World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. Date: August 26, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. Date: August 25, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China. Date: August 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". Date: August 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…
In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day. Date: August 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. Date: August 19, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain, takes place. At that point, it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides. Date: August 18, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in…
An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. Date: August 15, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force. Date: August 13, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel. Date: August 8, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)