Date: May 7, 1940
World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. Date: May 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Osaka Nishinari Line Train Collision and Explosion, January 29, 1940Battle of Britain Climax: Luftwaffe’s Largest Attack, September 15,…
World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg. Date: May 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Winter War: Finland Signs Moscow Peace Treaty, Cedes Karelia – March 12, 1940Ip…
World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne. Date: May 25, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…
World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya from Italian forces. Date: June 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940USS Sailfish Recommissioned as USS Squalus May…
World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands. Date: November 30, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established. Date: October 16, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Pu-238 First Isolated in Berkeley, California, December 14, 1940RMS Lancastria Sunk by Luftwaffe Near Saint-Nazaire, 1940 June…