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Photo of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany, ca. June 1940
HITLER AND MUSSOLINI IN MUNICH, GERMANY - 1940


World War II Timeline - Year 1940
 

 


April 9, 1940
German forces invade Denmark and Norway.


May 10, 1940
The Germans embark on their sweep through the Low Countries (Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands) to invade France, violating the neutrality of these three states in the process, and taking everybody by surprise, which is the key ingredient of their blitzkrieg.


May 18, 1940
The new French Minister of Defense is Paul Reynaud. He succeeds Edouard Daladier.


May 20, 1940
The French yank Maxime Weygand out of retirement.


Sometime around June 1940
Nut Adolf and his buddy Benito Mussolini cruise through town in their convertible. See picture above.


June 12, 1940
Maxime Weygand advises the French government to capitulate.


June 14, 1940
The Germans enter Paris, France.


June 16, 1940
Maxime Weygand, by now a 73 year old veteran, becomes French ministre de la défense nationale.


June 18, 1940
Charles de Gaulle, who had fled to London because of his disagreement with French Marshall Petain's armistice with Germany, gave his The Flame of the French Resistance BBC radio address.


July 10 - October 31, 1940

Battle of Britain


September 6, 1940
Charles Huntziger becomes French ministre des armées.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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