States.

    Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich; Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States.

  • France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany.

  • Hitler tours Paris.

    Hitler tours Paris.

  • Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader.

  • German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.

  • French Vichy government breaks off relations with Britain.

  • Battle of Britain begins.

  • Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

  • Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.

  • German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.

  • Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.

  • Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa (ends).

  • Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles. 23/24.

  • First British air raid on Berlin. 25/26

  • Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).

  • German Blitz against Britain begins.

    German Blitz against Britain begins.

  • Italians invade Egypt.

  • Massive German air raids on London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.

    Massive German air raids on London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.

  • United States military conscription bill passed.

  • Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.

  • German troops enter Romania.

  • Germans postpone Operation Sea Lion until Spring of 1941.

  • Italy invades Greece.

  • Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president.

  • Torpedo bomber raid cripples the Italian fleet at Taranto, Italy. 10/11

  • Germans bomb Coventry, England. 14/15

  • Hungary joins the Axis Powers.

  • Greeks defeat the Italian 9th Army.

  • Romania joins the Axis Powers.

  • British begin a western desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians. 9/10

  • Massive German air raid on London. 29/30

    Massive German air raid on London. 29/30