Date: May 26, 1940
World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later. Date: May 7, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day…
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) More events from 1940Tripartite Pact Signed by Germany, Japan, and Italy – September 27, 1940Soviet Mass Deportations of Polish Citizens…
World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom. Date: March 18, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)…
World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian campaign. Date: June 8, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Norwegian Forces Capitulate…
World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement. Date: September 19, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Stalin…
George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. Date: September 9, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Winter War: Finnish 9th Division Defeats Soviets at Raate Road, January 7, 1940World War II:…