Graphic Year of 
1940
| Graphic Year of |
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| 1940 |
| Jan 8: Rationing begins in Britain. |
Feb |
Mar 12th: Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union |
| Apr 9th: German Army invades Denmark and Norway |
May 10th: German Army invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Churchill appointed British Prime Minister 15th: Holland capitulates to Nazis 26th: "Miracle at Dunkirk" 28th: Belgium capitulates to Nazis |
June 10th: Norway capitulates to Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France 14th: Nazis take Paris 22th: France capitulates to Nazis 23th: Hitler tours Paris |
| July 10th: Battle of Britain begins 23th: Red Army takes Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia |
Aug 3th: Italian Army invades British Somaliland 13th: Luftwaffe begins raids on British airfields and aircraft factories 23-24th: Off-course German bombers accidentally bomb London 25-26th: Royal Air Force mounts reprisal raid against Berlin |
Sept 7: German "blitz" on British cities begins in earnest 13: Italian Army attacks Egypt 16: Military conscription introduced in United States 27: Tripartite alliance formed between Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Oct 7: German troops occupy Romania 28: Italian Army attacks Greece |
Nov 5: Roosevelt re-elected 10-11: RAF raid cripples Italian fleet at Taranto 20: Romania joins Axis |
Dec 9-10: British counter-attack begins against Italian Army in North Africa |
1940