1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in May 1940: The Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang...
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In May 1940, during the Second World War, the British war cabinet was split over whether to discuss peace terms with Germany or to continue fighting. Opinion...
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Battle of France (redirect from May 1940 blitzkrieg war)
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign...
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The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic...
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Richard James May (September 21, 1940 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian-American actor, theatrical performer, director, and teacher. May provided the English-language...
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The German city of Freiburg was bombed erroneously on 10 May 1940 by the Luftwaffe, killing 57 inhabitants. The kette (three aircraft) involved, commanded...
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Kingdom's coalition government for most of the Second World War from 10 May 1940 to 23 May 1945. It was led by Winston Churchill, who was appointed prime minister...
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Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Joseph Christian Olaf of Prussia (4 July 1906 – 26 May 1940) was the eldest child of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, and Duchess Cecilie...
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The invasion of Belgium or Belgian campaign (10–28 May 1940), often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (French: Campagne des 18 jours;...
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1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was...
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January 1940 26 January The Fighting 69th February 1940 23 February Pinocchio April 1940 12 April Rebecca 20 April 'Til We Meet Again May 1940 17 May My Favorite...
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The list of shipwrecks in May 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1940. For the loss of RFA Boardale on this day...
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Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the bombing of Rotterdam, the...
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Battle of the Atlantic (redirect from Battle of the Atlantic (1940))
and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and...
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Retrieved 1 October 2016. France, 1940: Armée de l'Air order of battle, 10 May 1940 Nafziger: French order of battle, 10 May 1940 French army order of battle...
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Sedan or Second Battle of Sedan (12–15 May 1940) took place in World War II during the Battle of France in 1940. It was part of the German Wehrmacht's...
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place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British...
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Winston Churchill in the Second World War (section First Lord of the Admiralty: September 1939 to May 1940)
Nazi Germany. He succeeded Neville Chamberlain as prime minister on 10 May 1940 and held the post until 26 July 1945. Out of office during the 1930s, Churchill...
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Defence Regulation 18B (section Expansion in May 1940)
Countries and the invasion of France led to fear of invasion. Then on 20 May 1940 a raid on the home of Tyler Kent, a cypher clerk at the U.S. Embassy, revealed...
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Winston Churchill (category Ministers in the Chamberlain wartime government, 1939–1940)
soldier, and writer who was twice prime minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to...
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7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) (section May 1940)
The division met with great success in France in 1940 and then again in the Soviet Union in 1941. In May 1942, the division was withdrawn from the Soviet...
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Allies of World War II (category Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014)
1940 – German invasion without declaration of war. Belgium: 10 May 1940[citation needed] Luxembourg: 10 May 1940[citation needed] Netherlands: 10 May...
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1943. He served under the prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, from 1937 to 1940, and his successor Winston Churchill until 1943. He therefore served in the...
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Military history of France during World War II (category Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from May 2014)
From 1939 to 1940, the French Third Republic was at war with Nazi Germany. In 1940, the German forces defeated the French in the Battle of France. The...
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August Offer (redirect from August offer 1940)
establishment of Pakistan A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940, when Winston Churchill became prime minister. The Fall of France in June...
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This is a timeline of World War II events that took place in 1940, the first full year of the second global war of the 20th century. 1 January: 10,000...
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Nelson (fl. May 1940 – May 1944) was a cat who served as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office during the wartime coalition government as a pet of Winston...
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Norwegian campaign (redirect from Norway 1940)
The Norwegian campaign (8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
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June 1940 Fall Gelb Battle of Belgium 10 to 28 May 1940 German invasion of Luxembourg 10 May 1940 Battle of the Netherlands – 10 to 17 May 1940 Battle...
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Auschwitz concentration camp (redirect from Auschwitz-Birkenau, German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945))
established). For the first two years, the majority of inmates were Polish. In May 1940, German criminals brought to the camp as functionaries established the...
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